No-Limit Texas Holdem Poker- Who is Phil Ivey?
Thursday, 30. July 2020
Phil Ivey has been referred to as the best poker competitor in the world by many of the top-ranked professionals. Phil was born in Riverside, CA and moved to NJ before reaching the age of one. His grandfather showed him to penny-ante Five-Card Stud poker. From then on on, Phil was hooked on poker and wanted to pickup whatever he could about the game. He would tell his grandparents that he was going to be a professional poker player. Phil did not allow the negative feedback from others destroy his ambition of becoming one of the greatest poker competitors on the planet.
Phil began playing intently after getting a fake ID with the name of Jerome. He practiced his skills at the poker rooms of Atlantic City. The initial number of years for him were a teaching period and winning wasn’t a normal thing at the time. He made his mark at the 2000 WSOP when he achieved 2 final tables and came away with his first WSOP bracelet, in a $2, 500 Pot-Limit Omaha match. At the closing table he defeated a number of the better known pros including "Amarillo Slim" Preston, David "Devilfish" Ulliot, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr.
Phil made a decision to take his skills to the next level and headed out west to Sin City. Phil continues to play in "The Big Game" at the Bellagio with the greatest players in the world. Ivey credits his achievements to hard work and an undying passion for the game of poker. Phil says that he is picking up skills every day and is quite humble about his achievements. Phil admits to making mistakes in each session of poker and always aspires to get better.
Even though Ivey has come first in some big-time tournaments, he favors destroying cash games on a normal basis.
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