Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tournament winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.