Literally huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.