My favourite professional poker player is Phil Ivey. There are some information about him:
Phil won his first World Series of Poker title at the age of 23 when he beat Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim in the Pot-Limit Omaha event. Two years later in 2002, he won three more WSOP titles. Phil also won two Bellagio tournaments, one World Poker Open tournament, two Commerce tournaments, and has made his share of World Poker Tour final tables.
2005 was a good year, with two more WPT final tables, a second place finish in the WSOP Circuit Event at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and the addition of his fifth WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. Phil won $1 million for his first-place finish at the Monte Carlo Millions tournament. Amazingly, only 24 hours later, he won an additional $600,000 for his first-place finish at "The FullTiltPoker.net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo."
In January 2006, Phil received three incredible honors, being named Player of the Year by All In Magazine, Bluff Magazine, and the UK Gaming Awards. Soon after, Phil placed second in the Omaha Hi/Lo event and third in the $50,000 HORSE event at the 2006 WSOP. With these two events, he was able to cash for more than $800,000. In 2007, Phil final tabled the WSOP’s $5K HORSE event, finishing fourth.
In February 2008, Phil won his first-ever WPT Championship, taking down the title at the Los Angeles Poker Classic. It was Phil’s record-setting eighth appearance at a WPT final table, and the victory moved him into the top 10 on the all-time tournament money list.
Away from the felt, Phil can often be found on the greens near his Las Vegas home where he lives with his wife.
Joined: Apr '09
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There are a lot of top poker players that I like! Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Patrick Antonius, etc! Its difficult to say who is the best, but what I can say is that Daniel Negreanu is the best poker reader!
Joined: May '08
Location: Canada
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I used to like Phil....l but not any more, one of the best in the world he is though,I just think he can be a real ass, I really like sammy...........to hard to say,but I just love to watch the ladys play
I Like alot of top players as Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonious, Dario Minieri, Chris Ferguson but my favourite are two Daliel Negreanu and the italian Max Pescatori.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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I forgot to put in the list Tom Durr Dwan! He is one of the best poker players nowadays!! Im watching high stakes poker and I can say he plays very well! He has a lot of skill, he is aggressive but an excellent player!
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
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I like the devilfish but I always see him lose. He makes great moves but I always seem to see him get sucked out. Its not his play but his personality that gets me. I like Durr for his play. Outstanding. I hate Phil Helmouth. He seems to me to be lucky and when he does lose he's a big baby.
I also like Rowland de Wolfe. Support the British players even if he isn't very good.
