Ivey and Erick Lindgren: position power

Phil Ivey playing super strong from the button, playing aggressively and getting top pro Erick Lindgren to throw away his top pair with eight high.

A lot of aggressive play from Phil in the Pro/Am Equalizer, by the way. Love how he played there. Cheryl Hines was happy not to be a part of this pot. :)

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Another excellent Full Tilt Poker ad

Hehehe another really good Full Tilt Poker ad featuring our main man Phil Ivey. Got to love the cool.

More full tilt ads to come, I promise! :D

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Phil Ivey Full Tilt Poker Commercial

This is by far the best Full Tilt poker commercial I’ve seen. Phil Ivey and a bunch of Phil Ivey wannabes at a table, Phil being cool as ever and the midget opponent being the true Phil clone.

For some reason, this version never made it on tv — but I love it! :D

Other players in the end include Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson, …

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Poker Stars Gather at the 2008 WSOP

All the best poker players in the world will be playing at the 2008 World Series of Poker. The Rio Casino in Las Vegas will be packed with colorful characters such as Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth, Mike "The Mouth" Matuswon and Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson. Watching the stars clash in a live setting is much more exciting than railing a poker online game. Which true poker fan would want to miss a classic Hellmuth blow-up?



Sam Farha and Phil Ivey go at it on P.A.D.

Superstar gambler Sam Farha flop a straight AND a flush draw, and Phil gets sucked in with his set. Mike The Mouth takes a stab at the pot with what Jamie Gold would call top/top, but releases quickly. Sammy moves all-in, Phil calls after some hesitation — and then sucks out. “Oh well,” says Ivey. :D

A painful beat for Sammy Farha, but he takes it like a man. Good hand. :)

More commentary on Please, Mr. Farha! 

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Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson bluffing in Monte Carlo

This is poker at its very best. Both players miss the flop, both players don’t feel like backing off, and both players have the correct read on the other player. Excellent stuff!

Vicious poker — and I love it. At no point did Phil think he had the best hand in this one. At 2:35 you can actually see phil think “omgwtfbbq is going on in this one?!”. Sick, but breathtaking poker — enjoy it!

Youtube commenter Yoshi summed it up right, though:

“The deciding factor was that Jackson left 380K behind him with a million chip pot…which was illogical/unnatural. He would be pot committed later anyways if Ivey called. “

The vid:

Beautiful, innit? :)

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Phil Ivey’s pre-flop aggression pays off

Phil makes a simple play in this hand from late position, and pretty much bets Jani Sointula off AK, exactly the same hand Ivey has.

Not too much commentary on this one, because there’s not much to say — just enjoy the poker! :)

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