Top 30 Poker Players

As you guys may or may not know, I make the majority of my money playing poker. That doesn't make me an expert on the world of high stakes poker, but it does give me a better perspective than most as to who is better than who. Obviously in a game like poker, where luck is a major part of the game, it is extremely difficult to decifer who is better than who. With that in mind this is an extremely subjective list of what I consider to be the 30 best tournament poker players in the world. Feel free to dissagree in the comment box below.


1. Phil Ivy
2. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson
3. Daniel Negreanu
4. Erick Lindgren
5. Michael Mizrachi
6. Barry Greenstein
7. Phil Hellmuth
8. Doyle Brunson
9. Men “The Master” Nguyen
10. Johnny Chan
11. Scotty Nguyen
12. Mike Matusow
13. Ted Forrest
14. Gus Hansen
15. Howard Lederer
16. Josh Arieh
17. TJ Cloutier
18. Jen Harman
19. Dan Harrington
20. Kenna James
21. Allen Cunningham
22. Michael Gracz
23. Annie Duke
24. Freddy Deeb
25. Greg Raymer
26. Cindy Violette
27. John Juanda
28. John Phan
29. Antonio Esfandiari
30. Scott Fishman


Just Missed: Phil Laak, Marcel Luske, Carlos Mortensen, Paul Phillips, David Williams.