Who are some famous poker stars?

Answer 1

While this depends upon how you measure "best", there are 3 professional Poker players that have tied for the most wins in organized professional play in the US. These players are - Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Phil Hellmuth, so they may be considered the best poker players today.

Answer 2

Calling a person the best player based on ability or talent would be subjective and open for debate, but if you base it total earnings, then the best would be - Phil Ivey - for earning a total of $12,815,787 throughout his career..

Answer 3

Stu Ungar is generally brought up as the having the most "pure talent" ever. He won back to back WSOP titles in 1980 and 1981. He had a longtime addiction with drugs. He had a good friend spot him money to play in the 1997 WSOP after being absent for some years. He won in 1997, then was found dead in 1998. He was also regarded as being one of the best gin players in the world as well. He was good at many card games. People will talk to you about Phil Hellmuth, where I do believe that Hellmuth may be the best Hold'em player ever. He has yet to win any other notable tournaments playing any different games (i.e. stud, omaha, razz)

Answer 4

Many players are well known from the NBC show, High Stakes Poker. The latest season, which began on Feb. 14th, 2010 includes: Tom Dwan, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Dario Minieri, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivy, Phil Hellmuth, Andreas Hoivold and Gus Hansen.

Answer 5

not entirely sure but my guess would be Jamie Gold he won 12 million in the 06 main event.

impossible to say definitely not Jamie Gold