No Joke, millions and millions of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated 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 game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly respected 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 appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.