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This weekend, the Golden Nugget and renowned poker player Phil Ivey together will host The Budding Ivey Foundation Charity Poker Tournament on Tuesday, July 1 at 8:00 p.m. Celebrity tournament director Matt Savage will emcee the no-limit Texas hold’em event that will take place inside the Golden Nugget event center. The event will be sponsored by Curtis & Co. Watches. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the Budding Ivey Foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Ivey is a great poker player. He’s also a basketball fan. Unfortunately, for him he’s also a Lakers fan. As the series sits at 3-1, Phil stands to lose quite a bit of money. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Ivey is going to be playing in the largest buy-in tournament in the history of online poker at Full Tilt. Read the rest of this entry »

Full Tilt is beginning it’s annual FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker series) and Phil Ivey is hosting event #21 on 5/17 at 14:00ET and it’s a big one $2,500+$120 No Limit Hold’em 2-day event with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5M.

Of course, there are more modest events being held but this is the only one hosted by our man Phil Ivey.

We all know that sitting down at a table with Phil Ivey at the World Series of Poker is one of the scariest things that can happen to a person, but what about teeing up next to him in the World Series of Golf? Full Tilt plans to find out.

The game is simple. Unlike regular golf, players can “fold” a game in the middle of the hole. At every tee, players place an ante. Every shot after the ante is performed with a pass, bet or a fold.

The par of a hole does not matter. Just like in poker, players play against those in their group. The winner of each group advances to the next round.

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Great read by Phil Ivey here, but admittedly it wasn’t that hard.

After years of taking other people’s money, it’s time for Phil Ivey to give some back. This week he made a $50,000 donation to Empowered to Excel a “faith based educational program whose mission is to promote academic excellence, build character, and encourage wellness in youth through positive reinforcement.”

Phil Ivey also announced the Budding Ivey Foundation named after the late Leonard “Bud” Simmons to honor and continue his grandfather’s lifetime of philantropic work. Read the rest of this entry »

After winning his first World Poker Tour title Phil Ivey didn’t rest for long as he headed straight for the National Heads Up Championship. The final four was an all FULL TILT match up as Huck Seed took on Andy Bloch and Phil Ivey took on Chris Ferguson. However, it was not the day for Phil as he went all in on a low pair that didn’t help and Ferguson went on to win the whole thing. Still, not a bad day for Phil as he pocketed Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s an unbelievable feeling to finally win one of these World Poker Tour tournaments,” I felt unbeatable all evening, and the monkey is finally off my back.” - Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey holds the record for most World Poker Tour final tables without a win. Or at least he used to as he won Commerce Casino’s L.A. Poker Classic (LAPC), winning a cool $1,596,100. Instead of recapping HOW he won, I will instead post quotes from the other players stating just how awesome he is. Read the rest of this entry »