Phil Ivey
He started to play in 1990, sneaking in to casinos using fake ID. His name as player was “No home Jerome”. Because he was always playing poker in casinos and at tournaments and he never got time to go home.
Phil Ivey was born in Riverside , California and he grown up in New Jersey. His professional poker player career has started in Atlantic City. At only 23 years old , he wins the first World Series Championship, beating experienced poker players like Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim.
His decision to build a poker career and live his life from poker took it when he was a teen-ager, when other children where dreaming to become astronauts. Although he meet lots of impediments because of gambling, Phil continued to believe in his dream – the dream to become an international poker player with a high reputation.
His efforts where rewarded in the end and Phil has 5 bracelets of World Series Of Poker before he was 30 years old.
- 2002 – 7 Card Stud 118.440$
- 2002 – S.H.O.E 107.540$
- 2002 – 7 Card Stud 132.000$
- 2005 – Pot Limit Omaha 635.603$
- 2006 – WSOP H.O.R.S.E 617,760$
- 2007 – WSOP 7 Card Stud 143.820$
- 2008 - WSOP H.O.R.S.E 159,840$
Phil Ivey won over 12,000,000$ from poker since now. To participate each year at WSOP it would be a dream for each poker player, but the ambition of Phil Ivey diden`t stop here, World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, European Poker Masters, Monte Carlo Millions are only some of the tournaments that Phil participated and won.
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