Phil Ivey again shows why he is one of, if not the, best players in the world. Today he won the $250,000 buy-in 2012 Aussie Millions Super High Roller event for $2 million. According to the Hendon Mob “All-time money list” this win put Ivey into second place at just shy of $16 million in [...]

Phil Ivey has taken an aggressive route to salvation. Attempting to emerge from the wreckage of Black Friday with his reputation intact, but has this gambit paid off? It all began with a law suit, demanding that Full Tilt pay out millions of dollars owed to their customers and an announcement that he would be [...]

The sorry saga that is Full Tilt Poker continues to rumble on, with news that the company’s former star player, Phil Ivey, has withdrawn his law suit against the site. However, hot on the heels of that reprieve comes another class action filing, this time aimed solely at recouping the money owed the thousands of [...]

Despite the rumors of impending payouts, the US Department of Justice has denied the thawing out of Full Tilt Poker’s bank accounts.

Poker is a game of ups and downs. Bankroll swings and bad beats. One minute you could be raking in a big pot, the next, your access to U.S. Poker sites could be shut down. The past few days have undeniably been a low point in the long history of the game, so what better [...]

When you’re new to the game, it’s easy to imagine that good poker is all about bluffing. It seems like everything else is just down to luck. The players can’t control how the cards will run out, so the only way to get beating your opponent is to make him fold while he’s ahead. Neophytes [...]

Yesterday, Full Tilt Poker unveiled their latest creation, The Onyx Cup. If you’re clued in to the latest news, you’ll have watched as Ali Nejad glibly informed us of a new series of high stakes poker tournaments that will, “pit the greats, against the greats.” It’s an alluring prospect, no doubt. Watching Phil Ivey test [...]

Continuing his first-quarter surge, Phil Ivey has propelled himself to a $1 million-plus payday with a solid weekend at the Full Tilt tables.

The beauty of heads-up play is how conducive it is to narrative. Any game, sport or otherwise, is only fun to watch if you understand the story that it plays out. Watching two poker robots might have some dull intellectual interest, but it’s the human context behind a duel that really makes it vital. With [...]

Continuing his early rebound, Phil Ivey posted a profit of $476,000 this past weekend against some of the top talent in the online world.