who is the best NL hold'em player?

[Turn Prophet]

Cue 7 more pages of "zOMG Thay3r is the best" vs "psh Thay3r has played way more tournies than Phil he doesn't destroy Hellmuth lol."

"The best" is an irrelevant distinction in my mind when luck plays so crucial a role. As long as your results are satisfactory, I would think that would be the deciding factor... because I don't see any system we could possibly all agree on to choose "the best."