No Joke, millions of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.