Beyond a doubt millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected 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 game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they might advance 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 named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris 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 Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.