The Entities who comprise Wicked Chops Poker are known to be a lot of things: handsome, well-endowed, and even possible of hitting someone with the occasional zinger. One thing we’re not known for is being gracious at losing. So let’s just say that if our hopes of winning a WSOP Main Event title that everyone was pulling [...] Related Posts November Nine Set: Darvin Moon Chip Leader, Phil...
Darvin Moon, a ginger logger, is running good again. Moon called PhilIvey’s all-in holding A-Q. Ivey had A-K. The crowd went nuts, chanting “Ivey! Ivey!” Then Moon hit a Queen on the flop. A collective “fuuuuuuuck” went through the Penn & Teller theater. The King never came and Ivey was sent to the rail in seventh [...] Related...
As you all have probably heard, PhilIvey didn’t exactly want to do a bustout interview after his AK lost to Darvin Moon’s AQ. But as he tried to sneak out the back hallway — to the back lot at the Rio where his RV and Hummer were parked — a few people were able [...]
With seven World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and more than $10 million in career earnings, PhilIvey is considered one of the best poker players in the world. Now,...
None other than longtime favorite Dallas-reared dealer Linda Tran delivered the harsh bad beats to PhilIvey, Steve Begleiter, and in this picture right here, Jeff Shulman. She’s arguably one of the best dealers on the planet — at a minimum she’s the only one to be dealing the final table of the WSOP main [...]
In case you missed the E:60 feature on PhilIvey yesterday on ESPN, watch the above video. Pretty sick life. In semi-related news, if you haven’t signed up for our ESPN Poker Pick’em league, go here. Related Posts [...] Related Posts PhilIvey E:60 Behind-the-Scenes Video PhilIvey in ESPN the Mag: Let the N9 (TM) Hype Machine Begin Phil...
PhilIvey and Jeff Schulman may be the two biggest names at the final table, but they’re far from the only poker celebrities in attendance at the Penn & Teller theater. Some of the faces in today’s crowd include Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth (who walked in with Jeff Schulman before sitting down to hawk copies of [...]
DUBLIN, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Joining the ranks of such notable and iconic trailblazers in Banking, Government, IT, Entertainment and Sports, PhilIvey - well regarded as the best poker player in the world - will be featured in the November 23rd issue of Fortune Magazine. On stands November 7th, in a rare occurrence, the issue will place Ivey amongst some of the most creative,...
Poker superstar PhilIvey is the embodiment of recession proof. Not that I would suggest him to start a rap career, but he sure can back up the exaggerated wealth aspect. Coincidentally, his manager is Chris “Gotti” Lorenzo (Irv Gotti’s brother) but I doubt he’ll be grabbing the mic any time soon. Very low key [...]
Gibraltar – 4th November 2009 – Bookmaker PartyBets.com has had to cut the odds on PhilIvey taking down the WSOP Main Event from 5/1 into 7/2 making him the new OUTRIGHT FAVOURITE to win. This is despite the fact that Ivey is seventh in chips and Darvin Moon has a monster stack that many believe should be big enough to roll his opponents over quite easily. Moon has...
... a non-pokery ESPN reporter who gets to find out firsthand what it’s like being the craps cooler Ivey believes cost him more than $240k. Related Posts Steve Begleiter in Time Magazine (20) Numbers Game (0) ESPN November Nine Conference Call (2) ESPN.com Inside Deal with Kevin Schaffel (0)
High stakes gamblers PhilIvey and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies met up on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Thunderdome for a heads-up game of $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha. They went at it for two hours as Ivey took down the four largest pots of the match. After 206 hands played, Ivey had collected a sweet $432K+ win [...]
After schooling Ilari Sahamies with a big $432K+ win, PhilIvey then faced off against Tom “durrrr” Dwan in some heads-up $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha. They played for less than half-an-hour on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Thunderdome as Ivey pulled in five of the six largest pots. In just 35 hands of action, Ivey managed [...]
