We are used to reading about Phil Ivey on Poker News, ESPN and dozens of other poker and sports sites, but this is the first time we can remember reading about Phil Ivey on TMZ. Paris Hilton, he's not. Here's the lowdown:

Phil Ivey -- one of the most dominant professional poker players in the world -- isn't suited for marriage ... dude was just granted a divorce from his wife Luciaetta.

Ivey and Luciaetta filed the joint petition in a Nevada court on December 22 ... three days before Christmas. The divorce was granted today -- both parties were present for the ruling.

This comes as a bit of a surprise, but at least it doesn't sound like Phil was living up to his "Tiger Woods of Poker" moniker. Sometimes high school sweethearts just grow apart. It's called life. We wish them both the best.

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Bad beats are a part of poker. Learning to deal with them can make you a better player. In an article about this, the Poker Bankroll Blog uses Phil and Luciaetta Ivey to illustrate his point.

I remember reading a poker magazine story about Phil Ivey. His wife was just learning to play poker and was doing microstakes online. Phil came home on edge because he had had an unusually deep loss–a few hundred grand, as I recall. His wife was upset at her day, too; she told him that she had lost something like 70 cents, which is a lot when you’re playing $0.01/$0.02 games. Talk about different pain thresholds!

Phil has probably had more bad beats than I could ever imagine, but I imagine it's been worth it for him.

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We get a lot of searches about Phil Ivey's wife, Luciaetta. People wondering who she is, what she looks like, etc. Did you know she was Phil Ivey's high school sweetheart? That's crazy. We actually found a picture of the two of them at a Lakers game. Here it is after the jump.

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