Phil Ivey’s biography

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey (47 years)
USA
Male
2/1/1976
over $26 260 000
Offline prizes
exact amount is unknown
Online prizes
The best result:
$3 582 753 or $AU4 000 000 (1st place in $250 000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2014)
Main achievements:
10 WSOP bracelets, 7th place at WSOP ME 2009, top-20 best world players, 3 trophies of Aussie Millions Poker Championship
Can be found by nickname:
No Home Jerome
PokerStars: RaiseOnce

Phil Ivey is a famous professional poker player who has proven his skills over the years. The guy began his career being a teenager, using fictitious documents, and he continues to show excellent results up to this very day. However, now Phil is not a poor casino regular in Atlantic City, but a famous high roller and a frequent guest of the most expensive games.

If we talk about Phil Ivey net worth, then on the Web you can find numbers from $100 to $125 million. So the common question "Is Phil Ivey broke?" we can confidently answer in the negative.

Ivey has achieved significant success both in online and live tournaments. His winnings in tournaments have repeatedly overpassed a mark of 1 000 000$ each (at least 6 times), and he often plays online cash games at the highest limits.

For a long time, Phil played with FullTilt Poker patches, but then he created his own poker room and training site Ivey League and started to represent it. In May 2017, Ivey League was closed.

Ivey has achieved significant results at the World Series of Poker. The player won his first bracelet in 2000, and in 2002 - he added 3 more victories to this result. Overall, the guy has got 10 WSOP bracelets in tournaments of 6 different poker types. He also took 7th place in the most prestigious event of the poker world - WSOP ME in 2009. In total, he hit the prize zone of the world series over fifty times. Besides that, Phil had played at the 8th WPT final tables, which is a record indicator.

In the poker community Ivey has become famous not only as a strong professional, but also as a big fan of betting. From time to time the poker player places high stakes for games or bets with someone for a tidy sum.

Phil Ivey’s biography

Today Phil Ivey’s name can often be found in the highstakes reports or among the winners of major events. The guy continues to demonstrate his skills, and therefore, he is rightly called the best poker player in the world.

According to Wikipedia, Phil Ivey is "an unspoken best poker player in the world."

Interesting facts about Phil Ivey:

  • Phil Ivey began his poker career at the age of 18, playing in Atlantic City. As it is not allowed to gamble under the age of 21 in America, Phil used fake documents in the name of Jerome Graham. Since then, he has got his moniker "No Home Jerome".
  • According to Ivey, he’s going to win at least 30 WSOP bracelets.
  • As for "Phil Ivey wife", the poker player used to be married to Luciaetta Ivey for 9 years (2002-2009), but the couple divorced.
  • A popular casino "Aria" has called one of the rooms in honor of the poker player - "The Ivey Room" (in 2019 it was renamed to "Table 1").
  • After winning one of the tournaments, Ivey left 90 000$ as tips to the dealer.
  • Phil has his own "support team" - Pat and Mel Humphries. They have known the poker player almost from the very beginning of his career, and now the couple often attends tournaments with his participation, supporting the guy in every possible way. Unfortunately, in March 2019 Pat died.Phil Ivey poker
  • "Phil Ivey lawsuits" is an interesting topic. Phil Ivey was twice charged with fraud – by casinos "Crockfords" and "Borgata". In the first case, court allowed the casino not to pay the winnings to the player; the second case continues even now the casino requires a player to pay out 10 000 000$. Ivey has already lodged appeals concerning these decisions, and he intends to win both cases, since the guy does not consider himself a swindler.
  • A 250 000$ Challenge tournament at Aussie Millions is called the Phil Ivey’s tournament, as the poker player won it more times than other players (3 times).
  • Phil Ivey was several times nominated as an applicant to enter the Poker Hall of Fame. Finally, he was elected there together with David "Devilfish" Ulliott in 2017.
  • Since November 2017, Ivey has been an ambassador and a strategic advisor of Virtue Poker (a decentralized P2P Poker platform that is created with the use of Ethereum).
  • In 2018, Phil Ivey hit his first prize zone at the WSOP in the las 4 years, but the player still hasn’t taken the prize money of just over 2 000$ away (for the 533rd place at Colossus for 565$).
  • In 2018, Ivey visited Russia for the first time. He arrived at the Partypoker series Millions Russia in Sochi, but he did not get into prizes of a single tournament there.

