Poker Player: Who do we think is the greatest player?

Poker is everywhere today: in the cinema, on television, in magazines and of course online. The game has real international stars who owe their reputation to their performance on the tables and to their atypical personality. We invite you to discover the greatest poker players. Follow the guide!

1. Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey is a young prodigy in the world of online poker and in land-based casinos. Nicknamed the Tiger Woods of poker because of his talent and his resemblance to the famous golf champion, Phil Ivey multiplies the chips at the cash game tables and in tournaments. He has already won 10 bracelets at the WSOP in Las Vegas, the world poker championships. Where will he stop? Only the future will tell, but it promises to be profitable for the young champion sponsored by Poker Stars.

2. Phil Hellmuth

Renowned for his pig character and his bad loser attitude, Phil Hellmuth is a key figure in poker. His unpleasant style at the table should not make us forget that he has already won 14 bracelets at the World Series of Poker and pocketed a few million dollars since the beginning of his career. Like it or not, Phil Hellmuth is not done talking about him.

3. Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson began his career on the poker tables long before the invention of the internet. He is simply the respectable and highly respected old school player who has dominated the circuit for more than 50 years. The poker community owes him, among other things, two excellent books Super System and Super System 2 which describe the winning strategies at the poker table. This poker grandpa remains a dangerous player who accumulates hundreds of thousands of dollars every year on the tables of Las Vegas. His elegance and his intelligence of play are simply inimitable.

4. Bertrand Grospellier

The poker player Bertrand Grospellier is one of the very few French players to dominate the world poker circuit. If he started in the 90s playing online games like Starcraft to become a recognized champion in South Korea, he began his conversion into poker in the early 2000s. Since then, Bertrand Grospellier has been sponsored by the largest poker rooms in the world and has accumulated $10 million in winnings.

5. Johnny Chan

Johnny Chan is a legendary player in the poker community. He thus achieved the feat of winning two Main Events at the WSOP in 1987 and 1988. Johnny Chan also resided 365 days a year in Las Vegas where he plucked passing tourists and big players eager to face the champion. He re-entered popular culture by starring in the movie Rounders in 1998, with Edward Norton and Matt Damon.

6. Tom Dwann

Tom Dwann is the youngest in our ranking but he does not lack talent. He started his exploits on the internet around 2005 and pocketed millions of dollars on the cash game tables of Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker. In order to pocket big and quickly, Tom Dwann only plays on the tables High Stakes online rooms. His strategy is paying off since he has accumulated more than $8 million online. All he needs now is a WSOP bracelet to crown his career as a professional poker player.

7. Daniel Negreanu

Canadian player Daniel Negreanu is currently the biggest winner of all time. His winnings in land-based casinos and on the virtual poker rooms of Poker Stars and Full Tilt amount to $ 30 million. If he has only won 6 golden bracelets at the World Series of Poker, Daniel Negreanu continues to play at a frantic pace and pockets new titles every year. He was logically inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2014.

If you also dream of becoming a poker champion and winning big, we invite you to discover our poker guide before registering on the best online poker rooms. May luck accompany you!