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phil ivey stuck 7 million!

View Poll Results: does ivey have the bankroll?

yes

329 55.39%

33 5.56%

dont believe you!

117 19.70%

ivey came back and broke even before end of night

115 19.36%

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08-30-2009 , 09:19 AM

rustyshackelford

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 350

forgive me for starting this post, but i just couldnt help it.

i was playing in a 1/2nl game tonight, (actually just got home about 30 min ago), and a guy that got into the game forgot to take his namebadge off. he works at bellagio.

he and another player got to talking and the player asked him if he plays there.

he said no. he basically says that he doesnt "chit where he eats"

he did prouldly announce that phil ivey was there playing craps and that the host said that he was stuck 7 million.

my question is, do you believe that ivey could be stuck that much and not affect his bankroll?

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08-30-2009 , 09:20 AM

craianos

adept

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 888

Yes

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08-30-2009 , 09:22 AM

nostril dumbass

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 204

rumor is Ivey has eight points in FTP

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08-30-2009 , 09:24 AM

AlanDyer

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,680

why is he such a good gambler and such a bad gambler too

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08-30-2009 , 09:28 AM

burden2

banned

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 969

Regardless of his bankroll if he keeps playing craps at those levels he will go broke. He would have to know that. Right?

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08-30-2009 , 09:35 AM

sikeee

banned

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3

Ivey is worth a sick amount. Do you have any idea of what rake fulltilt make each day not to mention other things which he would get a big chunk of. He could go out and lose his whole bankroll tonight and by this time next week he would be mega rich again.

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08-30-2009 , 09:40 AM

flushing

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 34

he prolly play craps cause its fun, not for the money

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08-30-2009 , 09:46 AM

unlucky4me

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,081

I voted don't believe, not you but some random guy with a name tag. I would assume if he did work there then theres no way he could release information like that either.

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08-30-2009 , 09:57 AM

PowaHauss

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,257

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Originally Posted by unlucky4me

I voted don't believe, not you but some random guy with a name tag. I would assume if he did work there then theres no way he could release information like that either.

lol

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08-30-2009 , 10:00 AM

#10

Quad_me's

veteran

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,061

8 points in FTP = Never be broke

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08-30-2009 , 10:05 AM

#11

rustyshackelford

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 350

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Originally Posted by unlucky4me

I voted don't believe, not you but some random guy with a name tag. I would assume if he did work there then theres no way he could release information like that either.

trust me, he didnt even know he had it on. no one knew who he was until the guy in the two seat called him by his name.

he even told us what department he worked in, but i wont divulge in that cause you never know who reads two plus two.

all i can say is that he seemed very credible. it wasnt like he had a plastic name badge with white out thru it. when the guy next to him called him by his name, he figured out why and took his badge off immediately.

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08-30-2009 , 10:08 AM

#12

Mr. Z-bomb

adept

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 759

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Originally Posted by rustyshackelford

believe it or not at the 1/2 table.
that's the best place to get the truth.

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08-30-2009 , 10:17 AM

#13

Rnr_Rnr_Hobgoblin

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4,623

Its not like you have to be a GM to know who's stuck what. Now if the guy said Ivey has lost X million over the last 45 days that would be hard to know. But Ivey could have lost 7 million in an hour and it could have been the same dealers that sat there and watched it. So any stickman could have passed that news on..

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08-30-2009 , 10:44 AM

#14

Curly Arby

banned

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 85

Sounds like BS to me. 7 million isn't a loss you'd only hear about at 2p2.

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08-30-2009 , 10:48 AM

#15

PanchoStern

veteran

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,197

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Originally Posted by craianos

Yes

Indeed. I mean come on the guy is a shareholder in Full TIlt. Which means even when he is playing say durrrr he is getting part of durrrr's rake. The guy & all the FT owners are making money even whey they **** & sleep.

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08-30-2009 , 11:02 AM

#16

warboat

banned

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 368

Dear Mr Ivey,
can you please not donk off all that rake from fulltilt at the craps table.
Move down to SSFR where they don't respect your raise and donk it back FFS!

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08-30-2009 , 11:13 AM

#17

Borg7

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,333

-Very unlikely that he lost 7m.
-He has the bankroll to lose 7m.

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08-30-2009 , 11:19 AM

#18

Rays champs in 08

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,676

i played craps with him during wsop at palms and saw him drop 400k in 10 mins so its very liekly true to peopel who think its not possible

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08-30-2009 , 11:30 AM

#19

chiptricks1

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 140

It could happen, if he bets the pass line with two or three come bets with max odds on everything it could happen. That would be a really loong shot though.

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08-30-2009 , 11:31 AM

#20

Psycho Boy Jack

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,742

[ ] i feel for him

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08-30-2009 , 11:34 AM

#21

faarcyde

veteran

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,389

i would suggest believing everything you hear from random people in a casino, including:

- "i broke even"
- that woman that approaches you at 3 in the morning when you are sitting in the lounge is just "really friendly"
- jacks are impossible to play
- "you can only win a small pot with aces!"
- if you sit after someone has been sitting at a slot machine for a while you are more likely to win
- brad garrett is the unfunniest douche nozzle in the history of wsop broadcasts (wait this is true, believe this one)

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08-30-2009 , 11:37 AM

#22

BarrySanders

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,396

7 mil? cheeseburger stakes

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08-30-2009 , 11:38 AM

#23

ZonaAlumn

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,764

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Originally Posted by Rays champs in 08

i played craps with him during wsop at palms and saw him drop 400k in 10 mins so its very liekly true to peopel who think its not possible

400k in 10 mins does not equal 400k every ten minutes, $7mil is a ****load of money to lose gambling even for the biggest whales. Not to mention if he did actually lose $7mil we would be hearing numbers like $12mil+.Based on that, if he did actually have a big loss where everybody was talking about it, I would guess a $7mil number is prolly closer to $2-3 mil.