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Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey is one of the most frightening of faces in the poker circuit. Though to a spectator he might look like a small kid he is a force to reckon with as an opponent on the other side of the poker table. He has the alertness and darting eyes that don't miss anything that goes on in the poker circuit. This is probably one of the things that has gone on to make him such an ace player.

Phil Ivey was born in the year 1976 in Riverside in California. He now lives where else but in Las Vegas in Nevada where all the best poker layers live. Phil Ivey has earned himself great respect and is known to be one of the most all round poker players around. He is certainly able to win several accolades his way on the poker table with the kind of earnings that he makes and the respect and fame that he commands.

Phil Ivey started playing poker at a really young age when his grandfather went on to introduce him to it. This was when he was only eight years old and his grandfather dealt him the first round of cards. Though his grandfather did not want him to become a professional poker player, by the age of sixteen he was playing games on the sly and earning himself money. By the time he had a borrowed id and was paying live on the tables. He was hardly ever home and more at the tables and that is what earned him a nick name called "No Home Jerome." Though it was not hunky dory all the time for Phil Ivey as there were times when he didn't have enough money to even pay the rent. But, he continued to pursue his love for poker and the tides did turn in his favor. That was the time when he met his future wife and also continued to play and win at poker.

In the year 2000, when he was 24 he participated in the World Series of Poker and that was the leap into the future for him. In $2,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em, he finished fifth and that was a win that propelled him right into the big league.

Then in the next $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, Phil Ivey went on to compete with the likes of Amarillo Slim Preston, David Ulliott, and Phil Hellmuth who were forces to reckon with in the poker world. That is when he jubilantly walked away with first bracelet.

That was just the beginning for Phil Ivey and in the year 2002, he went on to win three more WSOP bracelets. This was one lucky year for him as he went on to win the most number of prestigious wins in it. By the age of 30, he had already got five bracelets with him.

Phil Ivey was able to consistently win at most of the poker games that he participated in. all of this went on to prove his mettle as a fantastic poker player.