Notable Poker Players

Poker is a very popular game and is played throughout the world. At first, 'Poker' was known by the name of 'Bluff'. Poker is a national vying game of United States of America and is of French-American origin. It carries five cards based on betting on who has the best hand. In this game, players bet on who will hold the combination of best cards by continuously raising the bets.

A list of poker players has been ranked in order of their seniority and their impact on the game. These are listed below:

T. J. Cloutier He is one of the most popular and respectable players in this field. He wrote a book on Poker and named it as Championship No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem. He is also recognized as a leader in money making at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the year 2001. He has won two gold bracelets at the 1994 WSOP, one for pot-limit holdem and the other for Omaha high-low.

Phil Hellmuth
He is recognized as a well-known personality in the poker community. He has won 6 WSOP Bracelets, including the 1989 WSOP No Limit Holdem Main event.

Johnny Chan
He is well recognized in the international scenario. He has won at the WSOP main event victory in the year 1987. Right from 1988, Clan has been gaining momentum in this tournament.

Miami John Cernuto
He won his first big pot and the seven-card-stud title in Super bowl of Poker in 1988. He is very good at his skills and so continues to rise in the tournament. He won the Heads Up Poker Tournament in Vienna in 2003, won $23,000 in event #17 at the Legends of Poker, and placed fourth in the Limit 7-Card Stud Championship in the United States Poker Championship at Trump Taj Mahal.

Thuan "Scotty" Nguyen
Scotty is also known by the name of "Prince". He won the WSOP championship title in 1998. He is recognized as one of the highest paid players in the world.

Doyle Brunson
Also known as "Texas Dolly", Doyle has won 8 WSOP. He is also well recognized into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Stu Ungar
Though Stu Ungar is no more today, but he is still remembered and talked between all of us. Many contemporaries still consider him the greatest No Limit Holdem player all over the world. He has won three WSOP championship titles.

Eric Seidel
He is amongst the well-known names in the poker world. He came second to Johnny Chan in the WSOP championship event held in 1988.

Johnny Moss
Johnny Moss is also popular by the name of "Grand Old Man" of poker. He won the World Series of World Championship thrice.

Amarillo Slim' Preston
He is the Ambassador of Poker game. He has attached several bracelets in WSOP events to his credit.

Other notable players are Bob Ciaffone, Andy Glazer, Mike Sexton, Barry Shulman, Marty Wilson, and many more.