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Beyond a doubt millions of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Even though "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 competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won 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 still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling 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 hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 events. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.