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No Joke, millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Even though "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 Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. 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 professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.