Phil Ivey has won his 8th WSOP bracelet in Event #37: the $3k H.O.R.S.E event. Phil battled William”the poker mathematician” Chen heads up for the victory. Mr. Ivey took home just a little over 329k (chump change)for his victory. That now puts him ahead of Daniel Negreanu for all time tournament earnings with 13,182,309. Phil [...]
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The Rio
Sometimes even the best players in the world f&*k up. The hand heard around the world starts with Ivey raising with 8s 8d, Jordan Smith Three-bets from the BB with Ad 9c, Ivey calls. The players check to the river with the board reading Qh Ts 5s Qs As. After the final round of checks, [...]
Tags: 2009 WSOP,
Full Tilt Poker,
Phil Ivey
The Poker Hall of Fame has announced it’s final 9 candidates. The voters must determine which nominees most deserve an induction this year. Each candidate is voted the following criteria: –A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition –Played for high stakes –Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers –Stood the test [...]
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Well the #’s are in and it doesn’t look good for the future of new poker show Face the Ace. The show aired last Saturday night during the 9:00 to 10:00pm prime time slot. TVByTheNumbres.com posted the show’s ratings at 0.7 with a 3 share, which = 1.59 million viewers. (NOT GOOD) The top show in that [...]
Tags: Face The Ace,
Phil Ivey
Have you ever wanted to go heads up against some of the world’s best poker players?? Well now is your chance. NBC is giving some amateurs that chance with ” Face the Ace” a poker-themed reality game show that debuts Aug. 1 and features a gauntlet of Full Tilt pros. The 15 professionals that are [...]
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Full Tilt Poker recently announced it will try to break the Guinness World Record for the largest online poker tournament. The current record is held by Poker Stars. Last December they reached 35k players for a single tournament. It will take place at 15:05 ET on Sunday July 19th. Buy-in is $5 or 1,000 FTPs. [...]
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Full Tilt Poker,
Phil Ivey
The World Series of Poker Main Event played down from 64 players to 27 players Tuesday, and two of its brightest stars are still alive. Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari survived nearly 8 grueling hours of play to advance and will play for a seat in the final table Wednesday. The current chip leaders are [...]
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Antonio Esfandiari,
Phil Ivey
Going into yesterday’s WSOP Main Event Day 3 the biggest name in the world of poker is near the top of the leader board. Feared poker pro Phil Ivey is sitting with almost 350,000 chips going into today’s action. Already at the 2009 World Series of Poker Ivey has won a remarkable two events. He [...]
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Phil Ivey
*****NEWSFLASH***** Phil Ivey is a pretty damn good poker player… Ivey is now tied for 6th all time in wsop bracelets with Billy Baxter.. I guess all of these prop bets FINALLY got Phil in the mood for wsop some action.. “It’s nice to catch people,” Ivey told Nolan Dalla. “This is poker history, as [...]
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Phil Ivey
I wanna be like Ivey….not Jordan…not Tiger… Not Lebron…Just Phil Ivey for 1 day.. PLEASE JUST ONE TIMEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Winner of Event 8 – $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Phil Ivey bested a field of 147 entrants that included some of the biggest names in poker to win his sixth bracelet and further cement [...]
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