However, the most popular rankings consider the number of winnings, the positions in the rankings, and the victories achieved.
Online poker is a very common way to start playing, although there are many ways to play it, both virtual and real. Some players stand out in any of its modalities, winning important titles and prizes.
Among the most outstanding players worldwide, several rankings coincide in highlighting Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, and Doyle Brunson, among others. They have achieved important victories in the most relevant poker events worldwide.
The following briefly reviews the five most outstanding poker players today.
Phil Hellmuth, number one
Many different rankings coincide in placing the American player Phil Hellmuth as the best in the world. He is a man who has been in poker for more than 30 years and has achieved important titles.
Among his most outstanding achievements are 15 WSOP bracelets, 151 ITMs, five WTP final tables, and earnings of more than 20 million dollars in different prizes.
In 1989 he achieved his first victory; since then, he has not ceased to amaze poker lovers.
Daniel Negreanu’s strategy
Also ranked second by different rankings, Canadian Daniel Negreanu has achieved important victories during his over 20 years of poker career.
His achievements include 6 bracelets and 131 ITMs at the WSOP, two Player of the Year titles, and winnings totaling more than 40 million dollars in different prizes.
But this peculiar player of Canadian origin is not only known for his achievements in the most important tournaments in the world but is also known for having published 2008 a book titled “The Power of Strategy,” in which he exposes some of his game strategies to help the most novice players.
Phil Ivey, the youngest
Finding himself at the top of rankings worldwide, the American player Phil Ivey has been consecrated at 38 as the youngest player in history to win ten WSOP bracelets. He is a master of in-play positions and a renowned poker face.
Since 2017 Phil Ivey has been in the Poker Hall of Fame, thanks to all the achievements acquired, among which stand out the 10 bracelets acquired at the WSOP and his earnings valued at more than 30 million dollars.
Erik Seidel, thirty years of talent
Also of American origin, Erik Seidel is one of the world’s all-time favorites. Many achievements acquired by this player during his more than thirty years of career can be mentioned.
Erik Seidel started participating in poker events in the 80s and has achieved great goals, such as 114 ITMs in the WSOP, 8 bracelets, and more than 35 million dollars in winnings from different prizes.
Doyle Brunson, the legend
Doyle Brunson is an American player who has made history in poker. With his more than fifty-year career, Brunson has earned the place of legend for being one of the precursors in this game’s popularity in Las Vegas casinos.
Along with others, he was the founder of the WSOP in the 1970s, but that’s not all. Doyle Brunson has also won 10 bracelets and two consecutive champion titles in the Main Event.
Although he does not continue to play professionally today, his legacy proves that he needs to be included in the rankings of the most influential players in history.
Poker would not be what it is today if not for the presence of great players such as those mentioned above, who paved the way for new players to achieve feats such as those they have accomplished.