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Professional Players: Phil Ivey

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Phil Ivey grew up in New Jersey, where he started his pro poker career in Atlantic City. Formerly a video game phenom, Phil now directs that energy toward the poker table, and it's paying off. He won his first WSOP title at the age of 23, where he beat Phil Helmuth and Amarillo Slim in Pot-Limit Omaha.

He followed up by winning three WSOP titles in one year, 2003. He's also won two Bellagio tournaments, one WPO, and two Commerce tournaments, not to mention his three appearances at WPT final tables, although he's yet to post a win in these televised poker extravaganzas. His tournament statistics are impressive, but Phil is equally impressive in live money games - he regularly beats the biggest games in the world, being a regular on the big table at The Bellagio.

Phil and his wife recently moved to Vegas, and are looking forward to getting a dog. When Phil isn't working on his game he's playing pick-up basketball(you'll usually se him playing poker in his trademark basketball shirt), listening to music, or following his favorite sports team - the Los Angeles Lakers.

Ironically for someone known as the Tiger Woods of poker, he's also recently taken up golf; how long before Tiger becomes the Phil Ivey of Golf?

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