Beyond a doubt countless of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he captured two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.