The Top 20 Poker Players Ever According to YOU 

Reuploaded to replace deleted video (originally streamed March 15, 2022)

Mike Postle at Number 1!!!

2 years since this was uploaded & Ivey is up an additional 10mil playing against the best current players. Think he has adapted better than you guys expected to the modern game.

Doug: Phil ivey’s numbers will continue to dwindle Since this aired Phil has had 2 1st place finishes and 1 2nd place finish, and has won almost $3m. Good call, Doug.

2:36:45 - Absolutely spot on. There are numerous Players that _”have an argument”_ for being “The Greatest Player of All Time”… *_Phil Ivey_*_ is ALL of those arguments._

Who’s here after Ivey won his 11th WSOP bracelet.

I feel like the world was robbed of Stu Ungars brilliance as he was so good at cards and people were so afraid of him they wouldn't even play him in gin rummy. One year he amassed such a big chip in the main event that he didn't even compete in the last few days and blinded out 9th place. If he had lived another decade we could have seen his approach to the game with the hole card cams and some of the moves he was able to make against the best players in the biggest tournaments.

The arguments against Ivey are the stretchiest stretches I’ve ever heard in an effort to play devil’s advocate

R.I.P. ❤ Mr. Doyle Brunson 🎉

Yea i agree with Kane about amateurs being uncomfortable playing with stephen chidwick bc of his presence, im an amateur and im uncomfortable just watching him on tv, ive never seen him say a word or make a movement at the table except to bet or collect chips. He is the definition of the type of player that will drop tv ratings.

Hi mr Polk, Off course this is a crap shoot. Never the less i enyod this conversation so much. Thanks for the entertaiment. I have been following you for years and i can say its great to have you as an ambassadeur for poker. I am a losing pokerplayer at 1/2 yes 1 and two euros😂 but i have my uptics. Its just disposable income so yeah a fish (reg player 😅😅). I appreciated you taking on negreanu for his faults and the things he has done wrong. And sause oh yes i cant even follow his train of taughts there just shy man who cant contribute to society with the gifts thank god for poker

Why was the original video taken down?

Doug Just an idea, but with reference to Stu Ungar I don't know if you know but there is a 'World series of Gin Rummy' in Vegas beginning of June - maybe you should enter and try and win?! Gin Rummy is not that complex a game - with your poker learning skills you could get a handle on it very quickly and have a great shot at the prize, and the competition itself seems quite small and not that competitive. Good for content?! Best

From everything i have listened to and read about stu ungar i completely disagree w Kane. You cant trust one source, who he doesnt even name btw, that is talking badly about a player. Also, phil ivey was asked if he could play poker against anyone in history who would it be and he said stu, that speaks volumes. Stu was a child prodigy, his biography, One of a Kind, is a fascinating read.

could you reupload the uri podcast

This reminds me of an old video that you did

Stu ungr is by far the goat

I think we have to be careful about recency bias when it comes to constructing "Greatest of All-Time" lists. While it's a huge disadvantage to us that we can't view hands of the past masters, what should count heavily in the "Greatest of All-Time" list placement is people who have done well, against the best competition, for an extended period of time. A guy who's very good for a few years and then drops out of the game is not going to get as much credit from me as a guy who maybe didn't match the peak of the first guy, but has been able to sustain his success for a longer period of time. That doesn't mean every leather-assed grinder can be considered, however; you still need to be near the best at least in order to really be considered. Let's see if some of these younger, more recently successful players, with not that many years in the game, can SUSTAIN their level of play over a decade or two. Then, MAYBE, they can enter the consideration for "Greatest of All-Time".

I feel like Doug kept on hammering this "famous idols of poker get this advantage that helps them in large field poker tournaments" was frustrating because it is hard to quantify, and I was very happy to hear Kane Kalas push back on that effectively. It felt like he was discrediting a lot of the players from the older players because of this fact. Even if Ivey stopped playing poker for the rest of his life, his resume is unimpeachable.

they keep saying "is blah blah the best of all time. Its not the "whos the best player in the world" which is an impossible question to answer. Its a top 20 lists. To ask who is the most feared would be closer, then it could be an easy top 10 or even 5. To me Its Ivey, ungar is great but small sample in a weaker feild than today. Stu had uncanny abilities like Hellmuth or Ivey. Now if Stu was around these days its easily a solid yes or no. Not many scare players like ivey so if its fear its Ivey for me, but Stu is damn close too

While I don't like Helmuth on a personality level (man-baby, truly), you absolutely have to give credit for his ability to maintain a high level of play over time. People burnout on poker because of the variance and because it's simply extremely difficult to keep that same level of WILL to play and to remain competitive when you've already "made it" and are financially secure from your winnings. Helmuth probably *is* the leader, or at least among the leaders, of total WSOP events entered, but that he's also WON the most bracelets justifies his place on this list. There are many more bracelets available to win now and the fact he's STILL the leader is something to be respected.

