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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9 years ago7,642ThePokerAces,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!
8 years ago7,787BestPokerVids,Published 8 years ago
Heads-Up Championship - Ivey and Nguyen Both Flop Big HandsPhil Ivey and Scotty Nguyen both flop a set during their heat of the National Heads-Up Championship at the Golden Nugget casino in...
2 years ago7,823PokerTube,Published 2 years ago
Phil Ivey Postflop MasterclassLearn from the best poker player on the planet Phil Ivey as he shows you how to play postflop perfectly. Grab $5 free cash on...
10 years ago7,843RPFC,Published 10 years ago
Rupert Elder - Ivey Poker party at Phil Ivey'sRupert Elder confirms that it is in fact Phil Ivey playing on his own Ivey Poker account! And reveals a little more about Ivey Poker.
8 years ago7,879BestPokerVids,Published 8 years ago
Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius in a Huge PotTwo cash game veterans, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, playing a huge pot after a coolerish flop
10 years ago7,899Arnas1254,Published 10 years ago
Tom Dwan vs Phil Ivey playing OmahaIvey and Dwan playing a big hand of PLO on Poker After Dark.
8 years ago7,947BestPokerVids,Published 8 years ago
HSP - Ivey Attempts to Bluff VeldhuisPhil Ivey makes a big bluff attempt against Lex Veldhuis during a classic episode of High Stakes Poker
9 years ago7,961BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Online High Stakes - John Juanda vs Phil Ivey (Huge Pot)Phil Ivey and John Juanda in an almost $700k pot
8 years ago7,977BestPokerVids,Published 8 years ago
Trivial Trivia with Phil Ivey and Tom DwanPhil Ivey and Tom Dwan are two of the fiercest poker players in the world, but how will they react to a few trivial trivia questio...
10 years ago8,009Published 10 years ago
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