Phil Ivey has been branded as the greatest poker competitor in the world by many of the top-ranked professionals. Phil was born in Riverside, CA and moved to New Jersey before his first birthday. His grandpa taught Phil one cent-ante Five-Card Stud poker. From then on on, Phil was addicted to poker and wanted to discover whatever he could about poker. He routinely told his elders that he wanted to be a professional poker player. He didn’t permit the negative comments from other people annihilate his ambition of becoming one of the greatest poker players in the world.
Phil started competing intently after acquiring a false ID with the name of Jerome. He practiced his game at the casinos in Atlantic City. The initial number of years for Phil were a learning period and coming away with a win wasn’t a common outcome at the time. He made his mark at the 2000 World Series of Poker when he made two final tables and came away with his 1st World Series of Poker bracelet, in a $2, 500 Pot-Limit Omaha game. At the final table he defeated a number of the well known pros including but not limited to "Amarillo Slim" Preston, David "Devilfish" Ulliot, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr.
He decided to take his skills to the successive level and headed out west to Vegas. Phil continues to participate in in "The Big Game" at the Bellagio with the greatest players on the planet. Ivey credits his success to dedication and an immeasurable passion for the game of poker. Phil says that he is learning every day and is quite humble about his achievements. He knows he makes mistakes in each game of poker and constantly strives to improve.
Even though Phil has won some big tournaments, he prefers destroying money games on a normal basis.
