I was reading a blog post by Daniel Negreanu and noticed he was openly rooting against Phil Ivey. I know these two players are long time players, but it seemed a little strange to me that he was rooting against him.

After I was eliminated from the HORSE in 14th place I sweated the progress of Phil Ivey online and dodged a bullet when he didn’t win it either. That saved me a cool $200k.

Now before spamming his site and send him a dirty email I decided to do a little research. Read More...

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Phil Ivey went to Europe and came back with only one place in the money as he was eliminated from the £10,000 Main Event on day 1A.

Thrust together on the feature table were old adversaries Phil Ivey and Mike Matusow, yet their fortunes couldn't have been any more contrasting. Ivey struggled to get going all day long, consistently having to fold as he missed flop after flop.

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Phil Ivey entered event #3 at the WSOPE, the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and that didn't last very long.

Pot-limit Omaha is certainly a game that took root in Europe before it began taking America by storm, so it was only natural that some of Europe's biggest names would turn out for Event #3 of the World Series of Poker Europe - £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.

Let's hope this weekend is better when the £10,000 NL Hold Em tournament begins.

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A little fun on a Friday as here is one Phil Ivey's excellent Full Tilt Poker commercials. This one cracks me up everytime.

Phil Ivey Poker Face - Funny bloopers R us

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We've covered Phil Ivey at the WSOPE for the past couple days and he was knocked out of the HORSE event yesterday finishing in sixth for £13,750. Congratulations go to eventual winner Sherkhan Farnood

Donev had a flush draw on sixth street, but it wasn’t to be for the Austrian, as Farnood’s queens and eights were good enough in the end, earning him his first World Series Of Poker bracelet and ₤76,999. Donev received £48,125 for his fantastic runner-up finish.

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