Top 10 Poker Players of All Time - Tell us Who They are for You

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We want to know who our member's top 10 Poker players of all time are. Give us your list so your vote can be included.

There is no specific criteria - you can use a combination of all of the key factors that are important to you - earnings, skill, specific wins, overall accomplishments, personality, what they have contributed to poker overall etc.

We will keep a tally going in this post.

Everyone can vote!

1. Phil Ivey - 39
2. Daniel Negreanu - 37
3. Phil Helmuth - 34
4. Doyle Brunson - 30
5. Antonio Esfandari - 17
6. Tom Dwan - 17
7. Stu Ungar - 16
8. Phil Galfond - 14
9. Vanessa Selbst - 14
10. Erik Seidel - 12
11. Chan - 12
12. Chip Reese - 10
13. Gus Hansen - 9
14. C Tran - 9
15. Dan Harrington - 8
16. Jonathan Duhamel - 8
17. Chris Moneymaker - 7
18. Sam Trickett - 7
19. Jason Mercier - 7
20. Barry Greenstein - 6
21. Mike Matusow - 6
22. Scotty Nguyen - 6
23. Johnny Moss - 6
24. John Juanda - 5
25. Phil Laak - 5
26. Mike McDonald - 5
27. Patrik Antonius - 4
28. Vanessa Rousso - 4
29. Pius Heinz - 3
30. Sammy Farha - 3
31. Dario Minieri - 3
 
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1. ivey
2. estanfari
3. negraneu
4. gus hansen
5. dan harrington
6. phil helmuth
7. jc tran
8. pius heinz
9. john duhamel
10. dolly

just my opinion
 
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1.Phil Ivey - 1
2. Daniel Negreanu - 1
3. Gus Hansen - 1
4. Dan Harrington - 1
5. Barry Greenstein - 1
6. Phil Helmuth - 1
7. JC Tran - 1
8. Vanessa Selbst - 1
9. Sam Tricket - 1
10. Doyle Brunson - 1

Not in order of esteem, just in the order I thought of them.
 
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1/ daniel negreanu
2/ phil ivey
3/ phil hellmuth
4/ gus hansen
5/ tony g
6/ phil laak
7/ mike matusso
8/ scotty ngwen
9/ david ulliot
10/ liv boree - just for eye candy purposes
 
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1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3.Phil Helmuth
4. Tom Dwan
5. Steve O'Dwyer.
6. Sam Tricket
7. Mike McDonald.
8. John Duhamel.
9. Antonio Esfandari.
10.Phil Galfond
 
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1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3. Tom Dwan
4. Patrick Antonious
5. Joe Hachem
6. Dario Miniari (Spelled his name wrong I'm sure)
7. Jason mercier
8. Phil Galfond
9. Phil Hellmuth
10. Moneymaker
 
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Daniel Negreanu
Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth
Dan Harrington
Doyle Brunson
Erik Seidel
Sam Trickett
Antonio Esfandiari
Jamie Gold
John Juanda
 
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I may put Hellmuth 4th and Hansen 6th
 
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1. ivey
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3. negreanu
4. gus hansen
5. dan harrington
6. phil helmuth
7. jc tran
8. pius heinz
9. john duhamel
10. dolly
 
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Reading these responses made me wanna hang myself. Did anyone even think of Stu Ungar, the best poker player of all time, without question? And if I see Jamie Gold or Chris Moneymaker on a top 10 all-time anything list again, I may just have to do it.

Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel
 
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Reading these responses made me wanna hang myself. Did anyone even think of Stu Ungar, the best poker player of all time, without question? And if I see Jamie Gold or Chris Moneymaker on a top 10 all-time anything list again, I may just have to do it.

Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel

way before my time mate, but i will activate youtube and see the genius at work..offcourse ive heard how good he was.
 
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way before my time mate, but i will activate youtube and see the genius at work..offcourse ive heard how good he was.
Watch High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

Of course it's dramatized like any silver screen film, but it's good. There's a book too.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/One-Kind-Worlds-Greatest-Player/dp/074347659X#"]Check the book out here.[/ame]

He's timeless. There is no before your time. Besides, you listed Devilfish. Lol
 
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1. Stu Ungar
2. Doyle Brunson
3. Phil Ivey
4. Phill Helmuth
5. Antonio Esfandari
6. Johny Chan
7. Gus Hansen
8. Daniel Negreanu
9. Howard Lederrer
10, Andy Beal (businessman, not pro)
 
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Howard Lederer? Can't we just outright disqualify him from everything poker?
 
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Howard Lederer? Can't we just outright disqualify him from everything poker?
+1
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Ivey

Phil Hellmuth
Jason Mercier

Vanessa Selbst
Philipp Gruissem
Sam Trickett
Tobias Reinkemier

Stu Ungar
Doyle Brunson
 
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1. John Juanda
2. Phil Ivey
3. Phil Hellmuth
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. Sammy Farha
6. Chris Moneymaker
7. Tom Dwan
8. Doyle Brunson
9. Vanessa Rousso
10. Traply "Belabacsi" Péter (hungarian pro, wsop bracelet winner)
 
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1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Helmuth
3. Phil Ivey
4. Tom Dwan
5. Steve O'Dwyer.
6. Jason Mercie
7. Mike McDonald.
8. John Duhamel.
9. Doyle Brunson
10.Vanessa Selbst
 
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Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel
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I would have to agree 100% with this list everyone on this list is amazing. I think if stu could of ran clean he would of ended up winning 500 bracelets. Chip Reese heads up that went for like 400 hrs lol is super memorable.
 
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1. Phil Ivey
2. Negraunu
3. Gus Hansen
4. Antonio Estfandari
5. Tom dwan
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Sammy Farha
8. Vanessa Rousso
9. Chris Money Maker
10. Johnny Chan
 
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1-Selbst
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3-Ungar
4-Chanaria
5-Dwan
6-Cates
7-Galfond
8-Laak
9-Haxton
10-Blom
 
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1. Phil Ivey
2. Chip Reese
3. Doyle Brunson
4. Phil Galfond
5. Tom Dwan
6. Vanessa Selbst
7. Barry Greenstein
8. Phil Hellmuth (begrudging inclusion :p)
9. Daniel Negreanu
10. Erik Seidel
 
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1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3. Tom Dwan
4. Patrick Antonious
5. Joe Hachem
6. Dario Miniari (Spelled his name wrong I'm sure)
7. Jason mercier
8. Phil Galfond
9. Phil Hellmuth
10. Moneymaker

Woops didn't put these in order and also misread the OP thought it said top ten favorite and not top 10 best
 
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