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Beyond a doubt countless of people strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.