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Literally millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they could boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.