Phil Ivey Money
Phil Ivey proved he was still one of the best poker players on earth, making a deep run in the 2019 World Series of Poker $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship event. But perhaps the legally embattled high-stakes gambler still has a bit of rust to shake off.
Ivey was seemingly in cruise control mode after the field made the money, and found himself in a three-way pot of stud eight-or-better with 11 players left in the tournament.
What Happened To Phil Ivey
Ivey, who at 33 became the youngest person to win seven World Series of Poker bracelets this past summer, is at the first WSOP main event of his career and will be seeking his first no-limit. However, one apparent thing is that he supports several charities out of his pocket and helps raise money for them. Phil Ivey puts his net worth to good use. Empowered 2 Excel is one of the foundations he has supported with $50,000. They help children from difficult backgrounds excel in life. He even played in a charity poker event to benefit. A legal saga between poker legend Phil Ivey and the Borgata casino in Atlantic City that has lasted the better part of a decade appears close to a conclusion. According to a court filing on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Ivey and the casino have “now reached a settlement” in a case stemming from Ivey’s controversial high-stakes baccarat sessions at the. Poker champ Phil Ivey just hit a $10 million setback in his court case against the Borgata Casino.For more poker news head to http://www.pokerlistings.com/Th.
While at the featured table, PokerGo cameras caught Ivey holding the best and only low while facing off against John Esposito and Talal Shakerchi.
Phil Ivey: (J 2) 4 7 A J (3)
Talal Shakerchi: (K K) 2 5 K8 (Q)
John Esposito: (2 10) 9 9 A 6 (5)
Shakerchi was looking to fill up with his trip kings, but wound up making a king-high heart flush. That wasn’t good enough to top Esposito’s backdoor ace-high spade flush, and neither player made qualifying eight low.
Ivey’s pair of jacks were no good, but his 7-4-3-2-A low was plenty good enough to take half of the large main pot. Unfortunately for him, the ten-time WSOP bracelet winner either thought he had missed his low draw, or he believed the table was playing stud high.
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Shakerchi was eliminated in 11th place, earning $72,078. Ivey went on to finish in eighth place, banking $124,410. The eventual winner of the 74-player tournament was Phil Hui, who took home his second career bracelet and the $1,099,311 first-place prize.
This isn’t the first time that Ivey has folded the winner at the WSOP. Back in 2009 when he was making his run to the main event final table, Ivey accidentally folded what would have been a winning spade flush.
Ivey, who has more than $26 million in career tournament earnings, still sits in a tie for second-place all-time with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan behind Phil Hellmuth with 14 bracelets. This was his fourth cash this summer. Last year, he also cashed four times, finishing ninth in the Poker Players Championship.