No Joke, millions and millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.