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Next time you watch Ivey play, look at his eyes. They are all over the place, he sees everything. i think that's what makes him so great. i think he has eyes in the back of his head. He is just awesome. I bet he could read people that are on the other side of the casino. LOL

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He's the best! I love his demeanor at the table. It was cool to see him in the Omaha final cracking on Helmuth about his play (something like "everybody knows you're a goofball").Ivey is a stone-cold killer at the table!

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How is this for an idea.... have the top 10 pros particpate in a million dollar winner take all athletic comp.. ex.. golf, basketball, darts, pool, nl holds. Daniel would rock them all

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How is this for an idea.... have the top 10 pros particpate in a million dollar winner take all athletic comp.. ex.. golf, basketball, darts, pool, nl holds. Daniel would rock them all
I'd take Ivey in that.
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How is this for an idea.... have the top 10 pros particpate in a million dollar winner take all athletic comp.. ex.. golf, basketball, darts, pool, nl holds. Daniel would rock them all
From what I hear, I wouldn't put a lot of money on Ivey for the golf part. But If you added video games of any sort I think he'd take it by a landslide
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Supposedly Phil will bet on anything especially golf. Ivey holds characteristics of both the old school proposition gamblers and the new school poker pros. It's no wonder why a personality like that has become such a rising poker star.

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Phil Ivey is the second greatest player of all time in my opinion. Only Ungar was better, but he's not around anymore so Phil is currently the best in the world in my opinion.
Definatley agree, Most of the pros when asked who they think is the greatest player today will say Ivey.
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Supposedly Phil will bet on anything especially golf. Ivey holds characteristics of both the old school proposition gamblers and the new school poker pros. It's no wonder why a personality like that has become such a rising poker star.
I know he gambles on golf, but I've heard that he (used to, at least) get wrecked by Erick Lindgren on a regular basis. I read that Phil hired someone to help him with his game though, and now made some sort of challenge to E-Dog.
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Am I the first to say this:Phil Ivey is the Tiger Woods of poker.If I'm the first, i can't believe it.
not even close.Said about him years ago, and he says, he doesnt wanna be compared to tiger, cuz tiger always dominates, and he feels he still needs to improve. This was a while back mind you.
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How do you make Phil Ivey look like a Donkey? Put a camera on him! (Rim Shot!)What a TV jinx this guy has! I have only seen him look good in one TV tourney a few years ago. It was that one with John DeAgistino (spelling?) icon_confused.gifI know he is considered the "best player in the world" by many of his peers however, I have yet to see it.

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How do you make Phil Ivey look like a Donkey? Put a camera on him! (Rim Shot!)What a TV jinx this guy has! I have only seen him look good in one TV tourney a few years ago. It was that one with John DeAgistino (spelling?) icon_confused.gifI know he is considered the "best player in the world" by many of his peers however, I have yet to see it.
Yes. You are definitly better then Phil Ivey. He should really work on his game so he can gain your approval.
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I don't understand why it's thought that his least strong game is Omaha like the intro says. Generally in Atlantic City his least favorite game was actually holdem--which he learned late. He was a 7-stud, then hi-low specialist after that--especially Omaha 8 and Stud 8. He's got WSOP titles in S.H.O.E. and TWO in Omaha PL--so I just don't agree he's weak in any form of Omaha, cash or tournament----------

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He learned omaha before hold'em? Isn't that like learning to walk before you crawl? Learning omaha first actually might make your hold'em game better right away. There's really nothing else to learn and it's far less complex.

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He learned omaha before hold'em? Isn't that like learning to walk before you crawl? Learning omaha first actually might make your hold'em game better right away. There's really nothing else to learn and it's far less complex.
------------That's funny--"learning to walk be fore crawling"--Like Tiger Woods learning golf before he could tie his own shoes. Phil was playing the low limit 7-stud first at the Tropicana. He'd sometimes move to our Thursday $15-$30 7-hi low game. Occasionally some fish(s) would come in and they'd switch to O-8, but it's easy to pick up, if you already know Stud 8 hi-low. Later Ivey went up the street to the Taj and play in the $75-$150 Stud game--The only time he'd play Holdem was $50-$100 limit, bored out of his mind, waiting to get in the big mixed or stud game.
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yeah, Phil is a great player. Daniel forgot to mention that he finshed 10th, just off the final table, in 2003. With that size field (800+), thats an impressive accomplishment especially when u consider that the hand he went broke with was impossible to get away from. I think he had a full house and got outdrawn when someone else made a bigger boat on the river. I think it was Farha. Check my info, Im not completely sure.
I love his stare-down Hard not to be a little nervous with his look
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Phil has a really good way of keeping a good attitude when he gets a bad beat. In the 2003 WSOP, Freddy Deeb caught a lucky card on the turn making a set of kings, beating Phil's set of sevens. Freddy impatiently asks for his chips and Phil calmly tells him to "Relax". After the chips switch sides Phil says "It must be the shirt" looking at Freddy's red checkered looking shirt. Phil is a very aggresive but great tourny player
I thought this was one of the FUNNIEST things seen on the WSOP. I loved that line, "Must be the shirt."
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I love Phil Ivey's game and, based only on what I've heard from others and what I've seen on t.v., he seems like a very respectful and classy young man. He's fearless, has uncanny instincts, and his only weakness as far as I know seems to be Ace-Queen. How many times has he gotten burned by this hand? He will win the main event sometime soon. If Moneymaker didn't suck out on him in '03, I think Phil might have won it then.

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