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No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.