The 2009 WSOP $40,000 buy-in was designed to draw the pros and the event did not disappoint with many high profile match ups. One such match up saw Phil Ivey knock out Phil Hellmuth.

Phil Hellmuth’s entrance was typically late into the event, as he showed up well into the fourth level of play. However, his exit was atypically early, when he busted late on Day 1 at the hands of Phil Ivey. Hellmuth moved all in over the top of Ivey’s preflop raise with {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}, only to find himself staring down the barrel of Ivey’s A-K. The board came down king-high, and Hellmuth was a late elimination on Day 1.

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Someday we will be posting updates about the Phil Ivey Classic, a tournament dedicated the greatest poker player the world has ever seen. Hell, at some point we could see the Phil Ivey Memorial World Series of Poker Main Event. The sky is the limit. However, until that day we just have the Doyle Brunson Classic who is a pretty legendary poker player in his own right. After Day 1A Phil Ivey sits at 83k in chips. The leader? Another Phil, Phil Hellmuth.

Day 1A of the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event, aka the "Doyle Brunson Classic", is now in the books. A familiar name is sitting with the chip lead, as Phil Hellmuth Jr. finished the day with a stack of 188k, putting him comfortably in the lead at the conclusion of the first day of play.

Interesting to note is that Clonie Gowen is playing in this tournament. Clonie, if you remember, is currently suing a lot of Full Tilt pros over a perceived slight. You think playing against Phil Ivey is scary? Try playing against him when you're suing him. Woah.

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High Stakes Poker has just announced it's players for season 5. For the 5th season they are raising the minimum buy-in to $200,000 so it should be pretty exciting. Whenever there is a game with that kind of money, you know Phil Ivey isn't far behind.

High Stakes Poker has just announced its lineup of stars and professionals for its fifth season, and it’s sure to generate excitement as the list includes some of the most well-known poker players in the world, as well as the top two finishers of the 2008 main event.

Phil Ivey will be joined by such pros as Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Howard Lederer, Barry Greenstein and 2008 WSOP champion Peter Eastgate. It should be pretty exciting as towards the end of last season players were buying in for as much as $500,000. Sounds right up Phil's alley.

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The World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago got underway at the Bellagio casino yesterday and after Day 1A Phil Ivey is still alive, but Antonio Esfandiari is the current leader. As of right now Phil Ivey sits in 76th place with $34,850 in chips, a long way from Antonio Esfandiari's $313k. Phil Hellmuth brought a friend to the event.

The big news coming out of the Bellagio for today’s Day 1B is the possibility that U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps may enter the tournament. The winner of eight gold medals during the 2008 Beijing Games was introduced to many members of the field on Day 1A by Hellmuth. WPT officials told Poker News Daily that he stated he would “be back on Tuesday” to play.

Somehow, I don't see that working out well.

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