The First through Ninth Families of Poker?
Watching the latest episode of ESPN’s Inside Deal … Laura Lane had a question for Howard Lederer, about who would win between him and his sister vs. the Brunson clan. Though Howard’s non-committal answer shows he is definitely learnin’ himself some politics, it got me thinking … really, who are the biggest poker families?
Though naturally I see yet another Dream Team tourney possibility, there could be other ways to quantify the “first family” of poker. Off the top of my head — based on people who play at least semi-regularly and have had some semblance of decent results in biggish events — you have, in no particular order:
The Brunsons
Doyle
Todd
Pam
The Lederers
Howard
Annie (Duke)
The Greensteins
Barry
Joe (Sebok)
The Mizrachis
Eric
Robert
Michael
The Williams
David
Shirley
The Schneiders
Tom
Julie
The Nguyens (Master)
Men
Van
The Heimowitzs
Jay
Lonnie
The (Belcore) Zogmans
Dan
Mary Jo