1. Hosstbf
2. TheCount1729
3. Neverwin
4. Izmet/Angelina
5. Bryce Paradis

What's the story behind rank 2-4? I only heard about Neverwin that he's a douchebag + scammer. TheCount and Izmet I haven't even heard of.

Also, Bryce Paradis should probably rank higher. His training videos were a guide to a whole generation of HUHU players.

Also, where is Phil Ivey? Being the nr1 winner in FLHU history he clearly belongs into top3.

The next person I would add is probably Korn, the founder of pokerstrategy. The school started out with LHE only and has since braught up more than a handful of world class players, namely schafsheep, Fortuna, kobeyard85 and many more, who play other games now.

Finally, and I can see many of you disagreeing, st1ckman belongs on this list. He has been around for ages and always been hated by everyone. U think u keep a fish for yourself for more than 2 hands? Dream on buddy, because st1ckman never sleeps, he is always waiting in the dark

Therefore, my list is
1) Phil Ivey
2) Matt Hawrilenko (Hoss_TBF)
3) Bryce Paradis (Freedom25)
4) Dominik Kofert (Korn)
5) St1ckman

What about Alex123/TexasLimitKing?

I fear Hasu's modesty errs his judgement. Increasing the top limit of tables on ftp and being the subject of a high profile name change alone are enough, even if the quiet phenomenal success has gone largely unnoticed by the live tourney-obsessed media.

schneids imo

Far from qualified......... but didn't IHJ ruffle some feathers??

not 5 but ones i can think of:
Hosstbf
stox
the guys that played 150/300pounds on crypto whether they were euros or guys that posted on 2p2 and actually contributed useful stuff since that game was like enormous at the time
neverwin
bryce
tlk
derb
doughnutz

tlw should prolly be in there haha

Did Korn have any accomplishments in the actual game of LHE?

Also, id definitly put stoxtrader somewhere on that list.

St1ckman deserves legendary status.

Schneids defniitly in the 2p2 world (my perception of the LHE world is heavily filtrered through 2p2)

Ivey is not a LHE player despite his accomplishments and skill.

it's pretty interesting to note how little recognition nyplayer got. he influenced stox lots and imo just happened to run bad at his shots and, in part as a result, played weak tight.

also james282 was great. nyplayer and james282 were most influential to me in terms of making me think of things i never thought of before but i dont think b/c they weren't so public about it they can be on the list....but lots of nyplayer's work was in stox's book im sure.

You do know that nyplayer was the accomplice of stox in the whole cheating scandal, right?

It's nice to see them banished from the community...but that little curious part of me wonders what they are doing now...

Schneids deserves the credit for what he gave to the community, but I think he would agree that a lot of what influenced his style of play came from El Diablo and Nikla. Nikla in particular was way way way ahead of his time and someone I hated to play against back in the day.

Anyone remember nate tha great? and I'd add DeathDonkey and/or Nate tha great.



Also +1 for Schneids, stox, and bryce.

Considering this was started as a serious topic, and that everyone's opinion will be based on who personally had the most impact on them, I decided to take a shot as well.

I gave equal points weighted for both fame and influence, so my personal list is structured as:

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

Just outside the top 5:

In no order:

Hoss (Hoss_TiltsBenyamineFrequently)
Bryce
St1ck
TLK
and ... 8super? Or Schneids if you want a more conventional option

MrCash2006/Mark275 wins the prize for least influential LHE player ever