Professional poker players recognized talent when they see it. And if they have to pick out a player from a table then they would choose no other than Phil Ivey. Even though the general population doesn’t see Ivey on big tourneys.

He already have 8 Final Tables in the World Poker Tournament events and garnered one win. He also owned 6 WSOP bracelets though none of it are from Texas Hold ‘Em given that this poker game is the only one you can see in TV.

Phil Ivey is a very good cash game player that’s why he earned the title as the most excellent poker player in the world. Nevertheless these tables are seen rarely by the average population. He’s focus more on his cash games than being on a big tournament which is not his main priority.

His experienced in various cash games is seen on the WSOP bracelets he have. That would be 6 bracelets from 5 distinct kinds of poker. If you want to be the best player and to play against the best opponents like Doyle and Co. you need to have a better knowledge of all kinds of poker games because a different combination of games are featured each night.

Poker players spent numerous time to decide what games to play in such Ultra-High Stakes games. For example, Sammy Farha often have a PLO amongst the games he played. This is because each poker player has their own game that they fight hard to have in every round.

Ivey also acquired 2 PLO bracelets and 2 mixed event bracelets to his name plus the reputation as a 7 Card Stud beast. He also had gotten final tables at a number of H.OR.S.E tournaments.

Phil is the only one who can do better on those games. He also played higher stakes at the table. How high can he bet? Well, last February of 2006, he played with Andy Beal, a Texas billionaire, heads up Limit Texas Hold ‘Em with stakes of $25,000/$50,000 respectively. Phil Ivey won around $16,000,000 in just three days.

Yes, there are many good poker players out there and you can reason out why you particularly like them. But for me, it’s Phil Ivey through and through. He is the best cash game player ever and he only needed to acquire a win in a Main Event then nobody can argue who’s the best poker player in the world.

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