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Biography materials
New documentary about Phil Ivey to be filmed at WSOP 2022
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New documentary about Phil Ivey to be filmed at WSOP 2022
In some gaming halls at the WSOP 2022, there is a notice that a documentary is being filmed about famous poker player Phil Ivey.
Phil Ivey lost $150 000 within 3 hours
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Phil Ivey lost $150 000 within 3 hours
Phil Ivey took part in the expensive $200/ $400 cash game. In just three hours, the poker player lost $150 000...
Phil Ivey became a runner-up of Super High Roller Series Europe event
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Phil Ivey became a runner-up of Super High Roller Series Europe event
Phil Ivey finished second in SHRB Europe #4 - $50 000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament and earned $546 000.
Phil Ivey wins the first tournament at Super High Roller Series Europe
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Phil Ivey wins the first tournament at Super High Roller Series Europe
Phil Ivey won the $25 000 Short Deck Tournament at the Super High Roller Series Europe and got $408 000.
Phil Ivey releases an exclusive NFT collection "Royal Flash"
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Phil Ivey releases an exclusive NFT collection "Royal Flash"
Well-known poker legend Phil Ivey has released his own collection of NFTs referred to as "Royal Flash". Those who manage to complete the collection will play poker with Ivey on a luxury yacht in Miami.
Ivey beats Antonius in the WPT Heads Up Championship finals
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Ivey beats Antonius in the WPT Heads Up Championship finals
The WPT Heads Up Championship has ended. In the final heads-up, poker pro Phil Ivey managed to emerge victorious from the duel with another poker legend, Patrik Antonius.
Ivey will play with Dwan at WPT Heads-Up Championship
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Ivey will play with Dwan at WPT Heads-Up Championship
Poker King is hosting the WPT Heads-Up Championship in June. Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan are on the list of confirmed members.
Phil Ivey played poker with basketball legend
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Phil Ivey played poker with basketball legend
Phil Ivey and Allen Iverson fought at the poker table. In this article, you will find the name of heads-up winner...
Phil Ivey: «I played golf with Michael Jordan and dined with Barack Obama»
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Phil Ivey: «I played golf with Michael Jordan and dined with Barack Obama»
The legendary poker player Phil Ivey recalls his glory days after becoming a millionaire at a fairly young age. Back then, the player had a luxurious life in Las Vegas...
Phil Ivey's half-stack "misclick" in $250K tournament
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Phil Ivey's half-stack "misclick" in $250K tournament
Even legendary poker players make misclicks. Phil Ivey proved this in an expensive tournament at the WSOPE 2019.
Phil Ivey: «I just want to live every day in a moment»
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Phil Ivey: «I just want to live every day in a moment»
Phil Ivey agreed for a short interview during the MLLIONS Super High Roller Sochi.
Phil Ivey became the champion of MILLIONS SHR Sochi tournament
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Phil Ivey became the champion of MILLIONS SHR Sochi tournament
Phil Ivey managed to become the winner after a long break. He earned $856 000 for the 1st place in High Roller Tournament in Sochi.
Phil Ivey became runner-up of the Hold'em 6+ event at MILLIONS SHR Sochi
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Phil Ivey became runner-up of the Hold'em 6+ event at MILLIONS SHR Sochi
The owner of 10 WSOP bracelets, Phil Ivey, became the runner-up of the Hold'em 6+ tournament at the MILLIONS SHR Sochi series, having received $525 000.
Nora "Awkwafina" Lum will play Ivey's partner in crime in the movie
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Nora "Awkwafina" Lum will play Ivey's partner in crime in the movie
The American actress Nora "Awkwafina" Lum will play the role of swindler Cheung Yin Sun (Phil Ivey's partner). Their scandalous series of big victories will become the brightest part of storyline.
Phil Ivey took the 4th place in Caribbean Poker Party Tournament
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Phil Ivey took the 4th place in Caribbean Poker Party Tournament
Daniel Dvoress won $25 000 Caribbean Poker Party Tournament. Phil Ivey took the 4th place...
WSOPE 2019: Ivey conceded poker bracelet to the casino owner
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WSOPE 2019: Ivey conceded poker bracelet to the casino owner
For finishing the €25 000 Short Deck High Roller as runner-up, Phil Ivey received €826 500 in prize moeny ...
Borgata confiscated Phil Ivey's winnings
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Borgata confiscated Phil Ivey's winnings
Now Phil Ivey should carefully choose the tournaments to play in since all his winnings may be confiscated...
Phil Ivey may lose all his WSOP 2019 winnings
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Phil Ivey may lose all his WSOP 2019 winnings
The trials of the Borgata casino and Ivey continue. This time, the bailiffs want to take away all of Phil Ivey's winnings at the World Series of Poker 2019.
Ivey is still a chip leader of the Poker Players Championship
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Ivey is still a chip leader of the Poker Players Championship
The fourth game day of the $50 000 event has ended at the WSOP 2019. The chip leader is still the same - Phil Ivey.
Phil Ivey leads $50K Poker Players Championship
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Phil Ivey leads $50K Poker Players Championship
Is the poker legend back? Phil Ivey leads the high roller tournament at the WSOP 2019.
Phil Ivey got his first cash at WSOP 2019
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Phil Ivey got his first cash at WSOP 2019
Famous poker pro and 10 WSOP bracelets winner surprised players and workers of the series...
Phil Ivey is ousted from top 10 All Time Money List
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Phil Ivey is ousted from top 10 All Time Money List
Jason Koon hit the top 10 most profitable tournament players and thereby displacing Phil Ivey ...