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No Joke, millions of people 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. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.