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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.