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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.
Official Website
Ivey LeagueWikipedia
Phil IveyWorld Series Of Poker
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Phil IveyVideos Featuring Phil Ivey
10 years ago18,192BestPokerVids,Published 10 years ago
Phil Ivey: Utilizing Your Table ImagePhil Ivey explaining how your table image should come about and how to best take advantage of it
10 years ago64,790ThePokerAces,Published 10 years ago
HSP: Phil Ivey Felts HellmuthA classic High Stakes Poker hand - Phil Hellmuth is felted by Ivey in a rough cooler
11 years ago68,965PokerRoadVids,Published 11 years ago
60 Minutes Phil Ivey Interview on Cheating at Borgata and CrockfordsPhil Ivey talking on 60 Minutes about his Borgata and Crockfords cheating scandals
11 years ago9,156ThePokerAces,Published 11 years ago
High Stakes Poker: Phil Ivey Owns Jason MercierA classic hand from HSP - Ivey crushing souls; this time it is Jason Mericer's turn to feel the pain
11 years ago18,831welovepoker,Published 11 years ago
Phil Ivey Arriving to the High Court in LondonPhil Ivey and his alleged associate Cheng Yin Sun arriving to the High Court in London
11 years ago98,055welovepoker,Published 11 years ago
Phil Ivey on 60 Minutes Sports - PreviewPhil Ivey will appear on 60 minutes sports on Showtime TV. Here's the preview.
11 years ago7,119ThePokerAces,Published 11 years ago
Aussie Millions 250K Challenge: Final Hand Between Ivey and HaxtonFinal hand of the Aussie Millions 250K Challenge - Ivey takes the gold
11 years ago5,203ThePokerAces,Published 11 years ago
Aussie Millions: Ivey vs Haxton Head to HeadPhil Ivey and Ike Haxton going head to head in a big pot
11 years ago9,732ThePokerAces,Published 11 years ago
Aussie Millions: Phil Ivey Misreading His HandPhil Ivey misreading his hand in a pot against Daniel Negreanu and Mike McDonald. Ike Haxton finds it very amusing.
11 years ago13,615RPFC,Published 11 years ago
Ivey League Video: Phil Discussing Decision Making FactorsPhil Ivey's coaching video on decision making factors in certain tough spots
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Articles Featuring Phil Ivey
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Borgata's Case against Phil Ivey Proceeds to Court
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Poker Week in Pictures - Stay Cool and Take the Prizes
American Poker AwardsThe American Poker Awards were the big story of the past week. A lot of familiar faces made their appearances, some walked away with prizes, some will have to wait the next award
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Ivey League Ad Seeking to Raise $20 Million a Misunderstanding
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Phil Ivey Wins $250k Aussie Millions Challenge for the Third Time
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Weekly High Stakes Report: Ivey Losing Big, SanIker Crushing, Blom Returns
Big:O;ur last report ended with a confrontation between ‘thecortster’ and ‘SanIker’ on Monday. The two picked up right where they left off on Tuesday, continuing to exchange huge pots on the
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Weekly High Stakes Report: Ivey Keeps Crushing, ‘EireAbu’ is Back
Big:I;t was an action-packed week at the nosebleeds tables, and both Full Tilt and PokerStars had their fair share of big pots exchanging hands. Continuing from last week’s report, Sunday was the
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Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey: Time for an Alias Change?
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Phil Ivey Appealing Court Decision in the Crockfords Case
Big:A;fter the court ruled against Phil Ivey in his case against the Crockfords Casino, the poker public has been waiting for Ivey’s legal team next action. It wasn’t likely that Ivey would just
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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
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