Phil Ivery Poker Fan

Phil Ivey has opted out of the WSOP championships this season. "I am deeply disappointed and embarrassed that Full Tilt players have not been paid money they are owed. I am equally embarrassed that as a result many players cannot compete in tournaments and have suffered economic harm," Ivey, who has played online on Full Tilt and appeared in the company's TV commercials, said in a statement posted on his website.

Phil Ivey will not be taking part in the WSOP 2011 due to some issues. "I am deeply disappointed and embarrassed that Full Tilt players have not been paid money they are owed. I am equally embarrassed that as a result many players cannot compete in tournaments and have suffered economic harm," Ivey, who has played online on Full Tilt and appeared in the company's TV commercials, said in a statement posted on his website.

Phil Ivey was one of the poker stars to have made a huge profit in this year so far. Since then Ivey has been on a $2.6 million upswing and he is currently showing a profit of $1,782,281 for 2011 so far, according to online cash game tracker highstakesdb.

Phil Ivey was already showing a healthy profit of $712,000 last week but Sunday’s action saw his year’s earning receive a super-boost after winning over $900,000 in one of his typically short sessions.

Phil Ivey is now getting back to his old self after winning more than $1.1 million in this year. After a slow start to 2011 at Full Tilt’s cash tables in which he sunk $793,000 in the red, Phil Ivey has now put himself squarely back in the black once more after a whopping $476,000 winning weekend.

Having overcome an almost $800k downswing, Phil Ivey has now won over $1.1 million since the start of February to show a current profit of $323,309 so far in 2011.

Phil Ivey commented about the decline in Las Vegas gambling. In a sign of the times, Las Vegas casinos which once held regular juicy high-limit games have now seen their numbers dwindle dramatically, with Phil Ivey telling PokerListings:

“There’s still games in Vegas. Just not as many as there used to be. Four or five years ago you could count on there being a game four or five nights a week. Now there’s probably a game one or two nights.”

Phil Ivey won the award for being the best international player, but he did not receive the award in person. Apparently, France has poker awards. Who knew? They were given out at the EPT Deauville stop. Phil Ivey won for best “international player,” but he didn’t accept the award in person.

The high-stakes world has been a little bit stagnant in 2010. But there is a bit of news - Cole South (sponsored by Bingo Hollywood) took a pot of $600K from Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.

According to rumours Phil Ivey and Tom dwan are on the Rail for High Stakes Poker. If you haven’t been keeping score in the sponsorship arms race, that would leave High Stakes Poker with empty chairs previously filled by Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Mike Matusow and other notables.

That’s according to a post on 2+2, confirmed by Barry Greenstein. Neither Full Tilt or High Stakes Poker had commented at the time of this article.

Phil Ivey was one of the players who lost money in the latest poker tournament. Patrik Antonius booked a million dollar week, while Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen lost money. Find out who won and who lost in our Full Tilt high-stakes cash game report.

Phil Ivey has quietly managed to shoot past others and reach the top of the standings this year. How this went unnoticed by so many players is up for debate, but he has learnt better than most that any new poker players should spend time practising on video poker in the section at a UK online casino

After dropping $1.19 million just a couple of weeks ago, Ivey bounced back like very, very few in the game could manage.He picked up over $1,660,000 in the past week to push his year-to-date total to $3,801,602 versus Dwan's $3,753,591.

Phil Hellmuth is all set to be joined by a new set of poker stars like Phil Ivey after the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame nominees was announced. Considered one of the biggest honors in poker, the next step of the process will now involve the 16 living members of the Hall, as well as a panel of 17 media personnel, getting together to choose the eventual winner.

Created in 1979 by Benny Binion, the exclusive Poker Hall of Fame boasts 38 players and includes such legends of the game as Johnny Moss, Nick the Greek, Wild Bill Hickok, Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Stu Unga, and Phil Hellmuth.