AKQ
Legend
Bronze Level
JOSEALBERTV
Visionary
Platinum Level
I must say that these characters fill my expectations especially the third
1. Doyle Brunson
2. Daniel Negreanu
3.JOSEALBERTV
Always leave a space for yourself within your favorites, that motivates you and gives you more confidence, you have to believe it to get it one day , greetings
1. Doyle Brunson
2. Daniel Negreanu
3.JOSEALBERTV
Always leave a space for yourself within your favorites, that motivates you and gives you more confidence, you have to believe it to get it one day , greetings
frank174
Legend
Bronze Level
See ,that's the thing about poker,everyone of those player's mentioned plus maybe who knows how many more are really good player's the thing that seperates those player's like any player is how well their running,unlike any other sport variance hate that word call it what it is luck pays a major roll and if you ask them I think they would say the same
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eagleaces
Rock Star
Silver Level
nathan12420
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Who's on my MT CRUSHMORE? I will go ahead and say Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, and Dnegs belong in the top ten no matter what, but there are so many it's hard to say. You have to put Seidel in there, as well as Brunson, Ungar, and Chan. After all the greatest poker movie of all time spoke of him like he was the poker king, and at the time, he may have been. Then, you have all of the great yound players that are still evolving like Tom Dwan, Fedor Holz, Bonomo, Bencb, Charlie Carrol, Doug Polk, and Michael Mizrachi, and most of these players are the American players that I know. There's simply too many players who are exceptional, and there's almost no way to narrow it down unless you're referring to specific games.
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Hsac
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Sorry, the best isn't listed.
jonaselloco
Legend
Platinum Level
It is impossible to choose the best of all your names.
Doyle Brunson is the undisputed legend, named by Daniel Negreanu as the link between the history and the modern era of poker.
Sam Farha, Cris Fergusson, Stu Ungar, Jennifer Harmon, Scotty Nguyen, other great legends.
Phil Hellmuth a character and a machine to win bracelets, for me he is among the top 3.
Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Tony G, and others from that glorious era of poker who always stayed on top.
It's very difficult For WSOP bracelets 1st Helmuth 2nd Brunson 3rd Seidel
By trajectory Brunson, Farha and Nguyen
For charisma Negreanu, Seidel and Hachem
Silent killers Ivey, Moneymaker, Hachem and Esfandiari
Poker Lady Jennifer Harmon
The 3 that I personally like the most: Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Joe Hachem
My idol Doyle Brunson
A player who retired and I really liked: Jason Mercier
My compatriots the ones I like the most: Nacho Barbero, Damian Salas, Fabian Ortiz, Maria Lampropulos and Alejandro "Pappo" Lococo (all from argentina).
A current player that I like a lot The Brazilian Fabiano Kovalski
Good friend, very good post. Sorry for the long summary but I couldn't choose 3 without explaining the reasons for each case.
And I'm sure I'm forgetting many more!
Cheers
Doyle Brunson is the undisputed legend, named by Daniel Negreanu as the link between the history and the modern era of poker.
Sam Farha, Cris Fergusson, Stu Ungar, Jennifer Harmon, Scotty Nguyen, other great legends.
Phil Hellmuth a character and a machine to win bracelets, for me he is among the top 3.
Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Tony G, and others from that glorious era of poker who always stayed on top.
It's very difficult For WSOP bracelets 1st Helmuth 2nd Brunson 3rd Seidel
By trajectory Brunson, Farha and Nguyen
For charisma Negreanu, Seidel and Hachem
Silent killers Ivey, Moneymaker, Hachem and Esfandiari
Poker Lady Jennifer Harmon
The 3 that I personally like the most: Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Joe Hachem
My idol Doyle Brunson
A player who retired and I really liked: Jason Mercier
My compatriots the ones I like the most: Nacho Barbero, Damian Salas, Fabian Ortiz, Maria Lampropulos and Alejandro "Pappo" Lococo (all from argentina).
A current player that I like a lot The Brazilian Fabiano Kovalski
Good friend, very good post. Sorry for the long summary but I couldn't choose 3 without explaining the reasons for each case.
And I'm sure I'm forgetting many more!
Cheers
Havik
Visionary
Bronze Level
I need more context like tournament play, cash games, etc., but I would pick #1 Phil Hellmuth, #2 Phil Ivey, and #3 Daniel Negreanu.
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theStarfish
Legend
Platinum Level
I personally would pick Brunson, Ivey and Negreanu. But it really hurts to leave out Seidel, Harman and Hellmuth. So honestly I think it's not possible to pick a few namens from this List because they are all great players.
antonis32123
Legend
Loyaler
Ivey , Negreanu , Hellmuth . Of course their knowledge of the game is profound , but the most important reason for picking them is not their results , but their contribution to the game overally all these years .
Phoenix Wright
Legend
Loyaler
It really depends on definition of "best." Are we saying best in...Cash Games? MTTs? Sit'n'Gos? Poker variants? Career earnings? and so on...
Judging "overall" as the best players regarding general ability, I'd probably say the three best are (in no particular order)
1) Phil Ivey
2) Phil Hellmuth
3) Daniel Negreanu
I will say I'm a bit surprised at how many posts agreed with my list of 3 players though. All 10 of these players are high-level poker pros and someone could probably make a case for any of them 😎
Judging "overall" as the best players regarding general ability, I'd probably say the three best are (in no particular order)
1) Phil Ivey
2) Phil Hellmuth
3) Daniel Negreanu
I will say I'm a bit surprised at how many posts agreed with my list of 3 players though. All 10 of these players are high-level poker pros and someone could probably make a case for any of them 😎