Literally countless of individuals want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.