Poker news tagged with 'phil ivey'

Throughout history, several high rollers have captured the imagination with their extravagant wagers and lifestyles.

Read more » Famous Professional Gamblers and High Rollers in History

In this event, Alex Foxen outlasted fellow poker stars including Chris Hunichen, Dan Zack and Phil Ivey.

Read more » 2022 WSOP Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller won by Alex Foxen for $4.5 Million and Maiden Bracelet

Who are the most famous poker players of all time? Discover the list of poker celebrities and much more information in this article.

Poker has remained one of the most popular games for years. The fact is that it requires having brilliant analytical and logical skills, as well as a bit of luck. Millions of people prefer playing this card game and even earn good money. So, who are the leading poker players you should know about? How much money do they earn? How did common people become celebrities in the field of poker? It's time to find all the truth about playing this card game and the possible incomes you can earn if you try it too. 

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When Phil Ivey was just new to the world of poker, his humble nature and insatiable thirst to learn about the game endeared him to several other poker pros. He became fast friends with Barry Greenstein, who then introduced the budding Ivey to the "Big Game" in Las Vegas. Impressed by the lifestyle that Greenstein was living, Ivey wanted to enjoy the same level of success, and went on to build an impressive portfolio in both tournament and cash game play that we see today.

Read more » Phil Ivey gets interviewed by Barry Greenstein on Mental Fitness and How He Got So Great at Poker

Phil Ivey finally settled his lawsuit with Borgata earlier this month.

The undisclosed agreement between the two parties comes after a six-year legal battle regarding the controversial "edge sorting" technique they used in baccarat.

According to court documents filed on Thursday, July 2 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the two parties reached an agreement on the $10.1 million that Phil Ivey owed the Atlantic City casino.

Read more » Phil Ivey Settles $10.1M Lawsuit with Borgata

Phil Ivey outlasted a field of 55 in the $50,000 buy-in partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi Event #7, taking home a whopping $856,050. The event occurred on March 12 and 13.

Friday the 13th became a lucky day for the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner as he took down the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi Event #7: $50,000 buy-in Short Deck tournament.

Read more » Phil Ivey wins Event #7 of partypoker MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi for $856,050

What still remains to be a never-ending saga of Phil Ivey versus the Borgata Casino continues even this year 2020.

If you need a detailed refresher on how Phil Ivey's edge-sorting case started, check out these articles:

• Split Decision on Phil Ivey versus Borgata court case
• Phil Ivey and friend ordered to repay $10M to Atlantic City casino

It sure is a great opportunity not to be missed for Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey when they were invited to a super high-stakes game onboard a private jet with a recreational player, but the rec is no ordinary amateur as it turned out to be Tony G!

Read more » High Stakes Private Jet Game sees Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey as Big Losers

King's Resort owner Leon Tsoukernik (pictured left in above picture) defeated Phil Ivey (right) at a heads-up match in the King's Short Deck €100K Super High Roller at the 2019 WSOP Europe.

WSOP Europe

• Venue: King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic
• Schedule: October 13 to November 4, 2019
• Event: King's Short Deck €100K Super High Roller
• Entries: 29
• Prize pool: €2,755,000

It was a little after a month has passed since we last heard about the latest skit on the longest-running "poker-drama series" that is, Borgata and their quest to retrieve what they lost from Phil Ivey's edge sorting case, and now two poker players have voiced their complaints as they want their share of Ivey's 2019 WSOP win that Borgata took away unscrupulously.

Read more » Backers Cates and Trincher file Objections to Borgata's Seizure of Phil Ivey's WSOP Winnings

American poker legend Phil Ivey has been under the gun in the recent years due to legal battles he's gotten himself into for using a controversial method called ‘edge sorting' to win massive amounts at the casino game Baccarat.

In February, a New Jersey federal judge gave Borgata Hotel and Casino the green light to go after Ivey's assets in Nevada in an attempt to collect the approx. $10 million they claim Ivey and his accomplice Cheng Yin "Kelly" Sun associate owe them.

Read more » Borgata Goes After Phil Ivey's 2019 WSOP Earnings

On Friday, July 5, the single-day attendance record for the WSOP Main Event had been shattered, with 4,900 entrants registering for the Day 1c flight.

2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT

• Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
• Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
• Buy-in: $10,000

This brings the total attendance so far to over 8,000, making it the second-highest number of Day 1 flight attendees in the history of WSOP.

Read more » 2019 WSOP: $10,000 Main Event Day 1c Sets New Record for Most Number of Attendees in a Single Day!

