It’s my belief that Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world, and that includes every format. I’ve played live with him, and cash, Hold’em, Stud, Omaha, whatever, and he is just the most consistently good player at everything – include online based on what his results look like. I don’t think anyone has won more money online, live play, or tournament poker, than Ivey. Pretty strong.

Daniel Negreanu – 01/2010 – in Full Contact Poker

 

Tilt has many causes and kinds, but it has only one effect. It makes us play bad. It makes us do things we wouldn’t do if we were at our very best. And that’s how I want to define it, exactly like that. Tilt is any deviation from your A-game and your A-mindset, however slight or fleeting.

Tommy Angelo – 12/2007 – in Elements of poker

 

Without online poker, many of the new top players wouldn’t be able to compete with the old-school professionals. With online poker, it is possible to get years of playing experience in a few weeks.

John Tabatabai – 03/2008 – in Card Player Europe

Of course experience helps and playing tons and tons of hands online helps, But the more you play live, the more you pick up on as well. That’s why so many of these big online guys have yet to have a big score live. A lot of it has to do with variance, but a lot of them also haven’t grasped how live poker is played. [...]
When you’ve played that much online you may be more experienced as far as the technical side goes, but poker is more than just that. It’s got a human element to it.

Hoyt Corkins – 02/2010 – in PokerListings

 

Taking freedom away is not what America is all about. Poker is an intrinsic part of America’s soul. Poker is an American game. Poker was a vital part of the American frontier. [...]
I love America. And I love to play poker. It is my version of the American dream. I have a simple message to Congress. Keep your hands off of my poker hand.

Greg Raymer – 02/2010 – in The Daily Caller

 

Isildur could easily have over $10 million now on Full Tilt if he had better game selection and if he didn’t play six, seven, or eight games at the same time against Phil Ivey and Durrrr. He’s a great player, but you need everything; you need money management.

Patrik Antonius – 02/2010 – in CardPlayer

 

Online play always seemed to be a little bit out of my comfort zone. Online seems to be more about the statistics and math side of poker (which is a big part of the game but something I usually consider without really having to think about it). And with online gamers it is “positive ev” this and “nit” that and “c bet” this and “lmfao”… it’s like another whole world out there, even for someone like myself who has played poker for many years.

Nichoel Peppe – 02/2010 – in PokerStars Blog

 

One reason that poor players are prone to making mistakes at the poker table is that many decisions in poker require assumptions or thought processes that are vastly different to those we require in our everyday life. In fact, many of the attitudes required to play good poker actually go against our instincts.

Ian Taylor & Matthew Hilger – in The poker mindset

 

Poker players can agree on nothing. So the fact they do agree on Phil Ivey is a rare circumstance. Phil Ivey has a sixth sense like all good poker players do, but he has like a sixth-and-half sense. He has the ability to read situations better than the next person. In poker it’s hard to say anybody’s the best, but yeah, they’re pretty unanimous. Hardly anybody says, ‘Ah, he gets lucky.’ Everyone agrees he is the best.

Norman Chad – 11/2009 – in Las Vegas Sun

In the end, being a woman is definitely to my advantage at the poker table. I can take advantage of the underestimation and stereotypes that will be attributed to me simply due to my gender.

Vanessa Rousso – 03/2009