Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he came away with two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker 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 total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.