Who is the greatest Poker player of all time???

[bigbet1234]

Me.

[timmyboy34243]

Unger, if not at the top there aren't many above him. Was so far ahead of his time it's scary..........

[hitthew8room]

obviously ivey, this is dumb

[stevenash]

Ivey is more intimidation then anything else.

[ByeShea]

Ben Affleck.

[MadTiger]

Stu by far, not even close Young guys here need a history lesson

Cosign. Points on recharge if you remind me.

[pinchylarue]

stu unger hands down

[Joe Dogs]

Stu"The Kid"Unger

Back in the day he was regarded as the best No limit hold'em player,hands down.

Stu was also a gin Rummy genius.....He was untouchable in this game.

[Fishhead]

Folks ......read the question correctly.


ALL-TIME


No way D.N. is the best of alltime..............geezus h crickits.

[Glitch]

if you play 10-2, youre not a top 3 player all-time. he's one of the greatest poker characters alltime

[Fishhead]

CHIP REESE would make many poker experts top three, and many would vote him #1.


REESE

DOYLE

IVEY

[BRAVES1985]

CHIP REESE would make many poker experts top three, and many would vote him #1. REESE DOYLE IVEY

ya reese was for sure one of the best

great cash game player

RIP

[gregm]

who the fukk said doyle?? that fat fukk probably hasnt won in decade. i guarantee you all the young pros look at him as easy money

What? That is absurd, the guy is one of the most successful poker players of all time,10 bracelets and a millionaire many times over.

I once read a great response on a poker forum 5 years ago that looked at winnings and wealth. alot of guys who would be ranked as the ones with the highest income wouldn't make that list after Black Friday.

This was from a full contact forum post five years ago, but its still pretty relevant. http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poke...t32803-50.html


"I still have to say Paul Phillips has to be the highest net worth player of the "big names". I would rank the players in this order.

Total Income (poker/endorsements/etc)

Paul Phillips
Doyle Brunson
Chip Reese
Phil Gordon
Mike Sexton
Phil Hellmuth


Poker Income Cash Games

Phil Ivey (spends more time than n e one else playing cards)
John D'Agostino (guy makes killing on Full Tilt every night)
Doyle Brunson
Chip Reese
Johnny Chan

Poker Income Tournaments (not just WSOP)

Chris Ferguson (always in the hunt in every tournament)
Doyle Brunson
Erik Seidel (Great tournament player)
Johnny Chan
John Juanda (I know he's young, but he's always right there)


Players that I have read about having bankroll issues

Amir Vahedi
Chris Moneymaker (fluke 2003 win, has done nothing since)
Mike Matusow (big swings, good player though)
Gus Hansen (aggressive style has gotten him in trouble)
Sam Farha

[BRAVES1985]

What? That is absurd, the guy is one of the most successful poker players of all time. I once read a great response on a poker forum 5 years ago that looked at winnings and wealth. alot of guys who would be ranked as the ones with the highest income wouldn't make that list after Black Friday. This was from a full contact forum post five years ago, but its still pretty relevant. http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poke...t32803-50.html "I still have to say Paul Phillips has to be the highest net worth player of the "big names". I would rank the players in this order. Total Income (poker/endorsements/etc) Paul Phillips Doyle Brunson Chip Reese Phil Gordon Mike Sexton Phil Hellmuth Poker Income Cash Games Phil Ivey (spends more time than n e one else playing cards) John D'Agostino (guy makes killing on Full Tilt every night) Doyle Brunson Chip Reese Johnny Chan Poker Income Tournaments (not just WSOP) Chris Ferguson (always in the hunt in every tournament) Doyle Brunson Erik Seidel (Great tournament player) Johnny Chan John Juanda (I know he's young, but he's always right there) Players that I have read about having bankroll issues Amir Vahedi Chris Moneymaker (fluke 2003 win, has done nothing since) Mike Matusow (big swings, good player though) Gus Hansen (aggressive style has gotten him in trouble) Sam Farha

i think he died a while back

[daneblazer]

You can argue that Doyle has done more for the game of poker than any other player. He has to be in the discussion.

You can't really compare him to the current player pool right now. That's like saying Michael Jordan and Joe Montana aren't good players because the young guys today would school them.

[8ArIvd5]

What? That is absurd, the guy is one of the most successful poker players of all time,10 bracelets and a millionaire many times over.

