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Literally huge amounts of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 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 2006 he was named Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he finished in the money in well over 100 competitions. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.