No Joke, millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "great pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up 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 and he came away with two immensely 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 named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.