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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IVEY GETS IT IN WITH QUEENS—THEN A KING STORMS THE ROOM AND NO ONE EVEN FLINCHES.

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Smartest Plays at the Poker Table 🤯 | Next-Level Thinking

Witness the genius of Patrick Antonius, Phil Ivey, Tony G, Stephen Chidwick, and a lineup of poker's sharpest minds in a game of p...

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$2,000,000 for 1st! | $102K NLH Invitational | Onyx Club SHRS | Final Table Highlights

When the $102K SHRS Invitational got down to nine players, you knew the lineup was going to be brutal. With names like Ivey, Yong,...

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2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship | Episode 2 with Daniel Negreanu & Phil Hellmuth

In the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, the Diamonds bracket features Daniel Negreanu against Jerry Buss, along with mat...

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The GREATEST Poker Tournament Runs of ALL TIME!

In this video, we will experience all of the greatest tournament runs in Poker history from underdogs to aggressive champions. We ...

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BEST of Phil Ivey on Poker After Dark! [MEGA COMPILATION]

Watch a compilation of Phil Ivey's greatest moments from Poker After Dark. See his famous bluffs, massive calls, and incredible re...

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Phil Ivey Hunts 12th WSOP Bracelet at $25,000 PLO High Roller!

Catch the action from the \$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, where 13 contenders are fighting for a massive $2,292,155 prize an...

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Every Poker Player Who Had Rules Made To Stop Them

These poker players weren't just good—they were game-changers. Discover the wild stories of infamous angle shooters, rule-breaki...

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Phil Ivey, Adrian Mateos & Isaac Haxton at WSOP $100,000 High Roller!

The 2025 World Series of Poker's Event #38: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller is down to 23 players from an initial 103, neari...

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The Real Problem With Poker Stables and Backers

Poker stables and backers often sell the dream of a fast rise to the high-stakes spotlight — but the reality is much murkier. Th...

The Rise of Poker Vlogs and Why They Have Taken the Poker World by Storm

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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 Loses His Lawsuit Against Crockfords – Judge Deems Ivey ‘Truthful Witness’

Absence of Phil Ivey at this year’s WSOP APAC has been noticed by many, but great Phil had a good reason for his absence as his £7.7 million lawsuit against Crockfords Casino, owned and operated

Phil Ivey Baccarat Tales

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Glory Days: 5 Things We Will Miss About Full Tilt Poker

​Today is the day when Full Tilt finally closes its doors as a poker site in its own right, disappears into the fold of PokerStars, and essentially becomes ‘just another skin’ in a market replete with them.

Craziest Hands Of The 2016 WSOP Main Event

Maybe next time you open your favorite poker room or go to your nearby casino, you will too go deep into the tank and start thinking about actually making epic folds. Because it happened ladies and gents at this year’s WSOP Main Event.

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.

Which Country Really has the Best Poker Players?

Many poker enthusiasts find themselves wondering which country has the best poker players in the world and that's precisely the question we'll attempt to answer today.

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

Top 5 Best Poker Players in the World

Top spot on the list goes to the perennial favourite - controversial Californian-born poker genius