Who are the most famous poker players of all time? Discover the list of poker celebrities and much more information in this article.
Poker has remained one of the most popular games for years. The fact is that it requires having brilliant analytical and logical skills, as well as a bit of luck. Millions of people prefer playing this card game and even earn good money. So, who are the leading po[...] Read more » 5 Most Famous Poker Players Ever
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there are many players that can be mentioned, every year there are good poker players, we have in our minds names of players who marked the game years ago and many of them are our childhood references, now continue to demonstrate that they are better, many names on the table, each one will draw their own conclusions.
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There are several very famous players who are currently references for many other poker players, I think that over time we have learned a lot from these players, who have had to work hard to get where they are.
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Hm that would be the hard one. Becouse there is allot of youngsters who are good but not that famous like Doyle or Negreanu. For me even top 10 will be hard but ok i will try my five. The first is the legend Doyle Brunson of course, 2nd Daniel Negreanu. 3.Phill Ivey, 4. Phil Hellmuth and 5 th for me it will be Tom dwan.
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Of course it is difficult to choose who is better or more famous playing cards, but I think there is one that we like a lot, in partycular I really like his game of patrick antonius, incredible player, and millions in live winnings.
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There are many good players in poker, and I believe that every year more and more come out, we will always know that the best are in the big stakes, we have several poker referents and each one will choose one, we can't say only one.
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Yes and no, because in the high stakes bad players have also been seen (or perhaps the level exceeded them). Good players will usually be there. Over time, new stars will appear, and some of these names will remain. Anyway, the thread is about famous poker players, and not necessarily that they are good. I think Hellmuth is the case
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Posted by dule-vu: how can you be famous if you are not good and you dont earn big amounts?
Perhaps what I said was not understood. I'm not saying that Phil Hellmuth is one of the worst players. I think he was pretty good years ago, but today there are much better players. So I don't think he's in the top 10. Today he is most famous for losing incredible pots or being troublesome. Although he still has his earnings of course.
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Yes, that's why I say that before he was a very good player, but I think that now they have appeared better, that they have surpassed him (maybe they are not so famous). I think it's good that he's on this list, because he talks about famous players. But if they made one of the best players, I wouldn't put it. Only 5 names the same is still little. At least they should have made a top ten
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but thats also problem in this choice,because he have 57 years and he can play for many years poker,so nobody know what he will do in years in front of him and what he will win or not!its same with other young players!
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I think that the younger ones have reached more popularity in the poker world, you can not say who is more famous ??? but enjoy the best poker players and try to be like them, that way we will go far in the world of poker.
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young players and those who will start learning will know only for this younger and active players,not like those brunson,nguyen and others,but they made poker like it is now!
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all the players have their stories of overcoming that can help the players of today, all of them are very good, each of them have something that makes them very special, each one will have his best poker player, that does not mean that the others are not good.
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Each of us can easily choose 5 names and we may not agree on all the names because for some a player x will have affected us differently. some grew up with doyle, others with hellmuth, negreanu, ivey, etc. and some will have other famous poker players (perhaps more current that surely will have escaped me). and there is nothing wrong with that
