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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they could boost 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 instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.