Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.