Phil Ivey

      
       Phil Ivey called the “Tiger Woods of poker” , was born in Riverside, California on February 1, 1976.

       The biography of Phil Ivey is a true poker story, this page will tell the life story of how Phil Ivey came to be the most followed and feared poker players in the world.

       Before he was legally allowed to enter casinos, his fake ID had him named Jerome Graham. Now, Jerome spent so much time in the casino that the regulars started to call him “No Home Jerome,” .

       Ivey is world renowned as one of the top cash game players in the world and he puts the majority of his focus on winning those games.
He is now known as one of the world's greatest poker players, beating Amarillo Slim, Phil Hellmuth, Sam Farha and Gus Hansen in the Pot-Limit Omaha event.

       Like every other poker player he has his own thing, he is quiet and aggressive. This makes him so feared at the poker tables.
He is one aggressive player and he has tricked many players to believe that he has nothing then took them all down. Phil is a very cool customer at the table very focused on what his opponents are doing.

       Phil Ivey is famous for winning many big tournaments at the WSOP, WPO, Bellagio, and other great results at the WPT and EPT.

World Series of Poker bracelets:

2000 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $195,000
2002 $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $118,440
2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E. $107,540
2002 $1,500 7 Card Stud $132,000
2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $635,603
2009 $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $96,367
2009 $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $220,538

       In Feburary of 2008, Ivey won his first WPT Championship, moving him into the top 10 on the all-time tournament money list.

       Outside of poker Phil Ivey has many hobbies – include video games, prop betting, basketball and golf. He participated in the inaugural World Series of Golf, where he finished in third place.

      Ivey earned more than $10.8 Million in Career Tournament Earnings.

Phil Ivey vs Paul Jackson - Bluff vs Bluff