I def feel like there's an overall lack of recognition for the super elite mtt players, including those who have transitioned into live poker. Someone like Michael Addamo wasn't mentioned despite slicing through the toughest fields on the planet for years and having four bracelets at 27yo as a pure nlh specialist. Same goes for the other top online guys, Lena, European...

Good to see Vanessa Selbst made the list!

Eric Seidels stats card: Won 10k high roller online Kane Kalas: He dOeSn'T hAvE aNy nOtaBlE oNLinE ReSuLtS

Why are missed flush draws good calling hands? [35mins in]

So what was the self help book ? Tony Robbins prob . Thats a great story

Berri Sweet could be the best PLO and NLH Holdem player ever. Why's he not on the list. He's been beating Linus

do you mean the 2nd best? cause you're the best :)

I can't believe they don't have Allen Kessler on this list...

Do u really left chuck Norris outta the list?

Jungleman has said before that he thinks Matt Ashton is the best poker player of all time, so the fact that some other notable players also have him up there shows how big of a factor name recognition is (he was #99). Nobody respects the mixed games lol

where's Mike Dentale the rock head?🤣

hello, Doug

Ivey was best for the longest period of time when success earned from talent.I m pretty sure that 1)If Ivey was motivated at the time that solvers was born probably still would be top 10 2)Ivey isn't a "spot" at live tables in any game,online would loose probably about 8-9bb/100 against the end bosses.

Feel Dwan doesn't get the credit here in terms of cash games. He is an icon of poker. Let's take a look at his achievements that we know of his live TV cash games. - Held the biggest cash game pot against Greenstein; Close to 1 million. - Beat his own TV record against Ivey - winning a $1million pot. - All time high stakes poker winner - biggest poker after dark winner - 3.1 million dollar pot won on live TV - let's not act like that wasn't a great call. Even Doug said he'd fold. Don't think you can achieve this without being a top 5 cash game player. Your thoughts Polk?

Why don't all time earnings figure more highly? Wouldn't Bonomo be number 1 or close to it?

What about Addamo?

Without Sauce Cray . . . 😎

Where do I fall

Of course a bunch of online guys are going to consider online the ultimate poker forum.. I disagree. Online takes out so many factors of the game. You don’t need a poker face, you don’t look for tells.. you can jump up and down when you have the nuts online and nobody knows. Online poker is just different. It’s like saying that because you can win an online car race against the best in the world in a NASCAR simulator, you’re the best race car driver in the world. Live poker results trump online results all day every day. And to act like the older players weren’t as good because they don’t use GTO.. remember, they were literally trying to think while they had a gun in their hand and legitimately prepared to be robbed at any minute. Playing in your underwear where no one can see you affords you luxuries they did not have.

Doug Polk in the top 20 is absolutely ridicolous.

the late doyle brunson rip

Stu!!!

Kane Kalas is basically a giant logical fallacy.

what about jason mercia id put him up there better than viktor blom id of thought esp live

where is Matt berkey

Meg Tilly is No.1 .....oops , I mean Jen Tilly!

Haha Johnny Moss or Tony G not in the list but some internet robots milking some newbs? Negreanu considered to be the best? Is this a joke? In my opinion, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey are lightyears ahead of the rest based on their results and their next level approach to the game no else gets.

Put Tilly back

Doyle has made more money from poker than anyone else. Way more than Bilzerian.

Doug played againt Dwan and Dwan took all his money. So Doug...

who was the girl that he wanted off the list

Where's Mike the mouth

Are u kidding me Stu ungar is by far the best of all time

Elon would not last 30 minutes in any poker tourney lmao

Hellmuth, Chan and Polk being on here is a joke lmao

for pro pokers players yall really know nothing about poker players lol, this list is awful.

Will never trust a computer to deal cards right they can never figure out the algorithms so I don't look at that like I do live poker and skill play everybody knows how bad that computer can just brutally beat you when you're so far ahead of the hand and next thing you know it gives it the turn River and gives them everything online poker I've never seen so many hands hit flushes it flushes more than my toilet does

Reuploads don’t count Doug , stop being lazy

Doug is the only one i disagree with