I once read a great response on a poker forum 5 years ago that looked at winnings and wealth. alot of guys who would be ranked as the ones with the highest income wouldn't make that list after Black Friday.

This was from a full contact forum post five years ago, but its still pretty relevant. http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poke...t32803-50.html


"I still have to say Paul Phillips has to be the highest net worth player of the "big names". I would rank the players in this order.

Total Income (poker/endorsements/etc)

Paul Phillips
Doyle Brunson
Chip Reese
Phil Gordon
Mike Sexton
Phil Hellmuth


Poker Income Cash Games

Phil Ivey (spends more time than n e one else playing cards)
John D'Agostino (guy makes killing on Full Tilt every night)
Doyle Brunson
Chip Reese
Johnny Chan

Poker Income Tournaments (not just WSOP)

Chris Ferguson (always in the hunt in every tournament)
Doyle Brunson
Erik Seidel (Great tournament player)
Johnny Chan
John Juanda (I know he's young, but he's always right there)


Players that I have read about having bankroll issues

Amir Vahedi
Chris Moneymaker (fluke 2003 win, has done nothing since)
Mike Matusow (big swings, good player though)
Gus Hansen (aggressive style has gotten him in trouble)
Sam Farha

tournament income alone doesn't make you the best tournament player.

hands down, ungar was the best tournament player of all time.

outside of tournaments is a different story.

[Nittany Lion]

No such thing as a "best poker player" the game is mostly luck.

[k13]

not true. nobody can read people like him, youve never seen anyone call out opponents cards like he does. ive even seen him do this to real pros and in cash games. the top 2 in my book are negreanu and ivey. hard to argue with dwan, the numbers dont really lie and his consistency is amazing.


i guess i didnt read the all-time part. stu ungar is the correct answer.

Yeah the best part about negreanu is he calls out the opponents cards and still makes the wrong call.

He's a calling station.

Still good in tournaments overall.

[Emily_Haines]

I laugh at all you idiots that say Ungar was the best. When the guy died he did not have $800 to his name. He had to beg people to stake him in tournaments. That don't sound like the worlds greatest poker player to me.

[MadTiger]

CHIP REESE would make many poker experts top three, and many would vote him #1. REESE DOYLE IVEY

I can see the pattern. All three are proficient at MULTIPLE forms of poker.

CHIP REESE WSOP Titles:
1978 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Split $19,200 1982 $5,000 Limit 7 Card Stud $92,500 2006 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship $1,784,640


DOYLE BRUNSON WSOP Titles:
1976 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $80,250 1976 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $230,000 1977 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Split $62,500 1977 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $340,000 1978 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud $68,000 1979 $600 Mixed Doubles (with Starla Brodie)[8] $4,500 1991 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em $208,000 1998 $1,500 Seven-Card Razz $93,000 2003 $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. $84,080 2005 $5,000 No Limit Shorthanded Texas Hold'em (6 players per table) $367,800


PHIL IVEY WSOP Titles:
2000 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $195,000 2002 $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $118,440 2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E. $107,540 2002 $1,500 7 Card Stud $132,000 2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $635,603 2009 $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $96,367 2009 $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $220,538 2010 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. $329,840

[MadTiger]

I laugh at all you idiots that say Ungar was the best. When the guy died he did not have $800 to his name. He had to beg people to stake him in tournaments. That don't sound like the worlds greatest poker player to me.

Poker playing is separate from substance abuse and mental illness issues. That's like saying if Tiger Woods starts fukcing off all of his money, he won't go down as one of the best ever.

[pinchylarue]

I laugh at all you idiots that say Ungar was the best. When the guy died he did not have $800 to his name. He had to beg people to stake him in tournaments. That don't sound like the worlds greatest poker player to me.

he had an addiction to drugs and took care of his daughter with his last tourny winnings. he IS the best and ALWAYS will be IMO.

btw just because someone is poor,that doesn't mean they didn't have the most skill of all time. I guess it's if you think the player is greater , by the money he makes.

[pinchylarue]

Poker playing is separate from substance abuse and mental illness issues. That's like saying if Tiger Woods starts fukcing off all of his money, he won't go down as one of the best ever.

yeah thats what I was trying to get at in my post, but you said it better

[stevenash]

I laugh at all you idiots that say Ungar was the best. When the guy died he did not have $800 to his name. He had to beg people to stake him in tournaments. That don't sound like the worlds greatest poker player to me.

