Nobody has seen him around since January last year. One rumor suggested he was in Macau playing high stakes and another that he was hiding after what happend on Black Friday. Yesterday he made another huge mark in the poker world, I’m of course talking about Phil Ivey.
I’m almost certain that no other player comes close to Ivey’s status as a legend in poker. Every since he owned Paul Jackson in Monte Carlo Millions a few years ago he’s been the man. Sure some say Doyle has the same legend status, but not really close huh? Sure, Stu Ungar is the biggest legend in poker, with the same legend status as Elvis, according to some. But you must not forget that when he was aroudn the poker world was smaller, a lot smaller.
Phil Ivey has been crushing all games since he started sneaking in to casinos in Atlantic City as Jerome with his fake ID for about 20 years ago. During the poker boom his poker wits grew fast than the number of players coming into poker. Yesterday he once again prooved his is the man.
After beeing away from tournament poker for almost a year Phil Ivey came in 12th in the Aussie Millions main event. After busting he didn’t do what most would do and tilt away the winning playing online, instead he bought into the super high roller for $250k and won!
Even the stone faced poker Jedi gave us a smile. It was, after all, his biggest tournament score ever.
Let’s just hope that the Full Tilt scandal gets sorted so that we can keep one “honest” superstar around.
