The Top Holdem Players Of All Time
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Poker is a competition of personalities and recording who wins the most. This is our inventory on the experts who have triumphed on both points, the very best poker players of all time
What can you say about Phil Hellmuth. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s hard to deny the reputation that Hellmuth has won over the years; eleven bracelets, practically $11 million in poker tournament revenue, a World series of poker Main Event title, a NBC HUPC title, and with that, a marketing engine that has made him the most identifiable and polarizing figures in the sport. Beyond that, however, Phil’s play has allowed him to win titles in an eighteen year span, showing his adaptableness inside evolution of the experience itself. Past the Poker Brat guise is really a shrewd, brilliant poker player that appears to be winning titles for many years to come.
With that name out of the way, let’s move on to another: Chip Reese. The hold em world lost a legend in 2007, when Chip lost his life. A permanent resident in Bobby’s Room, Chip was inducted into the poker Hall of Fame in 1991, the youngest ever player to get welcomed. Even with just three World series of poker titles, Chip was a feared high stakes cash game specialist, and amongst his 3 bracelets came inside the opening $50,000 Players Championship, considered by some to be the highest award aside from a Main Event title at the World series. With $3.5 mil in poker tournament winnings, and tens of millions more made at Bobby’s Room, Reese’s legend will always be with competitors in the World series of poker; the Player’s Championship trophy is currently named the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.
Doyle Brunson is next on our list. A fifty year specialized poker player, the “Godfather of Poker” has molded the way every one of us play the overall game with his poker strategy guide, Supersystem/Supersystem 2. Beyond the authoritative book on hold em, he also carries a large poker tournament and cash game record of his own; ten wsop wins, a WPT win, virtually $6 mil in poker tournament revenue, and diverse televised big victories in high stakes cash games. He also is a relentless figure at Bobby’s Room, and 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.
Next up, the legend Stu Ungar. In forty five years, Stu achieved more than all us daydream of in the poker world. He also exhausted such an enormous piece of the natural talent he has at the card tables, nonetheless, when he was paying attention and on his game, he was basically invulnerable. Winner of 5 titles, including a record 3 Main Event titles, the atmosphere of Stu Ungar; self-satisfied, brash, and idiosyncratic, made it difficult for opponents, associates, and relatives to ever obtain a bead on what he was thinking. Stu allowed his life to be cut short by drugs and hard living. Had he been unpolluted, the effects that he would’ve and would even now be posting would likely be insane. As such, it’s a tragic sensation cut short earlier than his time.
How could you compile this list without Phil Ivey? Who else? No Home Jerome is the all-time leader in tournament prize money at nearly $13 mil, has 8 wsop wins, has finished within the top twenty five in the World series of poker Main Event four times in the modern era (2002-present), has a WPT title, plays in The Bellagio big game and the nosebleed no limit games on the internet, and on top of everything, is only thirty four years old. When he plays it’s like free poker money. He has affirmed that, in his lifetime, he expects to win 30 titles. There are many players who may construct claims that appear insane and unfeasible to attain. But Phil Ivey? I wouldn’t bet against him.



