ESPN and Bluff Magazine recognized Phil Ivey, Monte Carlos Millions winners, as the best poker player of 2005. An honorable title from the most popular poker related publication and the leader of world-wide sports media, was received humbly by the winner. Despite the huge success, he still considers himself to be a regular player.
Phil Ivey, a regular player, has one of the most enviable careers in the history of the game and probably the most successful in his generation. Only the tournament prizes he won up until now make a total of 3.4 million dollars. He possesses a huge number of titles, including various World Series of Poker events with a remarkable 5,000 dollars Pot-Limit Omaha 2000 among them.
Except of playing at major tournaments, Ivey spends his time playing high stakes games at the Belaggio casino in Las Vegas, a city where he lives now. Although cash games were not counted when Ivey was selected as the player of the year, he is told to win not less than at major tournaments playing these games.
Apart from receiving the Poker Player of the Year title, Phil Ivey was also featured in the Hot List of Americas Most Powerful Players under 40 published by Black Enterprise magazine.
