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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6 years ago22,470ThePokerAces,Published 6 years ago
Phil Ivey Calls Mizrachi - Ultimate Feel CallPhil Ivey smells somethings wrong - That's why he's the best, natural instinct.
11 years ago22,459Published 11 years ago
Four days with Phil IveyAn ESPN team follow Phil Ivey during four days of gambling and promotions.
7 years ago21,596Published 7 years ago
NBC HU 2013 - Phil Laak vs Phil IveyNBC HU 2013 - Phil Laak vs Phil Ivey (Ep 01)
13 years ago21,489Published 13 years ago
Phil Ivey vs Masa Kagawahand b/t Phil Ivey and Masa Kagawa @ the 2006 Aussie Millions Cash Game
6 years ago21,214BestPokerVids,Published 6 years ago
Aussie Millions 2014: High Stakes Cash - Ep4Paul Phua, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Doug Polk and other big name pros continue to battle it out in the super high stakes cash g...
8 years ago20,387PokerRoadVids,Published 8 years ago
Life of Ivey - Phil Ivey makes a sick callPoker Road follow the life of Phil Ivey. He makes a sick call at the 2009 wsop main event
4 years ago20,154BestPokerVids,Published 4 years ago
Phil Ivey's $21million Casino LawsuitPhil Ivey opens up to 60 Minute Sports in this interview about the lawsuits that opened up after he won $21million playing Baccara...
4 years ago20,091BestPokerVids,Published 4 years ago
Great Poker Moments - Have You Got Heart?Re-live some great moments in poker with some of the all-time stars such as Stu Ungar, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmu...
6 years ago19,452BestPokerVids,Published 6 years ago
Aussie Millions 2014: 250K Challenge FT - Episode 2Final table of Aussie Millions 2014 250K challenge, featuring Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Fabian Quoss, Mike McDonald
6 years ago19,018ThePokerAces,Published 6 years ago
Phil Ivey Spider Senses WeaknessClassic Phil Ivey feel play
All eyes may be on the 2017 WSOP in Las Vegas at the moment, but come late July and the Macau Billionaire Poker Summer Showdown will be the place to be.
Poker fans hoping to see Phil Ivey enter some WSOP events this summer may get their wish as Ivey was recently photographed in Bobby's Room.
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The World Series of Poker released a list of the ten finalists under consideration for the 2017 class of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Paul Phua is inviting viewers and followers to prepare their own questions for the biggest names in the game.
Ivey and attorney Richard Spearman again attempted to win almost $10 million in cash that Ivey and a companion "earned" at the Punto Banco tables in 2012.
Phil Ivey and Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott were named as the 53rd and 54th inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Viktor Blom seems to be back in the saddle playing $200/400 PLO and limit triple draw and Omaha eights-or-better at $1k/$2k limits.
It came as a huge shock last year when the $250,000 Aussie Millions Challenge failed to materialize, and this year it has been left out of the festival’s schedule entirely.
When it comes to poker, Finland has produced many of the finest online players in the game’s history.
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