Who are the poker players that you never hear about anymore?

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In my opinion, there are many reasons why we don’t see poker legends, first of all, it’s physical condition, the game takes a lot of strength and energy, and players have no time to stop because of tight tournament schedules, the second reason is when a smart player, having earned enough, understands that health is more important and there are other entertainments in life.
 
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Don't hear so much about Isildur1 Exploits anymore.

For more obvious reasons:

Howard Lederer
Chris Ferguson
 
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Many don't remember Heinz's victory in the wsop Main Event. However, he was one of the first Germans to make a name for himself when he won his second career 1000 ITM in 2011, for $8.7 million in the World Series. Since then, he simply decided to retire. He played in only nine events over the next few years, earning $9 million in live tournaments—his last was in 2016.
 
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I dont know why the first name who came to my mind was isildur1.The guy litterally took the poker world by storm just to lose the millions he won and dissapear into the sunset :).One of the mega aggro OG thats for sure.
Last I heard from him was winning the partypokermillions in Rozvadov 2018
 
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Viktor Blom. An interesting, bright young player. A legend.
 
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Wow! A real blast from the past, thanks guys.
I enjoyed reading about all my favourites.
 
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Since I'm not following anyone particular I'll go down the lane with my own nationality.

Luka Vidovic. He is not professional. I was once with him at the table 10+ years ago. He has two registered results at Hendon Mob which were in 2010 and 2017 played locally in Zagreb.
 
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a Brazilian I always followed and who encouraged me to play poker.
tiago decano.Decano
 
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I remember the only woman who won 2 EPT Main Events Victoria Coren Mitchell.
 
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Hi folks,

round about 20 years ago i was getting a fan of watching 2 hours a week professional poker, most times i watched the wsop videos and
a man with cowboy hat named Chris Ferguson was part of the top lobby of poker players. In the last years i havent seen him anymore on any streams of poker tournaments. Did he retired?

greets
 
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Hi folks,

round about 20 years ago i was getting a fan of watching 2 hours a week professional poker, most times i watched the wsop videos and
a man with cowboy hat named Chris Ferguson was part of the top lobby of poker players. In the last years i havent seen him anymore on any streams of poker tournaments. Did he retired?

greets
He isn't appreciated at the table anymore since his role at black friday.
 
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Havent heard about SpaceGravy in a long time.
 
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Hi folks,

round about 20 years ago i was getting a fan of watching 2 hours a week professional poker, most times i watched the wsop videos and
a man with cowboy hat named Chris Ferguson was part of the top lobby of poker players. In the last years i havent seen him anymore on any streams of poker tournaments. Did he retired?

greets

Yes, he plays live still but the media don't touch him with another player, Howard Lederer, who were in at the deep end of Black Friday with FTP.
 
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I love Jen Harman. She's a great player and really nice person who overcame diversity and significant health issues playing a man's game in a man's world. I just checked her X account. Her latest post was 2 years ago. Not sure where she's at these days but I wish her well. She was definitely a role model for me growing up as a wannabe poker pro.

 
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The player who immediately comes to mind is Phil Ivey.

When poker is broadcast on German television, it's usually the 'World Series of Poker'. I may be wrong, but I haven't seen him there in a while.
 
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I remember the only woman who won 2 EPT Main Events Victoria Coren Mitchell.
I wanted to write something else about Liv Boeree, but I saw that she won the EPT and the WSOP))
 
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Tod Brunson has been missing
for a while. Mike Caro is another! Both have been successful and taking it easy!
 
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Players like Chris Ferguson or Tom Dwan used to be everywhere, but now you rarely hear much about them. Times change, and the spotlight moves fast in poker.
 
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