While in the early stages it was poker legend Phil Ivey leading the pack, on Day 4 the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner suddenly lost his grip on the goal as he took a beat after beat, which made his stack plummet down to zero, thus making way for another hopeful to take the ultimate prize.

On June 29 (Saturday) a former pro golfer from Texas was able to snag his second gold bracelet after winning Event #58 of the 2019 WSOP.

2019 WSOP Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Buy-in: $50,000
Date: June 24 to 28, 2019
Entries: 74
Prize pool: $3,552,000

Phillip Hui outlasted a player field of 74 to take home the prize money worth $1,099,311. Also, his name will be engraved on the Chip Reese Trophy.

Read more » 2019 WSOP: Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship won by Phil Hui for $1,099,311, Phil Ivey in 8th place

As of this writing, Phil Ivey is the chip leader amongst the remaining 38 players going into Day 3 out of 5 in Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship at this year's World Series of Poker.

WSOP 2019 Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Prizepool: $3,552,000
Schedule: June 24 to June 28, 2019 (5 days of play)
Entrants: 74
Remaining: 38

Read more » Phil Ivey leads 2019 WSOP Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, Tom Dwan didn't Make It

Phil Ivey has been spotted playing a tournament last week at the 2019 WSOP, and to make things more interesting, he’s at the same table with his namesake, Phil Hellmuth.

How would you feel if you’re sandwiched between two great poker pros, a 10-time and a 15-time WSOP bracelet winner?

Read more » Phil Ivey spotted at 2019 WSOP Tournament

Every poker fan or player is familiar with the name of Phil Ivey, an American living legend who has won 10 WSOP bracelets and dubbed by Wikipedia as the unofficial best poker player in the world.

As Ivey continues to keep his standards high and mainly focuses his gameplay on high-stakes cash games instead of participating from time to time at tournaments, it has now resulted to the 42-year-old poker pro being "kicked out" of the top 10 All Time Money list as Jason Koon, Dan Smith and Steve O'Dwyer surpassed him thanks to their lucrative finishes in various tournaments.

Read more » Phil Ivey No Longer On Top 10 All Time Money List

The Ivey Room, a private poker room that poker players have known for nine years where some of the biggest nosebleed cash games occur, is no more, at least in name.

The Ivey Room, a high-stakes poker room in Aria named after legendary yet controversial Phil Ivey that opened in May 2010, has now been renamed to simply "Table 1". This comes amidst his recent legal battle after Atlantic City's Borgata casino was given the go signal by a federal court to chase after him and take the $10.1 million he owed them for the edge-sorting case.

Read more » Aria's ‘Ivey Room' renamed to ‘Table 1'

The Atlantic City casino is still on the prowl for its $10.16M owed since 2016 by the controversial edge-sorting poker pro.

A New Jersey federal judge has given the green light to the Borgata Hotel and Casino to chase down Phil Ivey's assets located in Nevada.

Read more » Borgata gets Green Light to chase after Phil Ivey's Assets in Nevada

On December 23, Gus Hansen posted on Instagram a juicy high-stakes game at the Bobby's Room in Bellagio where he was at a table with Dan Jungleman Cates and Phil Ivey.

He posted a short video clip of the poker table showing Cates and Ivey.

He posted a second video where he revealed how much he lost and decided it's time to take a break.

Read more » Gus Hansen quits high-stakes game after losing to Cates and Ivey

Have an hour to spare? This video will definitely get your adrenaline pumping as you binge watch on Triton Poker's Main Event of the SHR Jeju 2018 - HKD$2 Million NLHE.

Read more » Incredible Poker Action at Triton Poker HKD2 Million Main Event

David Tuchman, who specializes in sports commentating for football and poker, recalls the awesome moments he witnessed as he commentated on a remarkable hand between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan.

It was in the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game around nine years ago that there were only three men, namely Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius battling it out at a poker table as midnight drew near.

Read more » Throwback: Phil Ivey vs Tom Dwan on Million-Dollar Pot

Two of the best poker pros in the game have battled heads-up just recently, and it's really interesting to watch and learn from them as they play a high-stakes match.

Read more » Poker Showdown: Phil Ivey versus Justin Bonomo

Borgata definitely did not take it too kindly when Phil Ivey tried to delay and hold on to the money he won from them via the edge sorting technique. As he tried to appeal to overturn the decision that he must pay back the $10.1 million (but apparently fell on deaf ears), the casino has amped up their legal game to perhaps give Ivey a very harsh lesson.

