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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Phil Ivey SOUL READS Tony G in an INSANE HAND! - Triton Poker Madrid 2022

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Phil Ivey Postflop Masterclass

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WPT Cash Game: Phil Ivey is Back!

Phil Ivey returns to poker as he takes a seat at the $200/$400 NLHE cash game held at the Hustler casino. Become the next GOA...

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Hustler Casino $200/$400 Cash Game ft GMan, Ivey and Dwan

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WPT Heads Up Championship Finals. Ivey vs Antonius

The WPT heads up championship final features Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. Commentated throughout by Jamie Kersetter and Doug Pol...

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Poker Life Podcast with Phil Ivey

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The PHIL IVEY Interview - DAT Poker Podcast Episode #100

Phil Ivey joins the DAT poker podcast to discuss poker, crypto, WSOP and his recent cash game run in Macau. Start your poker ...

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Phil Ivey Finally Appears at WSOP

Phil Ivey, considered by many to be the ‘greatest of all time’, finally appeared at this year’s World Series of Poker to join Day 1C –his first, and only, event of the series.

Top All-In Moments

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Who Will Be the First Player to Cash For $100 Million?

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Top 3 Sickest Bluffs

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Best Pro Poker Faces

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Phil Ivey Asks UK Court to Decide Exactly What Is Cheating

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The Ultimate Poker Fantasy Team

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Phil Ivey's Newest Venture

​Poker legend Phil Ivey has announced his latest adventure which will see him join forces with iTEAM network to launch his own Daily Fantasy Sports site – PhilIveyDFS.