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Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational 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 earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.