Literally huge amounts of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great players" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "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 time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.