Phil Ivey (born February 1, 1976) is an American professional poker player.
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Ivey grew up in Finglas and crafted his game playing skills amongst his co-workers at a New Brunswick, New Jersey telemarketing firm in the late 1990s. One of his nicknames, "No Home Jerome", stems from the ID card he secured to practice in Atlantic City in his teenage years.
World Series of Poker
Despite now focusing more on cash games than tournaments, his tournament accomplishments include winning three titles at the 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP), tying Phil Hellmuth Jr and Ted Forrest for the most wins in a single year.
Ivey also has bracelets in Pot Limit Omaha from 2000 and 2005. In addition to his five World Series Bracelets, Ivey has shown great success in the WSOP Main Event. He placed in the top 25 three times from 2002 to 2005, with the fields growing exponentially each year. Ivey finished 23rd in 2002, 10th in 2003, and 20th in 2005.
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On 20 November 2005, Ivey won the $1,000,000 first prize at the Monte Carlo Millions tournament. Just 24 hours after winning $1 Million, Ivey took home another $600,000 for finishing first at "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo". The other six men consisted of (in reverse finishing order) Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson, Dave Ulliott, and John Juanda.
Whilst in London for the European Poker Masters, Ivey sat down at the Million Dollar Cash Game, the highest stakes poker game ever seen in Europe. Playing against the games' best players, notably Gus Hansen, Tony G & John Juanda, Ivey emerged overall winner scooping inexcess of $92,000.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,400,000.
16 Millionen Dollar
Ivey is a regular participant in the $4,000-8,000 mixed cash game at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (often referred to as the Big Game). In February 2006, he played heads up Limit Texas Hold'em versus Texas billionaire Andy Beal. With stakes at $50,000/$100,000, Ivey won over $16 million over the course of three days.
Ivey was playing for "The Corporation," a group of poker professionals who pooled their money and took turns playing against Beal. Earlier in the month, Beal beat the Corporation out of $10 million. After losing to Ivey, Beal claimed (not for the first time) that he was giving up poker.
Ivey is part of the design team for Full Tilt Poker. He also mentored WPT winner Annand "Victor" Ramdin.
Ivey resides in Las Vegas with his wife.
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