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
9 years ago9,007ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Monte Carlo Millions 2004: Phil Ivey vs Tony GTony G and Phil Ivey tangling in Monte Carlo Millions.
9 years ago13,956ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey: Great Bluff Against Winfred YuPhil Ivey making an amazing bluff against the amateur Winfred Yu
9 years ago18,181ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey: Floating the BestPhil Ivey making a great float against Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan
9 years ago4,929ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Monte Carlo Millions: Ivey vs SointulaPhil Ivey makes a great read for majority of Sointula's chips
9 years ago11,816ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Book Review: Phil 'Tiger Woods of Poker' IveyReview for the short book describing the life and career of the one of the best known living poker players: Phil Ivey
9 years ago100,736ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Phil vs Phil: Ivey Puts Hellmuth Into the TankPhil Hellmuth considers calling against Phil Ivey with very borderline hand
9 years ago5,325ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
HSP: Ivey's Kings Play Patrik's AcesPhil Ivey and Patrik Antonius playing a pot holding the two best starting hands in Hold'em
9 years ago9,017ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey vs Daniel Negreanu: That's How You Deal With the SingingIvey gets the best of Negreanu in a preflop raising war
9 years ago15,401ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
HSP: Nuggets of Wisdom with Phil IveySome wise words from some of the best high stakes poker professionals like Phil Ivey
9 years ago7,637ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Daniel Negreanu Gets One Through Against IveyDaniel Negreanu manages to pull a bluff on the river against Phil Ivey - but barely!
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