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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Ivey vs Antonius - Two of the Best Airballing

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Phil Ivey Powers Through Andy Bloch

Just Ivey being Ivey, winning another pot with the worse hand

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Ivey Applies The Pressure

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Scotty Nguyen Finds Miracle River to Bust Ivey

Ivey's Kings cracked on the river

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The Best Poker Reads

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Life of Ivey - A Quick Interview

A Quick Interview

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Phil Ivey Hand Compilation

The best of Phil Ivey aka the master of aggression! Become the best and grab $20 free play Here. 

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Phil Ivey: "How I Stay Mentally Sharp" (New 2020)

Phil Ivey sits down with Barry Greenstein to talk about his mental fitness, and how his approach to health in general has shifted ...

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PokerStars - Top 5 Poker Moments

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Online High Stakes - Patrik Antonius vs Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius in some mixed game action

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BERRI SWEET tops 2017’s Online Cash Game Winners

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2017: Return of the Poker Legends

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Insane Prop Bets Made By Poker Players in 2017

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$76million Ponzi Scheme Poker Pro Attacked With Tomahawk

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The Rise of Poker Vlogs and Why They Have Taken the Poker World by Storm

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Darren Elias Wins Second Borgata Championship For $293,062

New Jersey pro Darren Elias is rapidly cementing his place among the elite tournament players with yet another excellent victory.

Full Tilt Co-Founder Rafe Furst is Also in the Cryptocurrency Business

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Phil Ivey Joins Virtue Poker As Advisor in Advance of Fall 2018 Launch

The "in development" online poker site Virtue Poker has announced that Phil Ivey has joined the team as a strategic advisor.

Billionaire Poker Player Andy Beal 45th on Forbes List of Wealthiest Americans

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