- Phil Ivey won the first ever live-broadcast Hold’em tournament at the Turning Stone Casino American Poker Championship. It was his first no-limit Hold’em tournament win.
- Phil Ivey is sometimes called "The Tiger Woods of Poker"
- Ivey won back-to-back poker tournaments in November 2005, in Monaco, at the Monte Carlo Millions and the Full Tilt Poker Invitational Live tournament
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Phil Ivey Trivia #2
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Phil Ivey Trivia #1
Phil Ivey Trivia #1
It is said that Phil Ivey once played Andy Beal the billionaire out of $16.6 million during a three day Limit Holdem heads up game.This lead to Beal leaving Las Vegas saying he would not play poker again. Andy Beal was a mathsgenius who designed a "perfect" method of playing Limit Hold'em that would entail giving off no tells at all. He had each move perfectly timed and played the game in accordance to a plan that he had designed.
Phil Ivey quotes
Phil Ivey to Howard Lederer
"You get your chips your way, I'll get my chips mine"
Phil Ivey
"If you play a lot of poker you realize that the better players play a lot of hands and they take chances,'' Ivey says. "The players that don't do as well are just sitting there folding every hand and not taking chances. I'm playing against the best players in the world day in and day out, so you can't just sit there and play only good hands all the time. You've got to take some chances and know when you're beat and know how to get certain advantages.
"You get your chips your way, I'll get my chips mine"
Phil Ivey
"If you play a lot of poker you realize that the better players play a lot of hands and they take chances,'' Ivey says. "The players that don't do as well are just sitting there folding every hand and not taking chances. I'm playing against the best players in the world day in and day out, so you can't just sit there and play only good hands all the time. You've got to take some chances and know when you're beat and know how to get certain advantages.
Daniel Negrean on Phil Ivey
Daniel Negrean on Phil Ivey
"It’s my belief that Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world, and that includes every format. I’ve played live with him, cash, Hold’em, Stud, Omaha, whatever, and he is just the most consistently good player at everything including online based on what his results look like. I don’t think anyone has won more money online, live play, or tournament poker, than Ivey."
"It’s my belief that Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world, and that includes every format. I’ve played live with him, cash, Hold’em, Stud, Omaha, whatever, and he is just the most consistently good player at everything including online based on what his results look like. I don’t think anyone has won more money online, live play, or tournament poker, than Ivey."
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