Among poker's brightest and most successful, there is one player who garners the highest praise. Howard Lederer said this player would before long be known as the best player who ever lived. Chris Ferguson called him a "genius". Barry Greenstein, who doesn't give out compliments lightly, refers to him as one of the five best in the world and notes that he's still improving. Erick Seidel said he has "a searing intelligence."
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So Ferguson, one of the people
everyone recognizes as one of the greatest minds in poker. Thinks Phil Ivey is a genius, does that tell you anything??