Phil Ivey Returns to 2016 WSOP Main Event
This was published 15-07-2016Poker Legend Phil Ivey, who has won virtually everything there is to win in the poker world and has dominated high stakes cash games, has enjoyed a professional career that not many players in the industry can claim.
Ivey has received 10 World Series of Poker gold bracelets and this number could have been a lot higher by now if he had continued to pursue his undeniable skill and natural talent for the game with the same passion as before.
However, Ivey practically skipped both 2015 and 2016 and only showed up for two tournaments in 2015 and this year’s Main Event.
Although poker fans were excited to see Ivey at the tables, it is obvious that Ivey’s opponents did not have any objections to his absence and not having to deal with one of the world’s best payers.
Despite Ivey’s many World Series of Poker bracelets and numerous other titles to his name, he has never won the Main Event, despite coming close to winning twice already.
In 2009, Ivey finished in seventh, winning an amount of $1.4 million. However, for the man who is already extremely rich, this must have been very painful even though it was an improvement on his 2003 finish, when he was eliminated in 10th place at the hands of Chris Moneymaker. Moneymaker then went on to win the poker tournament.
In 2005 Ivey finished in 20th place and recorded his best ever Main Event finish in 2009 when he made the November Nine and finished in seventh place for an amount of $1,404,014.
Ivey commented on the 2016 World Series of Poker by saying that he has been quite busy and has not played any tournaments. He went on to say that this is his first tournament and that he was honestly happy that he was able to get back to play this one.
Unfortunately for Ivey, despite the fact that he survived his Day 1 flight earlier this week, he headed into the late levels of Day 2 with a short stack.
Ivey was heartbroken when he got it in with an open-ended straight-flush draw in Level 10. With ace-high winning the hand, Ivey headed for the exits, saying “hello” and “goodbye” to the World Series of Poker for another year.
