I couldn't agree with you anymore as I think know matter how you look at this story/case, Phil Ivey & Team do not respect anyone or anything. I'm sure when his ex wife married this gambling degenerate for "love" she had no idea that their lives would take such a spin. According to that article, she was the Rutgers grad with a future and Phil ivey was some no name wanna be gambler in and out of casino's, etc..

If she was my sister back then, I would have told her to wake up and leave his broke as (at that time) because I surely don't know of any OLD rich gamblers. Same goes for Old Rich Drug dealers, I know NONE and to me, that's what Phil represents to me. He respects know one due to the money he ran into apparently "after" he was married according that article and now he wants to screw her and Full Tilt and anyone else that get's in the way of his "gambling".

I'm sure there are a LOT of other details that we aren't privy to in this story but from the way it reads, i'd be shocked if he gave her anything outside of that alimony payment, but, then again, that is my assumption. I only come to that assumption due to the frivolous lawsuit he filed against full tilt in which he failed to mention the 4 million he "owed" them already. I'm sure there is more to this story and I for one, look forward to seeing it unfold!

I salute his ex wife for taking on the 2nd "Money Team". Sorry Mayweather for taking your teams name haha! I did say "2nd"

LOL at either Matusow ever saying a negative thing about another person. Those two are the essence of stupid losers.

What's with women showing off their armpits when they look all gross and streched out? No one wants to see that. If you can't work that off in the gym either cover it up or go see a plastic surgeon.

Maybe you're right, but that would still make him a huge douche.

You sound like pure trash to me as well as someone that probably sits on a old couch with some bud lights.....aLone. You should get out more and try to find you a lady one day before you get too old mate!

if she was ur wife, wud u wana spend time at home? lol

To be fair her degree was in "women's studies". In this economy it's difficult to see how that translates into having a future in anything other than teaching public school. Let's be realistic here. Even in the most optimistic scenario she's making more now than she would at her peak earnings in a career.

Sure being a stay at home mom.(oh wait they didn't have any children). I guess staying at home and taking care of the huge house with the housekeeper was tremendously difficult.

Phil Ivey isn't just some regular gambler. He's THE gambler. There has never been any comparison in history. The guy is a winner. He will fade this divorce and be fine. If they had children it would be completely different.

You act like you know him personally. You don't know what really went on. Do you know what he wins? He's in debt and a generate gambler.

Scott Matusow now ranting about Ivey, his brother, etc. on his "radio" show: www.scottmatusow.com/radio

Right he's a generate gambler. He generates a lot of money. His win rates on Full Tilt are 3x better than anyone on there. He's in the top 5 in almost every catagory.

He owes Full Tilt 4 million dollars but has won like 15 on there. That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense does it? He beat beal for like 13 million right? What about the money he won playing against Larry Flint and that crew? Or the money in Bobbys room. Or the money in Macau. People are dieing to throw money at this kid.



His income tax statement might say 8 million a year but it's at least twice that.

His stake in Full Tilt alone is worth easily 50 million. Or was worh that. I bet you right now that PokerStars would pay him at least 10 million to sign him. Honestly I think they would pay a lot higher than that. It could be substantially higher than that. A 100 million for like a 8 year contract sounds about right.

If he had a ghost writer and decided to write some poker books you're looking at another 20 million right there.

Okay. I don't believe that for one second. Or you wouldn't be on this forum if you were a true friend.

Yep, I'm sure he regretted them vis-a-vis the divorce proceedings, anyway.

For those who didn't RTFA, the Ivey contributed $5,000 to the judge's reelection campaign. His lawyers contributed a total of $7,000. So yes, he was the largest contributor, but it's hardly enough to buy influence imo.

You should go be a lawyer for Goldman Sachs or Exxon. Ivey and Exxon have a lot in common actually. A lot of dead fish.

No. 1988-1992 they were lower, and the current tax rates were put into effect in 2002, they just haven't been changed since then (yet). Also, let's not forget the AMT tax...

Except that personal assistants and poker reporters usually don't have sexual intercourse with their boss.

Oh wait! Nevermind.

This is laughable.

What, did they pay you 5,000 FTP points...
That you can cash in for a "free" T-shirt?

Nobody cares about Ivey...
Except maybe 5,000 teens on NVG.

Real stand-up guy...
Trying to fix his divorce proceedings...
In a friendly divorce no less.

The Face of FTP will be lucky to stay out of jail.

His ex-wife is lucky to be rid of him...
At least now she has a chance to find happiness.

these guys turn down women and ignore their advances everyday. Unless you are dealing with that temptation don't criticize. people want to act like men are dogs but ignore women are whores

People actually care about the personal lives of people they've never even said "hello" to. He's a great card player, respect him for his talent, **** the rest. Get off celebrities dicks.

LOL! Hillary Clinton got an $8M book advance and Keith Richards about the same.

Ivey is a mostly irrelevant figure in culture/society. I doubt 60 Minutes will be doing a profile on his life anytime soon. He's not even an interesting person, or even particularly interesting as a poker player other than his results.

I also doubt he's worth as much to a poker site as you fantasize about.

got to feel sorry for phil, he just wants to win so badly all the time. Must be tiring

the donations are very sketchy..especially the time line when they were given

they had no kids so the "sacrifices" she had to make -meh-I would have to think that the pros of him being a pro poker player outweighed the cons..by a lot..

with that kind of money coming in she lived a great life and though I think she is entitled to some walk away money I don't think it should be all that much-just enough to get her rolling into her own thing..

unless a woman can prove she stayed at home and either took care of the kids or prove her husband wanted her to not have her own employment things like alimony set women back a long way..

and with that kind of money you bet I am paying other people to take care of the house etc...while I shop...or play poker..or have a boyfriend on the side..

Really, 7? I'd have said 5, on a good day.

She got an education early on, and chose not to pursue a career in her field. She chose instead to rely on her husbands gambling career.

She deserves wages for being a PA, and no more imo

Their house looks more like an institution than a home. With all that money you'd think they could have purchased some colourful area rugs, colourful curtains and colourful paint!

My guess is both their personalities are, well, not that colourful.

I just hope some guys learn from this thread, there is NOTHING to gain in marriage for the man, except a whole lot of trouble. Even if you think you have no significant earning potential. Don't sign the form. Take the sex & kick her to the curb. Next?