Popular Poker Players

By Kilo Grande


In the past a poker celebrity was a a celebrity who played some poker, like James Woods. Now, poker players like Daniel Negreanu are celebrities. Let's take a look at a few big poker celebrities.

One of the most popular players in the game today is Daniel Negreanu. Daniel is all over the TV these days if you watch poker. If it isn't High Stakes Poker, it's commercials for Poker Stars, or a final table appearance at a televised event.

He has an impressive tournament record. Danile has won four WSOP bracelets, and over $10,000,000 in prize money. He has a pleasant demeanor at the tables, very talkative and cheerful.

Doyle Brunson is the the grandfather of poker. He has been there from the beginning. His two WSOP Main Events wins makes him one of only 4 players to win the Main Event more than once. He has 10 WSOP bracelets, tied for second all time with Johnny Chan. Only Phil Helmuth, with 11, has more.

Many consider Doyle the best poker player of all time. He has won big events in four different decades. Born in 1933 Doyale won a major event as late as 2004 at age 71, and his last bracelet in 2005, at 72. Last year Doyle had a good run in the $50,000 WSOP HORSE event going out 16th and cashing $124,000.

Anni Duke is one of the best in a game that is dominated by men. There are other great women players, but Annie has gained a lot of popularity to go with her success. She gained a lot of notoriety when she finished 10th in the 2000 WSOP Main Event. It was a significant achievement, especially when you consider that she was eight months pregnant.

Annie had a huge year in 2004. She finally won a WSOP bracelet. She followed that up with a $2 million win in the WSOP torunament of champions. Annie learned the game playing against he brother, Howard Lederer, also a top poker pro.

A lot of people think Phil Ivey is the best player world. Aside from his tournament wins, he reportedly won $16 million from Andy Beal, a billionaire, mathmatician, high stakes poker player. The story goes like this. A group of pros formed a group called the corporation, to pool their money and play Beal. The Corporation is made up of Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harmen, Gus Hansen, and Ted Forrest who pooled their resources and poker bankrolls to play Beal. After a few session with Beal the corporation was down their original stake, about $10 million. At this point they brought Phil Ivey onto the team. Beal agrees to lower the stakes from $50,000/$100,000 limit to $30,000/$60,000. After two days, Ivey is up over $6 million. They agree to go back to $50,000/$100,000 the next day. By the end of the day, Phil has won another $10 million, for a total of $16 million in 3 days. The things that ledgends are made of.

Phil exploded on the tournament scene when he won 3 events in the WSOP in 2002. He has two others win at the WSOP giving him 5 bracelets. His tournament earnings are over $9 million.

Phil Helmuth is the winningest player in WSOP history. He has won 11 WSOP bracelets, including the 1989 WSOP Main Event. At age 24 Phil still stands today (2008) as the youngest player to win the Main Event.

It's not just the titles that make the poker brat so well known. He is famous for his outbursts at the table. When he gets a bad break, he lets everyone hear about it. One of his more famous quotes, after laying down a hand when his opponent had pocket aces, was, "I can dodge bullets baby".

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