Phil Ivey wins 8th bracelet
Yes Phil Ivey has once more demonstrated he is the best poker player in the world.
At only 33 years old Phil Ivey continues his poker prowess and never before has a 33 years old man been so successful at poker. Phil does not hold all poker records yet, but given his young age and if he can live a few more decades, all current records will have been pulverized.
So Phil Ivey just won his 8th WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 HORSE event. Only four players have ever won more bracelets. Phil Hellmuth has 11 bracelets (46 years old), Doyle Brunson 10 bracelets (77 years old), Johnny Chan 10 bracelets (52 years old) and the late Johnny Moss 9 bracelets (but the first one was by vote). And he is in a tie with Erik Seidel (51 years old) for 8 bracelets. Given that Phil is the youngest by a wide margin, it is clear that he has a good chance to become the player with the most bracelets at some point. Phil has said himself that he believes that he could win as many as 30 bracelets in his career.
Phil Ivey also won the first prize of $329,840, adding to the total of his live tournament winnings which is close to $13 million. Here no record broken because Phil was already the number one player and no one has ever surpassed this amount of money won at live poker tournaments. Daniel Negreanu is just behind in the number two spot with over $12 million, but he remains behind so far as he has not won a major prize at the WSOP.
Phil Ivey is considered by many poker players in the world as the best player, and this result confirms the general belief. Note that Phil is the most well-rounded player, as he can play well both live and online, both in ring games and in tournaments and in all poker variations. Interestingly Phil has not yet won a bracelet in Holdem, but he did in Omaha, Stud, Draw poker and mixed games (HORSE, SHOE, Omaha-Stud Hi/Lo).
Online, Phil Ivey plays exclusively at Full Tilt Poker as he was one of the founding poker pro at this online poker room. The highest stakes section is named after him and he can often be seen there mostly playing NLHE or PLO at stakes as high as NL100,000. A large crowd of railbirds follows all his moves, hoping to learn a few tricks from the master.