Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
Nickname(s)	The Tiger Woods of Poker No Home Jerome
Hometown	Absecon, New Jersey
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	5
Money finishes	26
Highest ITM main event finish	10th, 2003
World Poker Tour
Titles	0
Final tables	7
Money finishes	7
European Poker Tour
Titles	None
Final tables	1
Money finishes	1

Phil Ivey (born February 1, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an American professional poker player. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (685 × 1024 pixel, file size: 113 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The 2007 WSOP Championship Bracelet The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Map of Absecon in Atlantic County Absecon is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... Non-Main Event gold bracelets given to the event winners during the 2005 WSOP The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is the biggest non-monetary prize a poker player can win. ... For a list of words Poker, see the Poker category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The following is a glossary of poker terms used in Wikipedia poker articles. ... The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Riverside Government  - Mayor Ron Loveridge Area  - City  78. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ...

Early years

Ivey grew up in New Jersey^[1] and crafted his game playing skills amongst his co-workers at a New Brunswick, New Jersey telemarketing firm in the late 1990s. One of his nicknames, "No Home Jerome", stems from the ID card he secured to practice in Atlantic City in his teenage years.^[2] This article is about the U.S. state. ... Nickname: Location of New Brunswick in Middlesex County Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex Established December 30, 1730 Incorporated September 1, 1784 Government  - Type Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)  - Mayor James Cahill Area  - City  5. ... Telemarketing office Telemarketing is a method of direct marketing in which a salesperson uses the telephone to solicit prospective customers to buy products or services. ... Alternate meanings: See Atlantic City (disambiguation) Atlantic City is a city located in USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,517. ...

Poker tournaments

World Series of Poker

Despite now focusing more on cash games than tournaments, his tournament accomplishments include winning three bracelets at the 2002 World Series of Poker, tying Phil Hellmuth Jr and Ted Forrest for the most wins in a single year.^[3] Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... Non-Main Event gold bracelets given to the event winners during the 2005 WSOP The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is the biggest non-monetary prize a poker player can win. ... The 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964 in Syracuse, New York) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

Ivey also has bracelets in Pot Limit Omaha from 2000 and 2005. In 2000, he was the first player to beat Amarillo Slim heads-up. In addition to his five World Series Bracelets, Ivey has shown great success in the WSOP Main Event. He placed in the top 25 three times from 2002 to 2005, with the fields growing exponentially each year. Ivey finished 23rd in 2002, 10th in 2003, and 20th in 2005. Omaha holdem (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game based on Texas hold em. ... The 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. ... The 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ...

Bracelet summary

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World Poker Tour

Ivey has also reached numerous final tables on the World Poker Tour, but has yet to win an event. Coincidentally, he has lost several of these WPT events by being eliminated while holding the same starting hand each time, an ace-queen. Phil has made seven WPT final tables, his best finish being 2nd at the World Poker Open, in Season One of the World Poker Tour. He has won nearly 1.3 million dollars from those final table appearances. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

European Poker Tour

Ivey made his debut on the European Poker Tour in Barcelona, September 2006. He came to the final table of nine as the chipleader, but he eventually came in second to Bjørn-Erik Glenne from Norway. The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...

European Poker Masters

In 2006, Ivey was enticed to London to participate in The London All Star Challenge of the inaugural European Poker Masters. Not only Europe's first ever independent poker tour, the EPM boasted the best line-up of players ever seen in Europe. As one of the favorites, Ivey made it to the final table to finish 7th, and collected just shy of $150,000. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Poker Channel is the world’s first television channel dedicated purely to the game of poker. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Other tournaments

On 20 November 2005, Ivey won the $1,000,000 first prize at the Monte Carlo Millions tournament. Just one day after winning $1 Million, Ivey took home another $600,000 for finishing first at "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo". The other six men consisted of (in reverse finishing order) Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson, Dave Ulliott, and John Juanda. is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Monte Carlo Millions was the first ever poker tournament to be staged in the city-state of Monaco. ... Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ... Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco. ... Chris Jesus Ferguson (born April 11, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA) is a professional poker player. ... “Devilfish” redirects here. ... Johnson Juanda (born July 8, 1971 in Indonesia) is an American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. ...

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,800,000.^[4]

Other poker

Ivey is a regular participant in the $4,000-8,000 mixed cash game at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (often referred to as the Big Game). In February 2006, he played heads-up Limit Texas Hold'em versus Texas billionaire Andy Beal. With stakes at $25,000/$50,000, Ivey won over $16,000,000 over the course of three days. Ivey was playing for "The Corporation", a group of poker professionals who pooled their money and took turns playing against Beal. Earlier in the month, Beal beat the Corporation out of $10,000,000. After losing to Ivey, Beal claimed (not for the first time) that he was giving up poker. Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. It is owned by MGM Mirage and was built on the site of demolished Dunes hotel and casino. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... The Big Game refers to a famous poker table in Bobbys Room at the Bellagio casino. ... Media:Example. ... Texas hold em involves community cards available to all players (pictured here on the left). ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of currency, such as United States Dollars (USD), Pounds or Euros. ... Andrew Andy Beal (born 1952) is a Dallas, Texas-based businessman. ...

Ivey is part of the design team for Full Tilt Poker. He can occasionally be found playing online at Full Tilt, playing high stakes limit and no limit hold 'em cash games, as well as PL Omaha Hi games. He also mentored WPT winner Annand "Victor" Ramdin. Full Tilt Poker is an online poker cardroom launched in June 2004 with the involvement of a team of poker professionals, among them Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson. ... Swadeep Schroeder (aka Mishra) (born May 28, 1968 in Georgetown, Bangalapore, India) is a professional poker player, based in The Bronx, New York. ...

On the January 22, 2007 airing of NBC's Poker After Dark Ivey won the $120,000 winner-take-all "Earphones Please" tournament by eliminating Mike Matusow, Tony G, Andy Bloch, Phil Hellmuth and Sam Farha. is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about the television network. ... Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted on January 1, 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ... Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted on January 1, 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ... Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. ... This article is about the poker player. ... Andy Bloch is a poker player who started playing seriously in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Ihsan (Sam) Farha (born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959) is a professional poker player, based in Houston, Texas. ...

On the April 15, 2007 airing of NBC's "National Heads-Up Poker Championship", Ivey was defeated by actor Don Cheadle. The loss marked the third consecutive year Ivey had been eliminated in the first round from this tournament. is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ...

Phil Ivey was one of the players who took part during season three of GSN's High Stakes Poker. “GSN” redirects here. ... High Stakes Poker logo High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. ...

Outside of poker

Ivey is a Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets fan and can often be seen wearing basketball jerseys. During the 2003 WSOP, he was wearing a Steve Francis jersey when he was eliminated in 10th place. The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... This article is about the sport. ... The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Steve DShawn Francis (born February 21, 1977 in Silver Spring, Maryland,[1] U.S.) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Nicknamed The Franchise[2] and self-described as Steve-O, with his on-court and off-court antics generating considerable controversy throughout...

Ivey's hobbies include video games and prop betting, and recently, he has also taken up golf. He participated in the World Series of Golf tournament, where he finished in third place. This tournament is a cross between poker and golf, with each player having to bet or fold on each hole. After he was eliminated, he admitted that he felt he should have arrived earlier and practiced a bit longer.^{[citation needed]} This article is about pastimes. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... In gambling, a proposition bet (also called a prop bet, prop, or exotic) is a bet made on an outcome or a proposition. ... This article is about the sport. ...

Ivey resides in Las Vegas with his wife. For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

Notes

External links

• Official site
• Guide to Poker profile
• ALL IN interview