No Joke, huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "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 tourney payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.