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Ivey is one of the most promising players on the
professional poker circuit. Phil Ivy is a hard core
professional who has an uncanny habit of staring down
at his opponents. Because of his remarkable poker
playing skills and tenacity to put in long hours on
the poker table, some people call him Tiger Woods of
Poker.
Phil Ivey is a
just 28 years and is playing professional poker for
almost eleven years. Phil Ivey was born in California and
grew up in New Jersey. He has since moved to Atlantic City
to play professionally. Phil was just 23 when he
won his first World Series of Poker title in the year
2000. Phil won the title for pot limit Omaha and raked
in $195,000 as prize money.
Phil Ivey started playing poker at
the age of 8-9 with his grandfather. He started
playing for money at the age of 16. At that age, Phil
used to play under a fake identity of Jerome Graham to
gain entry into casinos. Phil Ivey has now moved to Las
Vegas where he lives with his wife Luciaetta.
According to estimates, Phil Ivey
has made close to $2.5 millions in tournament poker as
on 2004. By then, he had four World Series of Poker
bracelets. Some remarkable Poker tournament wins of
Phil Ivey are, first place in First Place Poker
Championship Turning Stone NLHE, Third Place WPT
Five-Star Classic NLHE, Second Place WPT World poker
Open NLHE, and many more. Phil Ivey's biggest
tournament win was in 2003 when he won $ 290,130 for
second place in World poker Open, Tunica in 2003.
Phil Ivey was at the zenith of his
professional poker career in 2002 when he won three
championship bracelets of World Series of Poker. Phil
Ivey has achieved this commendable success in
professional poker because he maintains a focus while
playing.
Phil Ivey is a hardworking player
and can play for as long as 50 hours if the situation
demands. Phil Ivey prefers live games to poker
tournaments but still plays in tournaments because he
likes to win. When Phil Ivey is not playing poker, he
follows games of basketball. His favorite team is Los
Angeles Lakers.
