Top 10 Poker Players of All Time - Tell us Who They are for You

Debi · Jul 21, 2014

We want to know who our member's top 10 Poker players of all time are. Give us your list so your vote can be included.

There is no specific criteria - you can use a combination of all of the key factors that are important to you - earnings, skill, specific wins, overall accomplishments, personality, what they have contributed to poker overall etc.

We will keep a tally going in this post.

Everyone can vote!

1. Phil Ivey - 39
2. Daniel Negreanu - 37
3. Phil Helmuth - 34
4. Doyle Brunson - 30
5. Antonio Esfandari - 17
6. Tom Dwan - 17
7. Stu Ungar - 16
8. Phil Galfond - 14
9. Vanessa Selbst - 14
10. Erik Seidel - 12
11. Chan - 12
12. Chip Reese - 10
13. Gus Hansen - 9
14. C Tran - 9
15. Dan Harrington - 8
16. Jonathan Duhamel - 8
17. Chris Moneymaker - 7
18. Sam Trickett - 7
19. Jason Mercier - 7
20. Barry Greenstein - 6
21. Mike Matusow - 6
22. Scotty Nguyen - 6
23. Johnny Moss - 6
24. John Juanda - 5
25. Phil Laak - 5
26. Mike McDonald - 5
27. Patrik Antonius - 4
28. Vanessa Rousso - 4
29. Pius Heinz - 3
30. Sammy Farha - 3
31. Dario Minieri - 3

AlfieAA · Jul 21, 2014

1/ scokyl
2/ nabmom
3/ evertongirl
4/ sir grizzly
5/ maidmarion
6/ beardy ian
7/ arnie
8/ bluffmeallin
9/ sir stephen
10/ sir mic

Debi · Jul 21, 2014

Only serious votes will count.

rawagression · Jul 21, 2014

1. ivey
2. estanfari
3. negraneu
4. gus hansen
5. dan harrington
6. phil helmuth
7. jc tran
8. pius heinz
9. john duhamel
10. dolly

just my opinion

Henry Minute · Jul 21, 2014

1.Phil Ivey - 1
2. Daniel Negreanu - 1
3. Gus Hansen - 1
4. Dan Harrington - 1
5. Barry Greenstein - 1
6. Phil Helmuth - 1
7. JC Tran - 1
8. Vanessa Selbst - 1
9. Sam Tricket - 1
10. Doyle Brunson - 1

Not in order of esteem, just in the order I thought of them.

AlfieAA · Jul 21, 2014

1/ daniel negreanu
2/ phil ivey
3/ phil hellmuth
4/ gus hansen
5/ tony g
6/ phil laak
7/ mike matusso
8/ scotty ngwen
9/ david ulliot
10/ liv boree - just for eye candy purposes

joe777 · Jul 21, 2014

1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3.Phil Helmuth
4. Tom Dwan
5. Steve O'Dwyer.
6. Sam Tricket
7. Mike McDonald.
8. John Duhamel.
9. Antonio Esfandari.
10.Phil Galfond

S3mper · Jul 21, 2014

1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3. Tom Dwan
4. Patrick Antonious
5. Joe Hachem
6. Dario Miniari (Spelled his name wrong I'm sure)
7. Jason mercier
8. Phil Galfond
9. Phil Hellmuth
10. Moneymaker

hffjd2000 · Jul 21, 2014

Daniel Negreanu
Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth
Dan Harrington
Doyle Brunson
Erik Seidel
Sam Trickett
Antonio Esfandiari
Jamie Gold
John Juanda

fordman427 · Jul 21, 2014

I may put Hellmuth 4th and Hansen 6th

taban13 · Jul 21, 2014

1. ivey
2. esfandiari
3. negreanu
4. gus hansen
5. dan harrington
6. phil helmuth
7. jc tran
8. pius heinz
9. john duhamel
10. dolly

BenjiHustle · Jul 21, 2014

Reading these responses made me wanna hang myself. Did anyone even think of Stu Ungar, the best poker player of all time, without question? And if I see Jamie Gold or Chris Moneymaker on a top 10 all-time anything list again, I may just have to do it.

Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel

AlfieAA · Jul 21, 2014

BenjiHustle said:
Reading these responses made me wanna hang myself. Did anyone even think of Stu Ungar, the best poker player of all time, without question? And if I see Jamie Gold or Chris Moneymaker on a top 10 all-time anything list again, I may just have to do it.

Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel

way before my time mate, but i will activate youtube and see the genius at work..offcourse ive heard how good he was.

BenjiHustle · Jul 21, 2014

AlfieAA said:
way before my time mate, but i will activate youtube and see the genius at work..offcourse ive heard how good he was.

Watch High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

Of course it's dramatized like any silver screen film, but it's good. There's a book too.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/One-Kind-Worlds-Greatest-Player/dp/074347659X#"]Check the book out here.[/ame]

He's timeless. There is no before your time. Besides, you listed Devilfish. Lol

theRaven68 · Jul 21, 2014

1. Stu Ungar
2. Doyle Brunson
3. Phil Ivey
4. Phill Helmuth
5. Antonio Esfandari
6. Johny Chan
7. Gus Hansen
8. Daniel Negreanu
9. Howard Lederrer
10, Andy Beal (businessman, not pro)

BenjiHustle · Jul 21, 2014

Howard Lederer? Can't we just outright disqualify him from everything poker?

rhombus · Jul 21, 2014

BenjiHustle said:
Howard Lederer? Can't we just outright disqualify him from everything poker?

+1
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth
Jason Mercier
Vanessa Selbst
Philipp Gruissem
Sam Trickett
Tobias Reinkemier
Stu Ungar
Doyle Brunson

Debi · Jul 21, 2014

all caught up to here!

AtiFCOD · Jul 21, 2014

1. John Juanda
2. Phil Ivey
3. Phil Hellmuth
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. Sammy Farha
6. Chris Moneymaker
7. Tom Dwan
8. Doyle Brunson
9. Vanessa Rousso
10. Traply "Belabacsi" Péter (hungarian pro, wsop bracelet winner)

ccocco · Jul 21, 2014

1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Helmuth
3. Phil Ivey
4. Tom Dwan
5. Steve O'Dwyer.
6. Jason Mercie
7. Mike McDonald.
8. John Duhamel.
9. Doyle Brunson
10.Vanessa Selbst

markjfixit · Jul 21, 2014

Ungar, by far.
Negreanu
Chan
Reese
Moss
Brunson
Ivey
Greenstein
Esfandiari
Seidel
________
I would have to agree 100% with this list everyone on this list is amazing. I think if stu could of ran clean he would of ended up winning 500 bracelets. Chip Reese heads up that went for like 400 hrs lol is super memorable.

bkniefel · Jul 21, 2014

1. Phil Ivey
2. Negraunu
3. Gus Hansen
4. Antonio Estfandari
5. Tom dwan
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Sammy Farha
8. Vanessa Rousso
9. Chris Money Maker
10. Johnny Chan

JLuv81 · Jul 21, 2014

1-Selbst
2-Hellmuth
3-Ungar
4-Chanaria
5-Dwan
6-Cates
7-Galfond
8-Laak
9-Haxton
10-Blom

OzExorcist · Jul 21, 2014

1. Phil Ivey
2. Chip Reese
3. Doyle Brunson
4. Phil Galfond
5. Tom Dwan
6. Vanessa Selbst
7. Barry Greenstein
8. Phil Hellmuth (begrudging inclusion

)
9. Daniel Negreanu
10. Erik Seidel

S3mper · Jul 21, 2014

S3mper said:
1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Phil Ivey
3. Tom Dwan
4. Patrick Antonious
5. Joe Hachem
6. Dario Miniari (Spelled his name wrong I'm sure)
7. Jason mercier
8. Phil Galfond
9. Phil Hellmuth
10. Moneymaker

Woops didn't put these in order and also misread the OP thought it said top ten favorite and not top 10 best

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