1. 04-26-16 12:01 PM #1
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    Best Poker Player in the World??

    esfandiari??? maybe todd brunson? who's the best???
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  2. 04-26-16 12:29 PM #2
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    Antonio? Lol no.

    Brunson is a mixed game legend but the best? Lol no.

    Ivey is still the Boss
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  3. 04-26-16 12:50 PM #3
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    Tom "Durr" Dwan
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  4. 04-26-16 01:51 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Itsamazing777 View Post
    Tom "Durr" Dwan
    i heard Dwan went bust and is on the run
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  5. 04-26-16 02:33 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by lilpete View Post
    i heard Dwan went bust and is in so deep with the Triads that they're holding him hostage in Macau
    fyp to what I've heard too...

    Although he just released this video so hopefully it's all rumor and innuendo...

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  6. 04-26-16 05:07 PM #6
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    Best in the world, meaning well rounded? I agree that it would have to be Phil Ivey...
    But getting into categorical games the list could get very long and different from everyone. Adding online there could be names not many people even heard of.
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  7. 04-26-16 06:30 PM #7
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    best in the world. That depends. Prolly me

    dont think my Q 10 (if its suited) has ever lost to Ace King

    plus I will play Q 4 offsuit hard against your Aces and leave you felted
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  8. 04-26-16 08:57 PM #8
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    Doug Poke is claiming he is on twitch .
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  9. 04-26-16 08:59 PM #9
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    TDwan

    He is in Manilla I think, Tom Dwan
    Last edited by Gene Paulson; 04-26-16 at 09:00 PM. Reason: Correction
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  10. 04-27-16 03:21 AM #10
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    Chip Reese who passed away (2007-2008 i believe), was an absolute monster at cash games.

    Even a lot of the "best of the best" wouldn't sit at across from him. He is widely regarded as having been the greatest cash game poker player. Doyle Brunson describes Reese as "one of the two finest young … poker players in the world" and the best seven-card stud player he had ever played.
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  11. 04-27-16 11:17 AM #11
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    If we're talking best of all time then Chip Reese is the man good call homey. Not just poker either. He was an amazing overall gambler who won whatever game he decided to play. One of the best MLB cappers ever too.

    Best alive is still Ivey and it's not really close.
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  12. 04-27-16 11:58 AM #12
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    elkY is fantastic online player also Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is sick too live cash games
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  13. 04-27-16 12:13 PM #13
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    If I ever see Chris Ferguson at a live table I'll pull his Stetson over his eyes and unleash my full tilt rage by giving him an atomic wedgie he'll be attending to for weeks.

    After I stack him though because he's an absolute cupcake in cash games.
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  14. 04-27-16 01:28 PM #14
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    Lol ... Chris Ferguson ... Hahahaha ... He is so 2006
    ... Best Right now maybe igor yaroshevsky Or Fedor Holz Or hastings
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  15. 04-27-16 02:19 PM #15
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    Ran across this article that reminded me of this thread. Only one guy on both lists I'd hazard a guess he's top of the uncharted cash games list around the world too.

    http://www.pokerupdate.com/news/ente...ultimate-list/

    Top 10 Biggest Live Poker Winners

    1. Daniel Negreanu (CAN) – $32,315,817
    2. Erik Seidel (USA) – $26,503,242
    3. Antonio Esfandiari (USA) – $26,495,566
    4. Daniel Colman (USA) – $25,239,801
    5. Phil Ivey (USA) – $23,856,035
    6. Scott Seiver (USA) – $21,209,508
    7. Sam Trickett (GBR) – $20,557,091
    8. Phil Hellmuth (USA) – $19,310,195
    9. John Juanda (IND) – $18,111,006
    10. Jonathan Duhamel (CAN) – $17,592,802



    Top 10 Biggest Online Poker Winners

    1. FinddaGrind – Patrik Antonius (FIN) – $17,031,601
    2. jungleman12 / w00ki3z – Daniel Cates (USA) – $11,535,001
    3. polarizing / RaiseOnce – Phil Ivey (USA) – $10,441,963
    4. Urindanger / ilvdnfl – Di Dang (USA) – $8,088,654
    5. OMGClayAiken / MrSweets28 – Phil Galfond (CAN) – $7,882,718
    6. Kanu7 / IReadYrSoul – Alex Milar (UK) – $5,216,254
    7. Jeans89 / Ingenious89 – Jens Kyllönen (FIN) – $5,134,976
    8. $tinger 88 – Brian Hastings (USA) – $4,867,425
    9. theASHMAN103 – Ashton Griffin (USA) * – $4,802,650
    10. EazyPeazy – Abe Mosseri (USA) * – $4,160,304

    * Results exclusively on Full Tilt Poker
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  16. 04-27-16 02:37 PM #16
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    yeah DNegs is sick I like Mike the Mouth as well. Look out for Tom Cannulli and Fedor Holz,, rising stars
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  17. 04-27-16 05:48 PM #17
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    Phil Hellmuth by far the most entertaining. Not when he wins, oh no.
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  18. 04-27-16 08:40 PM #18
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    I've always liked galfond


    Todd Brunson? Lol.
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  19. 04-27-16 08:48 PM #19
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    Hellmuth is the man
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  20. 04-27-16 09:46 PM #20
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    Todd Brunson, by his own accord, is too lazy to be the best at anything.

    Would love to know what is really going on with Durrr.
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  21. 04-27-16 10:16 PM #21
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    Todd Brunson or TTWarrior in a thanksgiving pie eating contest?
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  22. 04-27-16 10:41 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    Todd Brunson or TTWarrior in a thanksgiving pie eating contest?
    Neither

    They'd both drop dead of cardiac arrest from the sheer excitement of seeing the pies wheeled in beforehand

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  23. 05-05-16 08:01 PM #23
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    1. Negreanu
    2. Ivey
    3. Hellmuth
    4. Doyle B.
    5. Durrrr
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  24. 05-05-16 09:54 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by daysleeper View Post
    1. Negreanu
    2. Ivey
    3. Hellmuth
    4. Doyle B.
    5. Durrrr
    Negreanu, although a great player was getting destroyed at the big games. He also at 1 time announced that he stopped playing them all together. He even was quoted recently that he would need 2 yrs to beat online 5000NL (25/50 blinds). Now in MTT's, he is probably the best. Maybe not as many bracelets as some, but penetrate a bracelet and give me the cash.
    Hellmuth and Ferguson (Chris also quit cash games he said) should not sit down at cash games, but are very good MTT players. Cash games and MTT's are 2 different animals.
    So are we saying best MTT player? Well rounded? Cash and if so which game? Names can and will change with each niche.
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  25. 05-06-16 11:46 PM #25
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  26. 05-09-16 10:28 PM #26
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    lmao quote hath Scotty, "NUT NUT BAHBEH."
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  27. 05-10-16 12:30 AM #27
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    ive played with him twice in oklahoma (Scotty), by the time I hit the final table in one of his larger buyin bday events, the whole f'n table was talkin' with his accent and saying shit like, "call me, you goin' home, baaaybbeee"
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  28. 05-10-16 01:57 AM #28
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    just wasted 45 mins watching the entire espn broadcast of that final table.... enjoyable watch
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