The best of enemies at the table, good friends away from the felt. For 20 years, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey have battled in the game of poker. While others are huge poker celebrities, such as old master Doyle Brunson and modern-day hero Phil Galfond, Negreanu and Ivey are arguably the two biggest names in the game.

This weekend, Negreanu took to social media in response to a fan asking him if he thought Phil Ivey was the best poker player of all-time, as he had been voted in a recent Twitter poll.

Having won six World Series of Poker bracelets himself, Negreanu was quick to reply in the affirmative about Ivey who, with 10 WSOP bracelets is only second to bracelet-magnet Phil Hellmuth in the annual poker festival.

Phil Ivey is the greatest poker player I’ve ever played against.