It amazes me how you can be so stupid in one post, and Einstein in another.
He had a six figure a year coke habit, he lost a lot of his poker money on sports, he spent tons on his family........
On the felt table he had no equal then, and nobody today could have beaten him probably, but we'll never know.

[BRAVES1985]

guys you cant go by just tournaments

guys like reese unger chan ect have skooled vegas clowns for years in cash games

doyle's net worth is over 100 mil

[Glitch]

Yeah the best part about negreanu is he calls out the opponents cards and still makes the wrong call.

He's a calling station.

Still good in tournaments overall.

he makes the laydown sometimes but he just has the gamble in his blood but thats way more skillful than not knowing what youre against and still goin.

[Congruency]

not true. nobody can read people like him, youve never seen anyone call out opponents cards like he does. ive even seen him do this to real pros and in cash games. the top 2 in my book are negreanu and ivey. hard to argue with dwan, the numbers dont really lie and his consistency is amazing.


i guess i didnt read the all-time part. stu ungar is the correct answer.

LMAO

youre clueless buddy

all the TOP pros (ivey, dwan, patrik, etc.) can call cards, theyre just not dumb enough to call it out loud

why would you ever call someone's hand out loud, especially if the opponent is a skillful player...he can make adjustments based on that...luckily for daniel the guy he was HU with was a nobody donk

how do you defend him getting his ass handed to him in high stakes cash games?
even he had to rebuild his game these past 2 years, no fukkin chance he's in the top 5 players today, and top 10 might be a stretch

[Gee]

If we are talking greatest of ALL time, I don't think you even get past Ungar.

It is an absolute no-brainer.

Stu was one of a kind.

[gregm]

I totally agree about stu unger, people who claim he wasnt great because he died broke in a motel room never saw him play poker or dont understand the history of the game, he may have been a failure as a human being but he was a genius at cards, not just poker but blackjack and gin rummy too.

I love that quote from him " "Some day, I suppose it's possible for someone to be a better no limit hold em player than me. I doubt it, but it could happen. But, I swear to you, I don't see how anyone could ever play gin better than me." Stu Unger

Doyle deserves all the credit for the bracelets and the longevity, Archie Karas was another one that deserves mention as one of the greatest streaks and one of the greatest all around gamblers, he beat Unger and Reese, and chip reeese was certainly the greatest at cash games, but Stu Unger was without a doubt a one of a kind genius.

Archie Karas is certainly worth a mention here though

[pinchylarue]

LMAO youre clueless buddy all the TOP pros (ivey, dwan, patrik, etc.) can call cards, theyre just not dumb enough to call it out loud why would you ever call someone's hand out loud, especially if the opponent is a skillful player...he can make adjustments based on that...luckily for daniel the guy he was HU with was a nobody donk how do you defend him getting his ass handed to him in high stakes cash games? even he had to rebuild his game these past 2 years, no fukkin chance he's in the top 5 players today, and top 10 might be a stretch

dwan?????

wikipedia his wins/losses and get then come back to this thread and make the same statement.
bottom line is dwan is a fish and lets his emotions dictate his play.

[jkilla990]

1. Ungar
2. Ivey
2. Dwan

[JOEY_TT]

2005 $5,000 No Limit Shorthanded Texas Hold'em (6 players per table) $367,800, Doyle Brunson

[Glitch]

LMAO

youre clueless buddy

all the TOP pros (ivey, dwan, patrik, etc.) can call cards, theyre just not dumb enough to call it out loud

why would you ever call someone's hand out loud, especially if the opponent is a skillful player...he can make adjustments based on that...luckily for daniel the guy he was HU with was a nobody donk

how do you defend him getting his ass handed to him in high stakes cash games?
even he had to rebuild his game these past 2 years, no fukkin chance he's in the top 5 players today, and top 10 might be a stretch

"why would you ever call someone's hand out loud"

youre the clueless one if you really dont know the answer to that question. to see them skip a breath or look like a ghost or to better measure the tone of a response when you ask them a dumb question just to hear their voice. to rattle them.

if they move all in and youre last to act 2-handed and hes just making a decision of whether to go with you or not, then he says their hand, whats dumb about that if the moneys in already. he does ok in cash games.

[frostno98]

Shannon Elizabeth

[Glitch]

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