Phil Ivey's Story

[PokerProdigy]

Anybody know what Phil Ivey's story is? By that I mean, how did he get so good at such a young age? How longs he been playing? Where'd he start out? etc...

[drewjustdrew]

If you search, it is out there.

Essentially, he snuck into Atlantic City pokerrooms in his teens with a fake ID and was a regular. when he turned 21, he rubbed their face in it a little by presenting his actual ID and real name. Otherwise, I assume he is just a dedicated, intelligent player.

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PokerProdigy,

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[csuf_gambler]

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If you search, it is out there.

Essentially, he snuck into Atlantic City pokerrooms in his teens with a fake ID and was a regular. when he turned 21, he rubbed their face in it a little by presenting his actual ID and real name. Otherwise, I assume he is just a dedicated, intelligent player.

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i keep hearing about how he started out in AC but on tv they said he grew up in riverside california. whats going on?

[tylerdurden]

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i keep hearing about how he started out in AC but on tv they said he grew up in riverside california. whats going on?

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He commuted.

[neotope]

That could have been when he was still in grade school.

[mostsmooth]

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If you search, it is out there.

Essentially, he snuck into Atlantic City pokerrooms in his teens with a fake ID and was a regular. when he turned 21, he rubbed their face in it a little by presenting his actual ID and real name. Otherwise, I assume he is just a dedicated, intelligent player.

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once upon a time i played a low buyin stud tourny at the trop and for a while was sitting next to him, before he was well know. i seem to recall lasting a bit longer than he. anywho,wow, what different paths we took.

[TStoneMBD]

a great example of short term variance.

hah! :P

[highlife]

i remember seeing Phil every weekend at the Taj in his 75/150 Stud days. Either he bought in really big or almost always won, because his mountain of chips was huge everytime I saw it. Wasn't that long ago really.

It's pretty amazing that he is one of the best cash game pros in the world now, along with a top tourney player.

[-Skeme-]

Apparently he was a video game prodigy aswell. Guy is a stud.