this is quite possibly the easiest between these 2 who is best question you could ever ask lol.... without a doubt, for me, its hellmuth. i am not a bryn fan at all. he was part of some collusion and possible cheating going on in the past.. that alone is enough for me to question some of if not most of what hes accomplished. yes i realize he is the #2 all time money earner in poker, but that means next to nothing to me, since the prize pools in the last 5 years or so, so absolutely dwarf what the pools used to be in the old days... so thats as much if not more luck playing at the right time than anything else. hellmuth has shown for over 30 years now, that he can consistently play in, run deep and win NLH tournaments against all kinds of players. he is entertaining as hell too and kenney is about as entertaining as watching paint dry lol (though that has nothing to do, nor should it, with the answer of this question). so i guess in closing, id just say for me its hellmuth easily, and its because of the longevity and the amount of tournaments he has won and down very very well in, in both smaller and larger fields.