Finnish Poker Giants & Online Gaming Boom
When it comes to poker, Finland has produced many of the finest online players in the game’s history.
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.
Official Website
Ivey LeagueWikipedia
Phil IveyWorld Series Of Poker
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Phil IveyPublished 16 years ago
Phil Ivey’s 8th final tableKimberly Lansing of worldpokertour.coms Live Updates talks to Phil Ivey as he heads into his record setting 8th WPT Final Table......
Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey vs Tony G ClashTony G and Phil Ivey tangling in a big pot
Published 9 years ago
Sickest Bluff Ever - Tom Dwan vs Phil IveyTom Dwan running a huge bluff vs Phil Ivey
Published 9 years ago
Aussie Millions: Ike Haxton Trying a Big Semibluff Against IveyHaxton goes for a big semi-bluff against Phil Ivey
Published 9 years ago
Ivey Life - Golf Swing with NatashaThe Ivey Life continues on the golf course in Cabo with Ivey betting his friend if Natasha can drive.
Published 8 years ago
Phil Ivey and Stanley Choi at the Poker King Grand OpeningPhil Ivey and Stanley Choi giving a short interview during the Poker King poker room grand opening
Published 9 years ago
The Ivey Life - 100 yard dash in CaboIvey challenges Mike Leah against 2 girls in a 100 yard dash in Cabo.
Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey Taking His Time to Call Jason MercierPhil Ivey takes unusually long time to make the call against Jason Mercier
Published 9 years ago
Jungleman Emptying the Clip vs Phil IveyDan Cates firing three barrels against Phil Ivey
Published 10 years ago
Phil Ivey vs Patrik Antonius $800k Pot - Ivey League AnalysisPatrik and Phil talk about a huge $800k cash hand played live between the pair.
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