Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey, real name Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. is widely regarded as one of the best poker players to ever grace this earth.

Biography

Phil Ivey, real name Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. is widely regarded as one of the best poker players to ever grace this earth. His massive personality and phenomenal poker skills have taken him to the top of the poker world throughout the past 20 years. To try your hand at becoming one of the best, we suggest Carbon Poker for USA players. He was born in Riverside, California on Feburary 1st 1976, and started playing poker around his twenties were he got his first nickname "No Home Jerome" come from the ID he used to play at the local casino and later on he got the nickname "Tiger Woods of Poker".

It was from here Ivey started to hone his skills and slowly start to become noticed as a very scary opponent.

"The Corporation" vs Andrew Beal

Perhaps one of the most notable stories surrounding Ivey’s poker career is that of his Heads Up battle with billionaire banker Andrew Beal back in 2006. According to several reports around that time, Ivey and Beal played three days of poker against each other, with Ivey coming out on top with a cool $16.6m profit. This whole saga stemmed from an ongoing battle between Beal and several top players for many years before that, in which the players then decided to club together, coin themselves ‘The Corporation’ and take on Beal. It was also reported that the $16.6m win meant that ‘The Corporation’ had won back $10m they had lost to Beal previously and added the $6.6m to their bankroll as a whole.

World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour

Phil Ivey have had a glorious poker carrier having won ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets as well as one World Poker Tour (WPT) Final and also appearing nine times at the final table.

Awards

Ivey was named Poker Players of the Year by "All In Magazine" in 2005 and 2009

As TheHendonMob reports Phil Ivey has accumulated more than 23 million dollars from tournaments alone, and over $10m in online winnings. A big percentage of this money came from other regular high stakes players such as Patrik Antonius, Viktor Blom, and Tom Dwan.

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Drunk Poker Players - When Poker Becomes Funny

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Durrrr vs Ivey - I've Got It

Phil Ivey facing a big river bet from Tom Dwan

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EPT03 - Big Sweat with Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey looking to hold in a big all in during EPT Season 3

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EPT11 Grand Final - Phil Ivey Putting Daniel Negreanu to the Test

Daniel Negreanu with a river decision against Phil Ivey

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EPT3 - Phil Ivey Flops Big

Phil Ivey flopping a big hand in a five-way pot

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EPT3 - Sweat with Ivey

Sweating a hand with one and only Phil Ivey

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Esfandiari betters Phil Ivey!

Phil Ivey obviously caught some sort of read from Esfandiari on this one!

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Floating Like Ivey - Patrik Outplayed

Phil Ivey with perfect feeling for where he is in a hand vs Patrik Antonius

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Folding Pocket Aces to Phil Ivey!

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Sweat is Over: Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu Lock the Bracelet Bet

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Weekly High Stakes Report: Phil Ivey Loses Nearly $700K, ‘the cortster’ On a Sick Upswing

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Poker Week in Pictures - Stay Cool and Take the Prizes

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Phil Ivey Obtains the Medical Marijuana Dispensary License

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Ivey Gets Another Shot at the Crockford Pot

Phil Ivey gets another shot to appeal his £7.8million case with London's Crockford Casino

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Phil Ivey Wins $250k Aussie Millions Challenge for the Third Time

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Top 3 Sickest Bluffs

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Ivey Fights Borgata for His $9.6m Baccarat Winnings

​It was never going to be easy to get Phil Ivey to return the almost $10million winnings from his now infamous Borgata baccarat case.

Who the Best Poker Player in the World Is, According to Daniel Negreanu

Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu revealed who he thinks is the best NLHE player in the world currently.