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Literally millions of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.