Literally millions of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.