Literally millions and millions of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.