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Phil Ivey, the world famous professional poker player from America was born on February 1, 1976. He belongs to the Riverside district of California. Phil became famous for winning the World Series of Poker bracelets five times. He secured the World Poker Tour title and has won in the WSOP Main Event. He is placed amongst the top 25 poker players thrice in history, for successive years since 2002 to 2005.  

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Phil has successfully won several poker tournaments defeating many world class players including Amarillo Slim. He has won the record of eight final tables during the World Poker Tour. Out of the total of nine events in a WPT event, Phil has cashed eight times. His debut European Poker tour was in Barcelona in 2006. He reached the final table as a chip leader and became the second winner. In 2006 Ivey participated in the London All Star Challenge in the inaugural of the European masters.


The total tournament winnings in the live games exceed $10,000,000.  He participates in various other poker activities apart from the tournaments. He is a regular player for the cash game in the Bellagio hotel. He is also included in the design team of Full Tile Poker. He has even participated in the third season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker.  He developed his talent and knowledge in poker games after thorough practice with his co-workers in a telecommunication firm, which employed him. Out of the various cash wins he made, the biggest is the $16 million he obtained in the weekend game played with Andy Beal, a Texas Billionaire. He is often seen in some of the online poker tables playing for bigger cash prizes.


Because of his experience at poker tables starting from the age of 16, he has been able to get to the best place in the poker world in his early days itself. He learned the basics of poker from his grandfather, who taught him the stud game at 8 years. At the age of 16 he started playing various local games and thereby started learning poker strategies. about phil ivey

Spending years, and money for learning poker game, Phil became the master of the game defeating all leading players. When he moved from Atlantic City to Las Vegas, his career graph witnessed a rapid growth.  He started conquering the professional poker field replacing all the existing players from around the globe. His name started spreading like a wild fire.

By 2002 he could prove that he is the greatest of all poker players and that he could play in all sorts of tournaments and competitions. His success and his ability to defeat all opponents showed that he is the master of this game. He has never had a look back in his career and the fact that, he has many more years to go ahead in his career is a sure sign of his future in this area. The astute player in the online casinos is in fact the best player in the whole world and is expected to continue in this top rank in the coming years as well. 

 

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