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Greatest mind athletes of today

A ranking of all professional mind athletes. A mind athlete is a person who competes in a sport that involves mainly mind skills. For athletes (physical), see other ranking.

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Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, No. 1 ranked player in the world and reigning World Chess Champion in classical, rapid and blitz. His peak rating is 2882, the highest in history. A...
9.7
9.7
as chess player
from 9 votes
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Peter Svidler
2

Peter Svidler

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Russian: Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster, author, and commentator...
9.2
9.2
as chess player
from 10 votes
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Hikaru Nakamura
3

Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is a United States chess grandmaster. He is a four-time United States Chess Champion, who won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads...
8.5
8.5
as chess player
from 2 votes
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Minh Ly
4

Minh Ly

Minh Hoang Ly (born March 24, 1967 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California.
7
7
as poker player
from 1 vote
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Michael Mizrachi
4

Michael Mizrachi

Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player.
7
7
as poker player
from 1 vote
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Nigel Short
4

Nigel Short

Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January...
7
7
as chess player
from 1 vote
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Jennifer Tilly
7

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is a Canadian-American actress and poker player. She is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supportin...
6.5
6.5
as poker player
from 2 votes
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David Williams
8

David Williams

David Anthony Williams (born June 9, 1980) is a professional poker player and Magic: The Gathering player.
1
1
as poker player
from 1 vote
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Brian Townsend
8

Brian Townsend

Brian Townsend is an American professional poker player.
1
1
as poker player
from 1 vote
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Info: The persons listed below are officially not in the ranking; they're candidates that don't have the minimum number of votes (1) to officially be in yet. They're listed by the number of votes, not by the rating. Click any item to cast your vote.
Dario Minieri
candidate

Dario Minieri

Dario Minieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːrjo minˈjɛːri]; born 1985) is an Italian professional poker player from Rome, Italy.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Jason Mercier
candidate

Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier (born November 12, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Hollywood, Florida.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Mike Matusow
candidate

Mike Matusow

Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Erick Lindgren
candidate

Erick Lindgren

Erick A. Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney, California) is an American professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Howard Lederer
candidate

Howard Lederer

Howard Henry Lederer (born October 30, 1963) is an American professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Guy Laliberté
candidate

Guy Laliberté

Guy Laliberté, (born September 2, 1959) is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist, co-founder and the current CEO of Cirque du Soleil.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Phil Laak
candidate

Phil Laak

Philip "Phil" C. Laak (born September 8, 1972) is an Irish-American professional poker player and a poker commentator
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Andreas Høivold
candidate

Andreas Høivold

Andreas Høivold (born 1972 in Sunderland, England), is a Norwegian professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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John Juanda
candidate

John Juanda

Johnson "John" Juanda (born July 8, 1971) is an Indonesian-born American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. He has won five World Series of Poker bracelets.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Phil Ivey
candidate

Phil Ivey

Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1976) commonly known as Phil Ivey, is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tou...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Gabe Kaplan
candidate

Gabe Kaplan

Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Dennis Phillips
candidate

Dennis Phillips

Dennis N. Phillips (born December 1954) is a professional poker player from St Louis, Missouri.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Shawn Sheikhan
candidate

Shawn Sheikhan

Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan (born 1969 in Iran) is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Paul Wasicka
candidate

Paul Wasicka

Paul J. Wasicka (born February 17, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is a professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Haralabos Voulgaris
candidate

Haralabos Voulgaris

Haralabos "Bob" Voulgaris (born 1975) is a Greek Canadian professional gambler, sports bettor, and sports book owner.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Mimi Tran
candidate

Mimi Tran

Thithi "Mimi" Tran (born July 5, 1960) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Patrik Antonius
candidate

Patrik Antonius

Patrik Antonius (born 13 December 1980 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Daniel Shak
candidate

Daniel Shak

Daniel Shak (born May 7, 1959) is an American semi-professional poker player and hedge fund manager
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Vanessa Selbst
candidate

Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa K. Selbst (born July 9, 1984) is an American professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Ilari Sahamies
candidate

Ilari Sahamies

Ilari Sahamies (born 1983 in Helsinki, Finland), also known as Ziigmund, is a Finnish professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Phil Ruffin
candidate

Phil Ruffin

Phillip G. Ruffin (born 1936) is an American businessman. His business interests lie largely in casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, and real estate.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Andrew Robl
candidate

Andrew Robl

Andrew Robl (born September 27, 1986) also known by his alias good2cu, is an American professional poker player from Okemos, Michigan.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Victor Ramdin
candidate

Victor Ramdin

Annand Mahendra "Victor" Ramdin (born May 28, 1968 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Phil Hellmuth
candidate

Phil Hellmuth

Phillip Jerome Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has captured a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (W...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Jennifer Harman
candidate

Jennifer Harman

Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello (born November 29, 1964, in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional poker player. She has won two World Series of Poker bracelets in open events, one of only two women to have done so...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Freddy Deeb
candidate

Freddy Deeb

Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb (born November 27, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a professional poker player who emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of 19.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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John D'Agostino
candidate

John D'Agostino

John D'Agostino (born November 3, 1982) is an American professional poker player.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Bill Chen
candidate

Bill Chen

William "Bill" Chen (born 1970 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Johnny Chan
candidate

Johnny Chan

Johnny Chan (born in Hangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese-born American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, including the 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Jonathan Duhamel
candidate

Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel (born August 24, 1987) is a Canadian poker professional from Boucherville, Quebec, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Nick Cassavetes
candidate

Nick Cassavetes

Nicholas David Rowland "Nick" Cassavetes (Greek: Νικόλαος Δαβίδ Ρουλαντ "Νίκος" Κασσαβέτης; born May 21, 1959) is an American film actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Todd Brunson
candidate

Todd Brunson

Todd Alan Brunson (born August 7, 1969) is an American professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Doyle Brunson
candidate

Doyle Brunson

Doyle F. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Brad Booth
candidate

Brad Booth

Bradley (Brad) Booth (born September 20, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Dan Bilzerian
candidate

Dan Bilzerian

Dan Brandon Bilzerian (born December 7, 1980) is an American professional poker player, actor and internet social media personality.
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0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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David Benyamine
candidate

David Benyamine

David Benyamine (born July 5, 1972 in Paris, France) is a French professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Daniel Alaei
candidate

Daniel Alaei

Daniel Christopher Alaei (born 1983) is a professional poker player from Santa Fe Springs, California. He is of Iranian descent.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Tom Dwan
candidate

Tom Dwan

Thomas Dwan Jr. (born July 30, 1986) is an American professional poker player who played online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker under the screen name "durrrr"...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Peter Eastgate
candidate

Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate (born 13 December 1985) is a poker player from Denmark, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker. At the time, he became the youngest player ever to win the event. He was subseque...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Eli Elezra
candidate

Eli Elezra

Eliahu Ilan Elezra (Hebrew: אלי אלעזרא‎; born November 24, 1960 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional poker player and businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada...
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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Gus Hansen
candidate

Gus Hansen

Gustav "Gus" Hansen (born Gustav Jacobsen on 13 February 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco.
0
0
as poker player
from 0 votes
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