Beyond a doubt countless of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make 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 winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.