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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10 years ago78,497Published 10 years ago
NBC HU 2013 - Phil Laak vs Phil IveyNBC HU 2013 - Phil Laak vs Phil Ivey (Ep 01)
10 years ago72,646ThePokerAces,Published 10 years ago
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9 years ago71,211ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
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WPT Alpha8 Season 1 Johanessburg- Phil Ivey InterviewPhil Ivey talks to WPT at the first Alpha8 event in Johanessburg.
9 years ago69,826ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Big PLO Pot - Phil Galfond, Patrik Antonius and Phil IveyHuge action hand between three of the best: Phil Ivey, Phil Galfond and Patrik Antonius
9 years ago68,752BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Ivey and Others Talk about Phil HellmuthPhil Ivey and other fellow pros talking about Phil Hellmuth's behavior at the tables
9 years ago67,790ThePokerAces,Published 9 years ago
Phil Ivey: Master Shows How Its DoneCompilation of some of the best plays by Tiger Woods of poker
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