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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High Stakes PLO Show - Ivey vs Trex313

Connectorz High Stakes PLO Show from Friday 15th Feb 2013. Phil Ivey aka 'Polarizing' plays at PLO session against Trex313 and Davin.

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High Stakes Mixed Game Show - Ivey & Antonius

Tuesday 19th Feburary 2013. High Stakes Livestream Rail show from Connectorz and Eddycadub. Some big mixed game action Featuring P...

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The best Phil Ivey Full Tilt Poker commercial

The best Phil Ivey Full Tilt Poker commercial

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How Dwan Plays Two Pair Versus Phil Ivey's Set

Tom "durrrr" Dwan playing two pair against Phil Ivey's set in Poker After Dark.

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Phil Ivey - Greatest Poker Player of All Time

Phil Ivey won his 9th Bracelet in the mixed event at the WSOP Asia-Pacific. What makes him so brilliant?

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Looking Inside Poker's Greatest Minds with Ivey,

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Phil Ivey owns Lex's soul with 52o on High Stakes Poker

One of the top ten televised bluffs of all time.

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BET RAISE FOLD: Phil Ivey is God

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Tom Dwan vs Phil Ivey playing Omaha

Ivey and Dwan playing a big hand of PLO on Poker After Dark.

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Phil Ivey tilting

Some footage from WSOP 2008

Phil Ivey Announces his Return to Competitive Play

Phil Ivey’s disappearance from the tournament circuit this past year or so has been as much of a mystery as Tom Dwan’s similar situation a couple of years ago

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

Phil Ivey Appears in TV Commercial for Chrysler

Phil Ivey appears in a new TV commercial for the 2015 Chrysler 300 that features successful Americans.

Phil Ivey Asks UK Court to Decide Exactly What Is Cheating

On a trip to London, UK, Ivey visited the upmarket private casino Crockford's, an exclusive outfit in Mayfair, to play the game Punto Banco, a form of Baccarat.

Phil Ivey Baccarat Tales

Gather round for the Phil Ivey Baccarat Tales - marked cards, alcohol and babes for distraction, and the Queen of Sorts as a lucky charm.

Phil Ivey Claims Borgata Gains Edge with Booze and Babes

Phil Ivey claims Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino aims for an advantage on profits in whatever way possible including flirty waitresses and alcohol.

Phil Ivey Documentary Being Filmed at 2022 WSOP

A documentary about Phil Ivey is currently being filmed at the 2022 World Series of Poker

Phil Ivey Featured in Chrysler Commercial

Phil Ivey stars in a 30-second commercial for Chrysler that showcases successful Americans.

Phil Ivey Fights Back: Motion Filed to Dismiss Borgata’s Lawsuit

Great majority of poker fans are aware of the fact that Phil Ivey is currently involved with two lawsuits. The first suit is Ivey’s against Britan’s Genting Group, where Crockfords Casino refuses

Phil Ivey Files Countersuit Versus Borgata

Phil Ivey countersued the Borgata Casino over the edge sorting case, claiming that the cards utilized were destroyed by the casino, harming his defense against the allegations.