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Phil Ivey
The Phenom · a.k.a. No Home Jerome, Tiger Woods of Poker
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Sourced · read 16 August 2026
WSOP player file · read 16 August 2026
- Wins
- 1216th
- Bracelets
- 11
- Rings
- 0
- Final Tables
- 6815th
- Cashes
- 138691st
- Total Earnings
- $22,893,8797th
Biography
American professional, from Riverside, California. Eleven WSOP bracelets and one WPT title are on the opened organiser and encyclopedia pages, read 16 August 2026.
| Filed from | United States |
|---|---|
| Origin | Riverside |
| Sheet | World index |
| WSOP bracelets | 11 |
| WSOP file earnings | $22,893,879gross cashes |
| WSOP cashes | 138 |
- Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr.
- Organiser file, read 16 August 2026: 12 listed wins.
- Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.
- World-index file — not counted as UK completeness.
Public career
Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables. Ivey is regarded by many as one of the best all‑round poker players in the world.
Ivey first began to develop his poker skills by playing against co‑workers at a New Brunswick, New Jersey, telemarketing firm in the late 1990s. He was introduced to the game by playing five‑card stud with his grandfather.
Ivey’s first breakthrough at the WSOP came in 2000, when he won a Pot Limit Omaha event for his first career bracelet. In winning the tournament, Ivey was the first person to defeat Amarillo Slim heads‑up at a WSOP event.
In 2009, Ivey won his sixth career bracelet in the $2,500 No‑Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball Event of the 2009 WSOP. He defeated a field of 147 players to catch his bracelet. He won a heads‑up battle against John Monnette.
Between 2002 and 2009, Ivey finished among the top 25 players in the Main Event four times, in fields ranging in size from 600 entrants to just under 7,000. Ivey finished 23rd in 2002, 10th in 2003, 20th in 2005, and 7th in 2009.
Ivey has reached numerous f
How to read a cash
Printed cashes on this site are **gross payouts**, never profit. Tournament results include the total prize money awarded before any taxes, fees, or expenses. For more detail see Cashes are not profit and How to read a results line.
Opened, and left off
Public chronology
Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 3) $5,145
Pot Limit Omaha (Event 14) $195,000
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 23) $18,165
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 3) $7,640
Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 5) $132,000
Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 10) $5,860
Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 16) $118,440
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 20) $3,720
Limit S.H.O.E (Event 23) $107,540
Limit Razz (Event 27) $36,000
11 WSOP bracelets
| When | What the source says |
|---|---|
| Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 3) $5,145 | |
| Pot Limit Omaha (Event 14) $195,000 | |
| Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 23) $18,165 | |
| Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 3) $7,640 | |
| Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 5) $132,000 | |
| Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 10) $5,860 | |
| Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 16) $118,440 | |
| Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (Event 20) $3,720 | |
| Limit S.H.O.E (Event 23) $107,540 | |
| Limit Razz (Event 27) $36,000 | |
| Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 31) $53,560 | |
| Pot Limit Omaha w/re-buys (Event 33) $10,720 |
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- wsop — Phil Ivey · read
- serp — Phil Ivey · read
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The short version
Where do the headline numbers come from?
Copied from the official organiser file as read on 16 August 2026.
Are cashes profit?
No. They are gross payouts. See the cashes-are-not-profit pamphlet.
Next relevant check
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- Cashes are not profitWhy a payout on this page is never treated as income.
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- Who files this deskA named publisher, and how a correction reaches the page it affects.
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