Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing 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 earnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.