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No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.