Read more » Phil Ivey's Delay Tactics to $10.1M Payment Pisses Off Borgata, Files Cross-Appeal

It doesn't look like Phil Ivey's edge sorting case against Borgata casino would be put to rest any time soon.

Once again Ivey asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to overturn a $10.1 million verdict in a case involving him versus Borgata, a casino-hotel owned by MGM Resorts.

Read more » Phil Ivey Files Appeal to the $10 Million Verdict Once Again

The Borgata may have been successful in winning their court dispute against poker pro Phil Ivey over the baccarat winnings he earned by using a technique called edge sorting at the casino, but another obstacle reared its head up, and this time it is when exactly the poker pro will be able to pay that money.

Read more » Phil Ivey attempts to Delay $10.1M Payment to Borgata from Edge Sorting Dispute

The poker player who has made himself super busy during the first half of the year 2018 and has been reaping a lot of cash prizes and recognition for all his hard work is none other than Justin Bonomo, and now the latest achievement that he can potentially put under his name could be that he'll win a summer tournament that is worth $10 million in cash prize.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - Justin Bonomo Leads Final 6

Once again, the 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event has narrowed down its second biggest field in the history of the prestigious tournament (7,874 entries), and after a total of 41 hours of poker play so far in this event, the field of 1,182 now has only 310 players left after Day 4.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Main Event: Barry Hutter leads with 5.5m chips, 310 Players Remain

On July 15, 2018, "the WSOP and One Drop announce the return of The BIG ONE for One Drop, a $1 million buy-in tournament capped at a maximum of 48 players and the most significant charity initiative in poker history.

Read more » WSOP 2018: Negreanu, Hellmuth, Ivey among contenders for $1 Million Buy-in WSOP Tournament ‘The Big One for One Drop'

Phil Ivey is back on the live tournament poker tables, and he's already on a roll! This recent USD$600k win of Ivey is actually his first cash ever since he stopped being active (on the live tournament scene) around January 2016. Back in January 4, 2016, he finished 5th at the $200,000 NLHE event of WPT National in the Philippines for US$656,500.

Read more » Inaugural Triton Poker HKD$250,000 Short Deck Event in Montenegro won by Phil Ivey

The very first ever Super High Roller Bowl China hosted by Macau Billionaire Poker in Macau had finished March 22, 2018 Thursday, and it was Justin Bonomo who emerged triumphant in this tournament and was awarded a sum of US$4,821,516!

Read more » Justin Bonomo wins $4.8 Million at 2018 Super High Roller Bowl China

He's a force to reckon with when it comes to playing poker and other types of card games, but it looks like American poker pro Phil Ivey's good fortune did not work at Britain's Supreme Court - he lost a huge case this Wednesday (October 25) that rendered him unable from cashing in.

Read more » Phil Ivey Loses British Court Battle Over £7.7 Million Winnings From London Casino

Phil Ivey has undoubtedly been missing this year from the poker spotlight as the poker pro focuses mainly on ‘personal and family problems' as well as playing only Asian high stakes games.

Read more » Phil Ivey Announces Return To Live Tournaments In 2018

The case of Phil Ivey versus Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on the baccarat dispute takes another whole new plot twist after the playing card manufacturer Gemaco reminds the court of a significant revelation that came from Chen Yin Sun, dubbed the Queen of Sorts, and mainly Ivey's sidekick/companion that helped him win $9.6 million at the baccarat tables in 2012.

Read more » ‘The Queen of Sorts’ says imperfections of Gemaco cards are irrelevant in Borgata case

On Wednesday last week, high-stakes poker pro Sam Trickett has organized his first ever invite-only high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) game at the site where he is currently signed up as brand ambassador, PartyPoker.

Read more » Sam Trickett expects Ivey & Dwan to play in his high stakes games at partypoker

Phil Ivey has been fighting against the Crockfords Casino in London and Borgata Casino in New Jersey in a court battle since 2012. The podcast gives us a closer look at these two cases.

Read more » ESPN releases new podcast about Phil Ivey's edge sorting case

On Friday night, at a short break on the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, a governing council proudly announced the induction of their 53rd and 54th members - the iconic poker pro Phil Ivey and the late David "Devilfish" Ulliott - into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Read more » Phil Ivey and David Ulliott inducted into Poker Hall of Fame

In the world of poker, when someone mentions the name Phil Ivey, most people would throw out a flurry of various topics surrounding the controversial and mysterious poker pro. However, whatever they say, Phil Ivey is still considered as one of the world's best poker players of today.

