In the past few days, there has been a lot of talk and rumors regarding Phil Ivey and his ex-wife Luciaetta Ivey. The couple parted ways back in 2009 after some complications in court. Now, 2 years later, a new conflict has been brought to daylight. The newspaper Las Vegas Review-Journal writes that Luciaetta, through her lawyer, has handed in documents to Nevada Supreme Court where she claim[...] Read more » Is Phil Ivey broke?
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
I don’t believe he is broke. Remember that, besides poker, he still has publicity contracts, I bet he can’t even remember from where comes some of the money that enters in his accounts. If he is broke, I am just dust…
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Ireland
Age: 51 (M)
Posts: 476
i also dont think hes broke,maybe he lost a lot of money in full tilt but you dont keep all your money in the one site when your top of your game maybe he pretends to have nothing so he doesnt have to pay his ex wife
yep this guy will never know the meaning of broke unless he gets some serious ass kicking from variance lol, and like bemy... said he wud always find sum1 to stake him.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Switzerland
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 210
No way he would be broke with only FT poker down. Ivey obviously plays on other poker sites along with real tournaments and cash games (eg high stakes poker, where he won quite a few bucks I believe...). The money in FT was surely a small fraction of all his money, no reasonable man would put all of his earnings in a poker account, that's just nonsense.
Joined: Aug '09
Location: United States
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 97
Phil is and probably will always be far from broke, for the reasons that have already been stated by my fellow BRM'rs. He may be having some liquidity issues, but he's likely as solvent as he needs to be. If he can't pay his alimony now then in 2-3 months he'll probably be back on track . . . just remember that his bankroll isn't the only thing he can't access on Full Tilt, as he also had shares in the company as a capital stockholder.
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
every few months we have a news that some big pro has gone broke, most of them are just speculation as no1 knows the real bankrolls of these pros. and i think even if he was broke, wouldnt be hard for him to build again.
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I remember a story that was later confirmed by participants of Phil Ivey joining a high stakes cash game table on a vegas casino, the game was pot limit omaha.
Phil Ivey's buy in was 100k, he left the table that night with over 1 mil dollars, thats Phil Ivey
Joined: Nov '11
Location: Canada
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 26
It is posible for someone famous to be broke ... Remember guys hes a gambler and gambler win and gambler lose... but i dont think hes not that broke like me... he might be broke in the category of high roller but for an average gambler his not that broke
