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That would of been
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as hell to see.
 
"Im probably getting these stories confused cuz one was Mastr in LA and one wasJC Alvarado, don't know where so forgive for mixing details. Anyone one of them was at some aggro talkative table. Ivey walks up and everyone just stopstalking and looks scared. For the rest of the day, everyone is just staring at Ivey, watching him. He really has an aura, like everyone just watches everythinghe does and immediately looks away if they come close to making eye contact.

He just plays every hand and tramples people, in between hands he slouches in hischair and texts away, occasionally throwing chips into the pot while texting. Cuz who the **** is gonna break out the rule book on him anyway?

At some point this big black dudes walks up to him and hes carrying a buncha bags andhe gives them to Ivey and leaves. Ivey pulls a belt out of one and just puts it on. Keep in mind literally every person at the table is staring at him all thetime, and most of the people who aren't in a hand in a close proximity.

[color= rgb(255, 255, 255)]He takes his watch off, this $80k watch, opens the bag, and pulls out some lotion. Andhe puts lotion on his wrist where he was wearing the watch. Slowly applying it while everyone watches transfixed. Then he puts the watch back on, goes backinto a bag, and grabs a thing of gummy bears and starts putting them in his mouth. Then he turns his head and looks my friend right in the eye, as though justnoticing that everyone in the room is staring at him and never even considering that he was doing an abnormal thing. And he pulls a gummy bear out, holds it upto him, and goes "ya want one?""[/color]
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phil has a lot of crazy prop bets and side action, was rumored to want to play golf with mj for 500k a hole, and mj refused him action, as it was too expensivefor his taste.
 
Taken from his wiki page, but I read this in either cardplayer or bluff mag:

"Ivey is a regular participant in the $4,000-$8,000 mixed cash game at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (often referred to as the Big Game). In February2006, he played heads-up Limit Texas Hold'em versus Texas billionaire Andy Beal. With stakes at $25,000/$50,000, Ivey won over $16,000,000 over the courseof three days. Ivey was playing for "The Corporation", a group of poker professionals who pooled their money and took turns playing against Beal.Earlier in the month, Beal had beaten the Corporation out of $10,000,000. After losing to Ivey, Beal claimed (not for the first time) that he was giving uppoker."
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Originally Posted by rawjs

Taken from his wiki page, but I read this in either cardplayer or bluff mag:

"Ivey is a regular participant in the $4,000-$8,000 mixed cash game at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (often referred to as the Big Game). In February 2006, he played heads-up Limit Texas Hold'em versus Texas billionaire Andy Beal. With stakes at $25,000/$50,000, Ivey won over $16,000,000 over the course of three days. Ivey was playing for "The Corporation", a group of poker professionals who pooled their money and took turns playing against Beal. Earlier in the month, Beal had beaten the Corporation out of $10,000,000. After losing to Ivey, Beal claimed (not for the first time) that he was giving up poker."
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That whole story is chronicled in the book, "The Professional, The Banker and The Suicide King" by Michael Craig. His second collisionwith "The Corporation" is retold by Craig in a couple of Bluff Magazine articles.

The Banker, The Boss, The Junkman, & The Warrior Queen: The Return of the Richest Poker Game of all time.

The Banker & The IceMan
 
Originally Posted by fitch4235

phil has a lot of crazy prop bets and side action, was rumored to want to play golf with mj for 500k a hole, and mj refused him action, as it was too expensive for his taste.

you know phil is serious when MJ turns down a bet
 
Originally Posted by LALAKERFAN213

Anyone remember when Kobe and Antonio Esfandiari were competing in purchasing Cristal bottles at the Wynn.
Not anywhere close to what Ivey did though.

I've heard stories of dudes at clubs like Jimmy'z buying 200 bottles of Cristal to outdo the table next to them, passing them out to everyone in theclub, etc. but never anything like this.

At a restuarant? Pretty extravagant.
 
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