NOTE: this poll is semi-scientific at best, and like my first fake ID, \”for entertainment purposes only.\”
Phil Ivey recently dropped off ESPN\’s admittedly subjective player rankings, The Nuts. ESPN\’s was the last of such lists to still include the self-exiled Full Tilt Pro in their Top 10. (Homers.)
I found this out via PartTime Poker, which seems to be doing a pretty cool monthly bit over there — breaking down player standings across four different ranking systems, each with their own calculation biases and level of subjectivity in determining the best poker players in the world.
Perhaps surprisingly, I still recognize most at least half of the 21 names comprising the four different Top 10s … but I\’ll bet the rest of the world surely doesn\’t. There\’s a reason, after all, Jason Mercier doesn\’t even have a Q-score.
So with subjectivity in mind … best player, winningest player, field strength, skill measurement, tournament luck, run-good ratios, late position likability, backer\’s credit score …