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Beyond a doubt countless of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected 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 competition earnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly admired 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 Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that's poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.