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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Phil Ivey Showing Why He Is the Best

Two great hands with Phil Ivey

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Phil Ivey vs Masa Kagawa

hand b/t Phil Ivey and Masa Kagawa @ the 2006 Aussie Millions Cash Game

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Phil Ivey Seeing Right Through Tom Dwan

Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan in the preflop raising wars; this one goes to Mr. Ivey

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Aussie Millions 2014: High Stakes Cash - Ep4

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Published 15 years ago

Phil Ivey Fresh From The Baccarat Room

Gloria catches up with the ever elusive Phil Ivey on break from the 100K buy in. Phil says his late arrive was a result of some ba...

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2016 Aussie Millions - Phil Ivey Plays A Huge Pot

A big all-in hand between Phil Ivey and Sammartino during the $100k Challenge at the 2016 Aussie Millions being held at the Crown ...

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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 46 - $1Million Day 2

Daniel Negreanu finishes his 2018 WSOP video blog series with Day 2 of the $1,000,000 buy in Big One for One Drop. Phil Ivey pops ...

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WPT - S01E06 - World Poker Finals

The World Poker Tour (WPT) presents the World Poker Finals from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Eighty-nine p...

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The Croc Messing with Phil Ivey

'The Croc' trying to pull a bluff vs Phil Ivey

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Phil Ivey Torturing an Amateur

Phil Ivey is putting a lot of pressure on an amateur player during WSOP 2014 Main Event

Which Poker Pro Drives the Meanest Machine?

Let’s take a look at some of the dream machines that poker players have been driving in recent years.

Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies Takes on Miss Finland in Reality TV Show Survivor

Finnish high-stakes poker legend Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies is a survivor in more ways than one!

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Justin Bonomo Wins Super High Roller Bowl China for $4.8 Million

32-year-old American poker pro Justin Bonomo took down the $270K buy-in 2018 Super High Roller Bowl China after defeating a star-studded field.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Fedor Holz Blasts $1.8Million into Super High Roller Bowl and Doesn't Cash

The big story of the night wasn’t Justin Bonomo’s win but Fedor Holz’s losses.

New Invention By UNLV Student Combats Edge Sorting in Casinos

The edge sorting controversy that resulted in Phil Ivey's name making headlines may never again cause the same uproar.

Patrik Antonius Shows Instagram What $25 Million in Cash Looks Like

Patrik Antonius had the casino crack open their cash bucket and scoop him out some bricks.

Card Maker in Phil Ivey-Borgata Case Liable for $27

Borgata can claim only $27 from the card manufacturers they blamed for Ivey’s massive win!

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Phil Ivey is Back! Legend Wins Title and $604K in Short Deck Poker

The poker world is buzzing with excitement following the short deck tournament victory of poker legend Phil Ivey at the 2018 Triton Super High Roller.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

€1Million Triton Cash Game Featured Dwan, Ivey & Antonius!

With big names and a collosal buy in of €1,000,000 minimum, this is probably the highest stakes cash game ever televised (or streamed) anywhere ever.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Mikita Badziakouski Wins 2018 Triton SHR Series Montenegro For $2,550,392

The Triton Titan just keeps trucking this week with another massive win at the Super High Roller Series in sunny Montenegro.