Daniel Negreanu has created a list of Top 5 Young Poker Pros of the Future, naming five players who are not necessarily the best players of the future but rather ones who have "something unique about them, whether it's personality, or even the way they play the game," as he states on his blog.

So, according to Daniel, these are the five young players who will get a lot of TV time because people will want to see them again on poker shows:

5. Annette Obrestad
She has a deal with Full Tilt Poker and she's a woman, which alone gets her a lot of invites. Besides that she's a good player and a very outspoken one, whether in good or bad. "Annette combines the skill and brashness that would excite TV producers because you can never be sure what she'll say", Daniel writes.

4. Bill Reynolds
Who? Bill "Altum Altrus" Reynolds is 21 and will be featured in a future episode of the PokerStars Big Game, where one unknown gets a chance to show his stuff against top pros in a cash game. According to Daniel, this kid is a future star.

3. Viktor Blom
Daniel compares Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's run last year to Archie Karas' legendary exploits in Las Vegas more than a decade earlier. He won't be there for his dazzling personality but for his fearsome poker skills, Daniel predicts.

2. Jason Mercier
"He reminds me of myself in my early 20's," says Daniel. Like Blom, he will be a sought-after player in poker shows because of his skills, but he has a likable presence too.

1. Tom Dwan (pictured)
Do you really need this explained? "Durr has made so many creative plays on television that gets the public and the forums talking for weeks. Likable, unique, and a great player. He always makes watching poker on TV more interesting," Daniel sums it up.

Honorable mentions go to Shaun Deeb, Sorel Mizzi ("Sorel may get attention, but it's for all the wrong reasons as he's been involved in shady dealings on several occasions and that tag will be hard to shake", Daniel writes), Sam Trickett, and Matt Marafioti ("The poker world's next Mike Matusow, Luke Schwartz, Phil Hellmuth character all wrapped up into one!" says Daniel).

Read Negreanu's blog for more in-depth views on the players.