February 28, 2015
Top international poker pro Phil “Polarizing” Ivey has had a nightmarish two weeks at the virtual high stakes tables on Full Tilt and Pokerstars, emerging as the biggest loser over both the last fortnight and this year to date. The High Stakes Data Base reports that two weeks ago Ivey lost $614,348, and over the […]
February 2, 2015
Phil Ivey took the Aussie Millions LK Boutique A$250 000 Challenge for the third time in five challenges outlasting 24 high profile competitors. Ivey took home A$2 250 000 having bested the likes of Dan Smith, Isaac Haxton, Richard Yong, Scott Seiver, Erik Seidel and ultimately Mike McDonald heads-up. Event 21: LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge […]
December 11, 2014
It’s been a bad week at the online high stakes tables for international poker ace Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey, who achieved the dubious honour of biggest loser, according to the nosebleed games monitor High Stakes Data Base. Ivey returned to the virtual tables this week after a short absence and suffered a reversal of his impressive […]
November 6, 2014
Professional gambler and poker player Phil Ivey will appeal UK Court Justice Mitting’s ruling in the Crockfords Casino edge sorting case. Ivey, who won GBP 7.8 million from the upmarket venue, candidly admitted in court to using a card edge sorting technique that he felt was legitimate. A quote from Ivey’s legal representative Matthew Dowd […]
October 28, 2014
Following his multi-million dollar litigation defeat against a major land casino that claimed he cheated at cards through edge-sorting (see previous reports) the world famous poker pro Phil Ivey has suffered an additional loss in having to close his Phil Ivey Poker.com coaching and social website. Hints that a closure may be on the cards […]
July 11, 2014
High profile poker ace Phil Ivey, who led the chip counts as Day 3 of the World Series of Poker main event started Thursday with a combined field of 1,864 survivors, did not have a good day and is now way back in the chip counts on 552,500. He wasn’t the only one down on […]
July 10, 2014
Day 2c, the last of the separate fields competing in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event, is in the record books, with top international online and live tourney poker pro Phil Ivey holding the chip lead ahead of 1,864 survivors of the various entry flights to the event, in which 6,683 players […]
July 3, 2014
Lawyers for top international poker pro Phil Ivey, who has been accused of using baccarat edge-sorting skills to cheat the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa out of $9.6 million in 2012, have filed a motion for dismissal of the charges in a Nevada court. Ivey’s lawyers deny any wrongdoing on his part, and claim that […]
June 28, 2014
Congratulations to one of the world’s most skilled poker players, Phil Ivey, who on Friday night earned his tenth World Series of Poker bracelet, placing him in the august company of legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, and edging him closer to all-time record bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth. Ivey achieved his latest honour playing heads […]
May 11, 2014
The high stakes poker action last week was notable for some massive losses to two prominent online poker nosebleed stakes players, Phil “Polarizing” Ivey and Paul “MalACEsia” Phua, who were both down hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the High Stakes Data Base. Phua took the biggest hit playing a range of aggressive and […]