Read more » An In-Depth Look in the Life of Poker Pro Phil Ivey

The tranquil atmosphere brought about by super high-stakes poker pros who are labeled to be some of the most collected and calm personalities was interrupted briefly this past weekend, when a short display of violence sparked out in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio casino.

Read more » Las Vegas high-stakes game shortly interrupted by brawl in Bobby’s Room

Phil Ivey has traveled to Las Vegas and was seen in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio casino playing a few high-stakes cash games, based on Gus Hansen's Facebook posts.

Read more » High Stakes: Phil Ivey seen playing in Bobby's Room

Phil Ivey opened his poker coaching site Ivey League in the beginning of 2014 and has since then produced poker training videos together with, for example, Patrik Antonius, Cole South and Griffin Benger. Last week, however, the site announced on twitter that they will no longer be posting new video content from May 1st and that they will refund yearly subscriptions.

Ivey League offered 3 types of memberships, with the most expensive one costing $75 a month.

It seems like the legal battle is never over for poker pro Phil Ivey. The most recent news about Phil Ivey and his case against the Borgata casino is that Ivey was ordered to give back to the casino what he and his companion had won worth $10.1 million, as compensation for breaching the casino contract. This order was brought out regarding Ivey's edge sorting case as reported in late December 2016.

Read more » Phil Ivey shall try to appeal Borgata casino $10M lawsuit ruling

Poker pro Phil Ivey and his friend is ordered to give back about $10.1 million that they won from the Borgata casino in Atlantic City while they were playing cards and using a technique called "edge sorting" to improve their chances of winning.

Read more » Phil Ivey and friend ordered to repay $10M to Atlantic City casino

The decision that Phil Ivey had been waiting for many months has finally came, but it is not what he wanted to hear. He has just lost his £7.7M dispute against a London casino at the Court of Appeal, as a judge stated that his "edge sorting" technique was equivalent to cheating despite the fact that he was not dishonest.

Read more » Phil Ivey Loses Appeal Against London Casino Over His £7.7M Winnings

After hearing the testimonials and contemplating the evidence from both parties in this rather complicated situation, a judge in the U.S. District Court has given out a split decision on the case involving the Borgata in Atlantic City and professional poker player Phil Ivey. The split decision has rendered any final financial decisions suspended in the air as to which of the two will emerge victorious.

Read more » Split Decision on Phil Ivey versus Borgata court case

The most expensive tournament in World Poker Tour history will be played at the WPT National Philippines in January 2016. The tournament will have a buy-in of $200,000 and, according to WPT.com, some of the biggest names in poker have already confirmed that they will be taking part.

Read more » Ivey, Dwan & Cates Among Participants In Upcoming Super High Roller

Phil Ivey, 39, was denied his winnings of almost £8 million in August 2012 after playing a card game called punto banco at a casino in London. The owners of the Mayfair gaming club Crockfords declared that Mr. Ivey had been cheating and had broken the rules, thereby his win is not considered valid. Denying this, Mr. Ivey claimed that he utilized a completely legitimate technique called "edge sorting".

Read more » Phil Ivey Might Still Get His £8 Million - Granted Court Appeal Against Crockfords

Phil Ivey is currently in court over the $9.6 million he won at Atlantic City's Borgata casino back in 2012 using a technique called edge sorting. The casino says that the technique used violate New Jersey casino gambling regulations, while Ivey says he won fair and square.

Read more » Phil Ivey Claims Borgata Used Booze and Sexy Waitresses To Distract Him

According to ESPN, Phil Ivey's attorneys filed a countersuit on Wednesday against Borgata, claiming that the casino had destroyed the decks of cards used when Phil Ivey won nearly $10 million playing Baccarat in 2012 while using a controversial technique called edge sorting. Borgata filed a law suit in April after learning that Ivey lost the case (worth about $12 million) against Crockfords Casino in London.

Read more » Phil Ivey Countersues Borgata Casino

Poker King Club, the home of some of the world's biggest cash games, was relocated from StarWorld Casino to The Venetian Macau in September last year. Due to refurbishment works being carried out since the re-location, the poker club used a temporary space until the official re-opening last Friday.

Read more » Ivey, Dwan & Chan at Grand Opening of Macau High-Stakes Poker Room

As you probably already know there will be no $1,000,000 tourney (Big One for One Drop) at this summer's World Series of Poker, however, there will be a $500,000 buy-in event called Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) in the beginning of July - just days before the 2015 WSOP Main Event begins. 

Read more » Almost 60 Players Confirmed for $500K Buy-in Tournament!