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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Published 15 years ago

Phil Ivey Foundation Fundraiser

Poker may be his passion, but Phil Ivey is doing great things off the felt. Emily Gimmel tells you about his tournament with a pur...

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Phil Ivey 2020 Interview - "The Fire Is BACK. I'm A Reborn Poker Player"

Phil Ivey talks to Barry Greenstein about business pursuits, playing high stakes above his means, and reigniting his passion for p...

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Phil Ivey is Back & Ansky Retires!

Doug Polk is back with his news show where he breaks down all of the hottest topics of the week! This edition includes:Phil Ivey r...

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Welcome to the Ivey World Jason

Phil Ivey picks up a huge bluff by Jason Mercier

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Phil Ivey Owns Andrew Feldman For $227,000

Phil Ivey moves all-in with the nuts vs Andrew Feldman in the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game. Try your hand at poke...

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Published 8 years ago

Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson Playing $10k Lodden Thinks

Ivey and Brunson in a big game of Lodden thinks

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Published 9 years ago

Aussie Millions 2015 - Phil Ivey vs the Rest

Mr. Ivey's competition at this year's Aussie Millions

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Published 3 years ago

Tom Dwan Full Tilt Cash Game Compilation

Watch the genius of Tom Dwan as he takes on the world's best in a giant live cash game held by Full Tilt Poker. Featuring Mik...

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Published 3 years ago

Phil Ivey - How I Became One Of The Best In The World

Phil Ivey continues his conversation with Barry Greenstein. They reminisce about the old days, including Phil's family roots, and ...

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Published 9 years ago

Hand Sweat Fabian Quoss vs Phil Ivey - Aussie Millions 2014

We seat Fabian Quoss playing this hand against Phil Ivey during the Aussie Millions 2014.

Phil Ivey and Paul Phua: What is 'Short-Deck' Poker?

His relatively new website provides lots of information for poker players to improve their game and Paul Phua continues with that theme by sitting down with Phil Ivey.

Phil Ivey and Paul Phua: What Makes a Great Player?

The adrenaline-fuelled poker days which saw massive pots against his fellow nosebleed legends may be over for Phil – but he still loves the game.

Phua’s Tips From the Top

Paul Phua brings us the world’s best pros sitting on our shoulder handing out tips and advice. The first in his ‘Tips from the Pros’ videos features Ivey, Cates and Colman!

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Hellmuth, Ivey, Esfandiari, Holz Among 50 Booked for €111K One Drop

​The first ever €111,111 One Drop High Roller to be played in Europe is selling out fast as more than half the seats have already been filled.

Daniel Negreanu: What Would You Do vs Phil Ivey?

​Daniel Negreanu takes us into the PokerStars Shark Cage to analyze a hand between Phil Ivey and Jennifer Shahade.

Phil Ivey Granted Appeal

Ivey has now been granted one final appeal in the Supreme Court, the last gasp left between him and having to give up on his arguably ill-gotten gains barring, perhaps, the intervention of HRH.

Ivey vs Negreanu: Mind Games

Which one of these stars of poker will go home with the $1 million prize? Watch and see.

Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey Go To War

The hand between two of poker's best players was analyzed on the latest episode of "Poker Hands With Doug Polk."

Outrageous Indulgences of Poker Millionaires

Let’s take a look at some of the most ridiculous purchases of the poker millionaires club!

Ivey Fights Borgata for His $9.6m Baccarat Winnings

​It was never going to be easy to get Phil Ivey to return the almost $10million winnings from his now infamous Borgata baccarat case.