Which country has the best players?

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Hey guys, I made a video on this recently, let me know what you think?!

 
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I believe it is spread all over the world, not in just one specific location.
 
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USA and Canadá with no doubt, then Russia and brazil i think.
 
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The best players in the Baltic countries and Ukraine.
 
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too many variants to quantify that answer, but if i had to pick one country with the best poker players would be USA
 
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Brazilian players have been growing a lot in terms of awards in recent years, I hope they start to win 1st place in several championships.
 
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According to my experience as an online poker player, I think that the best players are those from canada, at the same time they seem to me to be educated players with common sense, who do not offend their opponents.
 
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At NL1000 I have not met any Baltic, Bellarusian, Ukrainian, Argentinian or Brazilian players.
Zero.
 
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Belarusians are the best at poker, after all, they are partisans.
 
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Belarusians are the best at poker, after all, they are partisans.
The last dictatorship in Europe. 0,92% speaks English, rarely anyone can play poker and human rights are none existent. Belarus is Putin’s lap dog. I wish you all the best. You have good educations and free health care.
And there are some fine chess players.
Alas, the “partisans” are fighting with Russia alongside mercenairies from North Korea. Trying to occupy Ukraine. This will hardly get you The Nobel Prize of Peace.
 
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Hey guys, I made a video on this recently, let me know what you think?!

I can see that you all time have accumulated $4.303. That seems to be on the shy end of being a pro. But good luck. Regarding your video. A “work in progress” to describe it nicely. But that’s just my opinion.
 
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I would say that currently the best poker players are in Brazil, but the best known players worldwide are from the United States of America, and the best known world poker cradle is Las Vegas.
 
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Good players live in different countries :)
Location does not affect skills, experience or patience. Obviously, in those countries where there are more players in general, there will be more good players. In other words, the more citizens of a country play poker, the more likely it is that there will be more good players in that country. But at the same time, there will be more bad ones :)
 
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U.S. top players ranked number one )
 
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Good players live in different countries :)
Location does not affect skills, experience or patience. Obviously, in those countries where there are more players in general, there will be more good players. In other words, the more citizens of a country play poker, the more likely it is that there will be more good players in that country. But at the same time, there will be more bad ones :)
I disagree. Location does affect skills. Some countries have a long history of fostering the best players while others do not. And furthermore there is a language issue. In countries with a sparse poker tradition the poker litterature is not translated from English. And most people in these countries don’t speak or read English. And without constantly studying poker your game do not evolve.
 
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I think there is a consensus that the US has the best poker players. Mainly because so many play poker. Apart from the US which country do you think foster the best players?
Of course, most of us will answer that the best players are from his country :)
But this will not be a completely representative assessment. I have seen good players from different countries. I can probably single out players from Canada or Brazil.
 
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I would say that currently the best poker players are in Brazil, but the best known players worldwide are from the United States of America, and the best known world poker cradle is Las Vegas.
Where are the Brazilian players? Certainly not at high stakes cash games at pokerstars. But perhaps they are to be found in tournaments.
 
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Of course, most of us will answer that the best players are from his country :)
But this will not be a completely representative assessment. I have seen good players from different countries. I can probably single out players from Canada or Brazil.
I have not met a single Brazilian player at high stakes cash games. You are right that most people think their own nation is the pinnacle. I have read people from countries like Ukraine and Belarus claiming they are best. There is quite a bit Comical Ali over this. People from these countries do not speak English and no poker books are translated to their language. This is a huge obsticle from studying the game.
 
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I think that Brazilian players are the luckiest, and they are also aggressive players.
 
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At NL1000 I have not met any Baltic, Bellarusian, Ukrainian, Argentinian or Brazilian players.
Zero.

Interesting. I think the reason people mention these countries is because there are plenty of solid players at low and microstakes from these countries. Only very few make it to the top tho.

Obviously one of the best in the world is from Belarus, Mikita Badziakowski. I doubt he plays 'as low' as NL1000 :p

UK and Spain have some good players too, as well as the countries mentioned already.
 
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I think that Brazilian players are the luckiest, and they are also aggressive players.
Well, do you have any proof that Brazilian players are the luckiest. Mathematically this is off course impossible
 
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Interesting. I think the reason people mention these countries is because there are plenty of solid players at low and microstakes from these countries. Only very few make it to the top tho.

Obviously one of the best in the world is from Belarus, Mikita Badziakowski. I doubt he plays 'as low' as NL1000 :p

UK and Spain have some good players too, as well as the countries mentioned already.
Yes, there are many fine Brits. They have a tradition for gambling.
 
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The last dictatorship in Europe. 0,92% speaks English, rarely anyone can play poker and human rights are none existent. Belarus is Putin’s lap dog. I wish you all the best. You have good educations and free health care.
And there are some fine chess players.
Alas, the “partisans” are fighting with Russia alongside mercenairies from North Korea. Trying to occupy Ukraine. This will hardly get you The Nobel Prize of Peace.
Find out who the Belarusian Nikita Bodyakovsky. Alexander Shilko
I have nothing to prove to you. I feel so sorry for you...
 
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