Poker Players

From Doyle Brunson's back-to-back Main Events to Chris Moneymaker's $86 satellite — the players who built modern poker.

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Poker Hall of Fame
Full list of inductees, entry criteria, and the history of the HOF from 1979 to present.
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Poker Player Nicknames
Where the names come from — Jesus, Texas Dolly, The Poker Brat and twenty more.
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The most famous poker players of all time
Doyle Brunson
Old guard
Doyle Brunson
Texas Dolly
10 bracelets 2x Main Event $6.1M earnings
Won back-to-back Main Events in 1976-77, both times holding 10-2 offsuit. That hand now bears his name. Author of Super/System.
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 Phil Ivey
Modern era
Phil Ivey
The Tiger Woods of Poker
10 bracelets $40M+ earnings
Elite across every format and variant. Widely considered the best all-round player of his generation.
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 Phil Hellmuth
Record holder
Phil Hellmuth
The Poker Brat
17 bracelets Most in history $28M+ earnings
More WSOP bracelets than anyone in history. Won the Main Event at 24, youngest champion at the time.
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 Daniel Negreanu
Poker boom
Daniel Negreanu
Kid Poker
6 bracelets 6 WPT titles $46M+ earnings
Famous for calling opponents exact hands out loud in real time.
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 Chris Moneymaker
Changed everything
Chris Moneymaker
The Man Who Changed Poker
1x Main Event $86 satellite $3.8M earnings
Won the 2003 Main Event via an $86 online satellite. His win triggered a global poker boom.
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Johnny Chan
Old guard
Johnny Chan
The Orient Express
10 bracelets · 2x Main Event
Back-to-back Main Events 1987-88. The Rounders cameo.
 Johnny Moss
Old guard
Johnny Moss
The Grand Old Man
3x Main Event · First WSOP 1970
Won the very first WSOP — by player vote, not tournament.
 Dan Harrington
Old guard
Dan Harrington
Action Dan
1x Main Event · Strategy author
Back-to-back final tables 2003-04. Wrote the book on tournaments.
 Erik Seidel
Old guard
Erik Seidel
Erik the Quiet
9 bracelets · $40M+ earnings
The Chan hand from Rounders. Then 30 years of dominance.
 T.J. Cloutier
Old guard
T.J. Cloutier
The Cloutier
6 bracelets · 5 Main Event final tables
Five final tables. Never won it. The cruelest near-miss in poker.
 Chip Reese
Old guard
Chip Reese
The Best Cash Game Player
3 bracelets · Cash game legend
Built his reputation in the Vegas side games — away from cameras.
 Gus Hansen
Poker boom
Gus Hansen
The Great Dane
3 WPT titles in one season
Hyper-aggressive any-two-cards style. Most entertaining player of the boom.
 Greg Raymer
Poker boom
Greg Raymer
Fossilman
1x Main Event · 2004
Patent attorney with holographic glasses. Analytics before solvers existed.
 Barry Greenstein
Old guard
Barry Greenstein
The Robin Hood of Poker
3 bracelets · Ace on the River author
Donated every tournament win to charity.
 Patrik Antonius
Modern era
Patrik Antonius
The Finnish Flash
Online + live cash legend
Dominated the biggest online cash games.
 Mike Matusow
Poker boom
Mike Matusow
The Mouth
4 bracelets · $9.5M earnings
Explosive personality. Multiple final tables.
 Chris Ferguson
Poker boom
Chris Ferguson
Jesus
6 bracelets · Full Tilt founder
Game theory pioneer turned controversial figure.
 Howard Lederer
Poker boom
Howard Lederer
The Professor
2 bracelets · Full Tilt board member
Analytical player. Career defined by the Full Tilt scandal.