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No Joke, countless of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing 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 tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker 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 surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.