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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.