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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7 years ago4,540BestPokerVids,

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PokerStars - Top 5 Poker Moments

Relive the greatest moments in televised PokerStars history, including Phil Ivey battling Daniel Negreanu heads-up, Victoria Coren...

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Poker Superstars - Ivey and Chan's Bluffing War!

In this hand from the Poker Superstars Invitational Championship, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan get into a bluffing war! Who will hold...

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Poker Pros Uncut - Episode 1 🤣

📣 Phil Ivey tells us how he feels about the possibility of a new WSOP Strip Poker Event. 🍽️ Mike Matusow can't believe ...

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Poker Life Podcast with Phil Ivey

It's finally happened. Phil Ivey joins Joeingram1 for the Poker Life Podcast. The pair catch up on everything Ivey has been doing ...

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Poker Hands - What is Phil Ivey DOING?

David "Viffer" Peat is the man in this lineup best known for volatility and being unpredictable. However, it's actually Phil Ivey ...

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Poker Hands - Phil Ivey Agonizes Over The River

Doug Polk analyses a hand he played himself against the great Phil Ivey during the final table of a $250,000 high roller event at ...

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Phil vs Phil: Ivey Puts Hellmuth Into the Tank

Phil Hellmuth considers calling against Phil Ivey with very borderline hand

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Phil on Phil Cooler - Hellmuth Collides with Ivey

Phil Hellmuth flops big against Phil Ivey, but not big enough

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Phil on Phil Action - Ivey Valuetowns Hellmuth to Oblivion

Phil Hellmuth pays off three streets with super weak hand against Phil Ivey

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Phil Ivey’s 8th final table

Kimberly Lansing of worldpokertour.coms Live Updates talks to Phil Ivey as he heads into his record setting 8th WPT Final Table......

Phil Ivey Net Worth

Phil Ivey net worth: According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, the 39-year-old American gambler has a fortune worth $100 million and it only continues to rise.

Phil Ivey No Show for WSOP 2015

So far, Phil Ivey has been a no-show at the World Series of Poker 2015, skipping event the $50k Players' Championship

Phil Ivey Obtains the Medical Marijuana Dispensary License

Big:A;ccording to the article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Phil Ivey is one of 26 people who will receive medical marijuana dispensary license in the near future. City council of Las Vegas spent

Phil Ivey Online Poker 2015: Why is He Losing?

Phil Ivey online poker: The words ‘Phil Ivey’ and ‘losing player’ are not often heard together - 2015 has been a bad year for this top player online.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Phil Ivey Records First WSOP Cash In 4 Years

Poker fans the world over would like to see Phil Ivey make a run at Phil Hellmuth's record of 14 WSOP titles.

Phil Ivey Voted Best Player Ever in Doug Polk’s Poll

After asking his Twitter followers to help build a shortlist of 100 players, Polk whittled that down to 20 with a vote and then asked the fans to vote again with the new list

Phil Ivey Was ‘Cheating’ Says UK Appeal Judge

Phil Ivey’s recent run of bad beats in the courts continued when his appeal against a London casino over winnings of £7.7million was rejected by three Court of Appeal judges.

Live Poker Events, 9 years ago

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

Big:D;escribing Phil Ivey as 'one of the best, if not the best, poker players in the world’ has gotten old. But there is hardly any other way to describe the man who has won and keeps winning

Phil Ivey and Allen Iverson in Double or Nothing Battle

Ivey's recent Double or Nothing challenge against NBA legend Allen Iverson was far removed from his casino adventures!

Phil Ivey and Cheung Yin Sun Edge Sorting Saga Goes Hollywood

Titled “The Baccarat Queen,” the movie will be an "exciting, high-stakes tale of cunning and revenge.”