Literally millions and millions of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" 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 competition earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.