No Joke, countless of players are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won two 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 Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.