Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.