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Phil Ivey has been labeled as the greatest poker player on the globe by quite a few of the top-ranked pros. Phil Ivey was born in Riverside, CA and moved to Jersey before his first birthday. His grandpa taught him penny-ante Five-Card Stud poker. From then on on, he was hooked on poker and wished to pickup anything he could about poker. He would tell his grandparents that he was planning on being a professional poker player. He didn’t permit the negative comments from others annihilate his ambition of becoming one of the strongest poker competitors in the world.

Phil started playing seriously after getting a fake ID by the name of Jerome. He practiced his skills at the casinos in Atlantic City. The beginning number of years for him were a learning period and winning wasn’t a normal thing at the time. He made his mark at the 2000 WSOP where he achieved 2 final tables and won his 1st World Series of Poker bracelet, in a $2, 500 Pot-Limit Omaha match. At the last table he destroyed quite a few of the well known pros including "Amarillo Slim" Preston, David "Devilfish" Ulliot, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr.

He made a decision to take his skills to the next level and headed out west to Sin City. He 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 immeasurable love for poker. He states that he’s picking up skills every day and is quite humble about his achievements. Phil admits to making errors every single game of poker and always aspires to improve.

Even though Phil has won some big-time tournaments, he likes winning cash games on a regular basis.