Me.
I'm the King of my own little Kingdom, its a paradise on Earth.
You're welcome.
In all honesty... I don't think there's one "best poker player". For one, there are a lot of different
poker games, and each game has its own best players. Someone who is the best at No Limit Holdem will most likely not be great at some other game like 2-7 No Limit Single Draw Lowball.
For me, I appreciate the players who can play ALL the games, not just become the best at one of them... so, for instance, someone like the late Chip Reese.
The problem with "rankings" is that they usually rank players by money won... but as we all probably know, the No Limit Texas Holdem pros fill this entire list... because the mixed-game poker pros are playing games that pay MUCH less for a win... so they'll never make any leaderboards.
Given all my words here, I did find something to hang my hat on... have a look for yourself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poker_Players_Championship
Notice anything about that list? Chip Reese won it, yes... but...
My choice for the best poker player is none other than Michael Mizrachi. A THREE-TIME CHAMPION against the best players in the world. Impressive indeed.