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Last wsop i was playing plol w some german guys at aria, and phil ivey had been playing chinese poker or something at the tables by the bathrooms coz baldwins boys had iveys room locked up, so anyways a friend of the german guys comes up saying that he had just seen phil ivey and that when he passed him he went "TIGER VOODS?!?!"

We asked the friend what iveys response was and he says that ivey just shook his head muttered no and didnt break stride

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06-13-2014 , 11:49 PM

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FreakShow

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06-14-2014 , 04:35 AM

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juke

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The Ivey+David Blaine story is pretty badass.

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06-14-2014 , 05:54 AM

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joe_seboks_luck

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Fewer Phil Ivey stories, more Teddy 'Iceman' Monroe stories please.

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06-14-2014 , 05:55 AM

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kevmode

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Originally Posted by UCBananaboy

One of my favorite Ivey stories is how he approached Doyle about repaying whatever his outstanding debt was to Chip Reese at the time of Reese's passing.

He could just as easily ignore the debt and no one would know, but he wanted to make sure he honored it.

I like this story this is pure class. Most gamblers would not of payed Reese debt in this situation after Reese passed.

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06-14-2014 , 06:31 AM

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deancow

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Originally Posted by WhyDid I doThat :|

Is this supposed to be a joke because of how lame it is?

A guy put lotion on his arm and ate gummy bears then asked someone if they wanted one. So sick.

yep, it's not a story, barely an observation.

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06-14-2014 , 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 3fiveofdiamonds

I'm not sure it is common knowledge, but Sklar was the guy behind the Iceman corn flipping scam/hustle at the Bellagio.

fyp

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06-15-2014 , 12:48 AM

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rockrock

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Originally Posted by 3fiveofdiamonds

From what I was told, he was the money man, and he knew some semi-homeless guy who had some sort of condition that he saw everything in flashes. He could track the coin because of this.

He then recruited Teddy to bring the marks up to his room.

This is why I consider it more of a hustle than a scam.

Sklansky wrote about this guy in one of his earlier books. Pretty sure it wasn't really a scam - the back story was BS but the guy was calling heads/tails on the square

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06-15-2014 , 07:19 AM

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Howard Federline

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Originally Posted by synth_floyd

Did I ever tell you about the time Phil Ivey forced me to wear a woman's bikini? Well anyway, Ivey tears off my clothes and forces me to wear this skimpy bikini. For the next three months I had to conduct my business wearing only a woman's bathing suit. I would cry from shame and question my manhood daily, but Ill be damned if at the end of the quarter my sales hadn't tripled.

BILL BRADSKY reference?

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06-15-2014 , 07:26 AM

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fourofakind

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Nolan Dalla chimes in

http://www.pokernews.com/video/ivey-...-city-8800.htm

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06-15-2014 , 07:35 AM

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ecco21

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+1. Was going to post the same thing! Love Nolan

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06-15-2014 , 11:31 AM

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StaYSMacKed

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Nolan is an awful story teller.

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06-15-2014 , 12:05 PM

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BulltexasATM

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Originally Posted by GoingBroke777

Phil Ivey in this 2+2's trip report.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...5&postcount=17

He's a Belieber

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06-15-2014 , 12:37 PM

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ninetynine99

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Originally Posted by StaYSMacKed

Nolan is an awful story teller.

No kidding.

He should write them down and have someone else read them. Would prolly be a lot better.

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06-15-2014 , 04:13 PM

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Oldie but a goodie:

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Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

Cassidy once lost an incredible golf bet to Ivey at the UB event in Aruba.

He told the story on the show couple years back. Fast forward to segment starting at
2 hrs 9 minutes
http://pokercast.twoplustwo.com/list...php?episode=61

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06-15-2014 , 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by yimyammer

Oldie but a goodie:

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Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

Interesting that it was Joe Cassidy that eliminated Ivey last night in the O8. Cassidy once lost an incredible golf bet to Ivey at the UB event in Aruba.

He told the story on the show couple years back. Fast forward to segment starting at
2 hrs 9 minutes
http://pokercast.twoplustwo.com/list...php?episode=61

FYP

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Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

Interesting that it was Joe Cassidy that eliminated Ivey last night in the O8. Cassidy once lost an incredible golf bet to Ivey at the UB event in Aruba.

He told the story on the show couple years back. Fast forward to segment starting at
2 hrs, 12 minutes, 20 seconds:
http://pokercast.twoplustwo.com/list...php?episode=61

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06-15-2014 , 06:05 PM

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SwoopAE

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My only Ivey story

Had never played with Ivey before. Had an open seat at our 1500 PLO table blinding off for a while.

At 50/100, Ivey shows up with about 4000 chips left talking about how he's deep in a Stud event and on the first hand limps blind. Action behind goes pot repot. Folds back to Ivey. He calls Phil Hellmuth over and says 'Hey Phil i'm probably about to be all in' or something to that effect. Ivey squeezes his cards in an obvious way so that Hellmuth standing behind him can see (I can also see them as i'm sitting next to him) and slowly reveals QT86 single suited.

Ivey YOLO's his stack in as soon as he sees that he has random live cards and gets in a 3 way all in against AAxxds and KKxxds. Flop J92r, turn 3x giving Ivey a life flush draw somehow. River bricks and the aces guy wins the hand. Ivey casually says nice hand and wanders back to the Stud tournament.

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06-15-2014 , 10:54 PM

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Interesting that Phil Ivey and Abe Mosseri were playing heads up in Bobby's room the other night until 4 am. Something Mosseri said in that interview that they did not do anymore. Mosseri best him for 300 k. It was obvious Mosseri was stumbling over a lie. Almost like he was told what to say. I wonder why?

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06-15-2014 , 11:08 PM

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Dwimmerlaike

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Originally Posted by Privateworld

"apart from side bets, tournaments and stuff like that" - Abe Mosseri

Maybe Abe was just in a mood to play some cards.

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06-16-2014 , 10:57 AM

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Only Ivey encounter I've had:

I was at the draw party for the NBC HU last year. As they are drawing names, Oppenheim and Schulman are taking turns setting lines for each match.

I think Ivey and Laak were the last two names drawn. After he takes the photo with Laak, Ivey loops around to near Schulman / Oppenheim and realizes that the line has been set at Ivey -160. Keep in mind that the NBC HU matches have very shallow structures.

Ivey hears the line and scoffs at the idea that he's such a big favorite and remarks that he'd actually like to bet on Laak at that line, but he wants at least a million.

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06-16-2014 , 10:34 PM

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Privateworld

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Phil Ivey story going on this very moment. He is at bellagio in Bobby's room playing with a Spanish girl behind him. Players are a little nervous do to the edge sorting with Asian girl. Lol