A Quick Guide To The Best Pro Poker Players We Have Known

Posted by The Poker Man on July 10th, 2010 at 09:47pm

Poker is a contest of personas and recording who wins the most. This is our catalog on the masters who have triumphed on both matters, the best poker experts in history

First entry on the list is the one and only Phil Hellmuth. Adore ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s hard to deny the awards that Phil has gotten over time; eleven bracelets, nearly $11 million in mtt earnings, a W.S.O.P Main Event championship, a NBC HUPC title, and along with that, a advertising and marketing mechanism that has made him one of the most recognizable and polarizing figures within the sport. Beyond that, however, Phil’s play has allowed him to win bracelets in an eighteen year span, showing his flexibility in the evolution of the experience itself. Clear of the Poker Brat guise can be a shrewd, brilliant poker player that looks to be winning bracelets for many years to come.

This list would be flawed without mention of Chip Reese. The poker world lost a master in 2007, when Chip passed away. A permanent resident at the Bellagio, Chip was welcomed into the poker Hall of Fame in the early 1990’s, the youngest ever participant to get welcomed. Even with just three WSOP titles, Chip was a feared high stakes money game specialist, and amongst his 3 titles came inside the opening $50k WSOP players Championship considered by some to be the best honor other than a Main Event win at the World series. With $3.5 million in tournament prize money, and tens of millions more made at Bobby’s Room, Reese’s legend will be with competitors at the W.S.O.P; the Player’s Championship award will now be named the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

No list would be complete without Doyle Brunson. A 50 year trained hold em player, the “Godfather of Poker” has formed the way each one of us play the game with his poker strategy bible, Supersystem/Supersystem 2. Past the definitive book on poker, he also carries a immense poker tournament and cash game record of his own; 10 titles, a WPT title, almost $6 mil in poker tournament earnings, and various televised big victories in high stakes cash games. He also is a relentless figure at The Bellagio, at 76, shows no signs of slowing down any day we can see. You can even get rakeback at the site that bears his name.

Stu Ungar is next on our list. In forty five years, Stu accomplished more than most of us dream of in the poker world. He also exhausted such a huge percentage of the natural talent he has at the card tables, still, when he was alert and on his game, he was just impervious. Winner of 5 bracelets, including a record 3 Main Event titles, the aura of Stu Ungar; conceited, brash, and eccentric, made it difficult for opponents, associates, and family to ever obtain a bead on what he was thinking. Stu allowed his life to be cut short by drugs and tricky living. Had he been unsoiled, the effects that he would’ve and would still be posting would likely be insane. As such, it’s a tragic genius cut short previous to his time.

With that name out of the way, let’s move on to another: Phil Ivey. Who else? No Home Jerome stands out as the all-time leader in poker tournament prize money at almost $13 million, has 8 bracelets, has finished in the top twenty five inside the WSOP Main Event 4 times in the modern era from 2002 on, is known for a WPT title, plays in The Bellagio big game along with the nosebleed no limit games on-line, and on top of it all, is just 34 years old. When he plays it’s like free poker money. He has stated that, in his lifetime, he expects to win thirty bracelets. There are many competitors who may make claims that appear insane and not possible to attain. But Phil Ivey? I wouldn’t gamble not in favor of him.

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