No Joke, millions of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.