Best poker player of all time

[blackcoil]

Who is the best poker player of all time?

[mellowlucky]

I'd have to say Phil Ivey. Consistency in the Main Event is better proof than winning a bunch of secondary events, and one Main Event 10-15 years ago.

[eastcoastraven]

Phil Ivey, Jesus or my personal fave Gus Hansen.

[arp91403]

I think Dan Harrington is the best poker pro. Just because he doesn't have as many first place finishes under his belt, He won the World Series of Poker main event in 1995 and most recently made the final table at the 2003 and 2004 main events. That's a heck of a lot of people to get through.I don't give too many props to the so called "pros". All that means is that they have the money to pony up for hundreds of high stakes, TV tournaments with few people in them. Just by default, you are going to see the same mixture of 20 or so people on the final table. I'm not saying that they don't have some skill to them, but I think there are an incredible number of those with equal skill who don't have so much money to play around with.There is only so much you can do with 2 cards in your hand.

[eastcoastraven]

Phil Helmuth is a decent tournament player, compared to the other top pros. But he's a horrible cash game player, and will not even get into a cash game with the likes of Harmon, Negraneau, and the other top players.Stu Unger would have embarrassed Helmuth if he had lived. There are at least a dozen players better than Helmuth, including Furgeson, Ivey, Harmon, and Lederer.

[TenMostWanted]

I think in no particular order, Cunningham, Ivey, Ungar, Hellmuth, Matusow, Lederer.

[dee2zo]

The Man......... Doyle Brunson

[go2ac]

I think Ted Forrest is the player I'd fear the most. I think poker bores him and he spends most of his time waiting to get back to the craps table, but when he's focused... watch out!!!

[mrfury]

Whether you like him or not Hellmuth is the best tournament player and has proved it. My personal favorite is negreanu though.

[Hong Kong]

Johnny Chan can still hold his own, as we saw on Poker After Dark.