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Beyond a doubt countless of individuals are trying to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to more than $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP 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 Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional 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 complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.