Who do you think is the best poker player?

#1 7th February 2008, 10:12 PM

This is a really interesting question, dont u think?

I think is Daniel Negreanu, he can bluff and read almost everyone.

#2 7th February 2008, 10:19 PM

#3 7th February 2008, 10:38 PM

That bulldog with the cigar and hat plays a mean game, you know the one from picture of the doggies playing poker.

#4 7th February 2008, 11:03 PM

Best as in favorite? Tuan Le

#5 7th February 2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philthy

Best as in favorite? Tuan Le

Tuan Le would say Barry Greenstein.

#6 7th February 2008, 11:06 PM

jamie gold clearly.

#7 7th February 2008, 11:51 PM

This was an interesting question when I first started playing. But I think i`ts a little wore out now. And I have no idea who is best, because anyone can win at any given time. I would say Stu Ungar was a prodigy, but who would want that lifestyle.

#8 8th February 2008, 1:21 AM

The best tournament NLHE player is Phil Hellmuth. You can't argue with 11 bracelets, and he played bigger fields to win those. When Doyle won his first bracelet there were 21 other players.

The question was "best poker player" though. I assume that means you have to consider all the various poker games like tournaments, ring games, Omaha, HORSE, Limit, NL, etc. That would exclude Hellmuth.

Doyle says that Chip Reese was the best. But now? Man... that's a tough one.

I'd have to go with Phil Ivey, but my knowledge of non-NLHE tournament games is pretty limited.

#9 8th February 2008, 1:27 AM

ITS OBVIOUSLY GUS HANSEN I SAW HIM BLUFF A GUY SO GOOD ONCE THE GUY DIDNT EVEN NO HE WAS BEIN BLUFFED ITS OBV HANSEN LDO
OH HE HAS A BRACELIT I THINK TOO ORE SOMETHING1???

It's ridiculous saying someone's 'the best'. What are you basing it on?

Total winnings? Profit?
Total final tables?
wsop bracelets?
Best all-round?
Game-specific?
How can you compare cash players to ring players?

#10 8th February 2008, 1:28 AM

i like daniel negreanu just because those sick reads he has!

#11 8th February 2008, 1:33 AM

No limit tournaments = Daniel Negreanu or Alan Cunningham

Overall, that's so hard now that Chip Reese has passed. I refuse to say it is Freddy Deeb, even though he won the HORSE event last year at the WSOP.

#12 8th February 2008, 1:37 AM

My fav is prob Negreanu..

Couldn't tell you who the best is..

#13 8th February 2008, 1:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeepBlinkin

I think is Daniel Negreanu, he can bluff and read almost everyone.

And then, inexplicably, call them anyway...

The points have all been made, there's no way you could even settle on the criteria for selecting a "best" player.

If you were to ask me about my favourite player, however, there's only one answer. Doyle.

#14 8th February 2008, 3:48 AM

Obviously Ivey

#15 8th February 2008, 3:56 AM

It's apples and oranges but the guy i would be most afraid of is Phil Ivey.

#16 8th February 2008, 4:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMuckets

It's apples and oranges but the guy i would be most afraid of is Phil Ivey.

That's a very good way to put it, and I fully agree. I'd be most afraid of Ivey.

#17 8th February 2008, 7:16 AM

the hottest player right now is Gavin griffin

i also like patrick antonius..

but the best player in my mind is allen cunningham he is consistant and always deep

#18 8th February 2008, 9:07 AM

Jennifer Tilly.

#19 8th February 2008, 9:14 AM

I think of the new crop of pro's it would be Daniel Negreanu strictly for his reading of players, but Doyle Brunson is a class act 100% of the wayto the top.

#20 8th February 2008, 11:24 PM

I'd have to say Daniel Negreanu OR Phil Ivey..... i've never seen someone like Negreanu who can play any two cards and still outplay another person time after time...... But can't argue with Ivey who on average makes $3300.00 an hour playing poker... Both my favorite though

#21 8th February 2008, 11:28 PM

I would be scared of phil ivey

#22 9th February 2008, 12:12 AM

well i seen on wsop i dont know what year....were they have the "nuts" portion of the show....i think a lot of pros said that it would be a mixture of pros not just one....like daniel's read's.....doyles fold's......ivey's poker face......and i agree

#23 9th February 2008, 2:18 PM

No limit tournaments right now is Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey

#24 9th February 2008, 4:03 PM

Bill Chen

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