Phil Ivey

A famous poker player who came up with his own tactics on ‘screwing’ the poker game up is none other than Phil Ivey. He’s one keen guy who keeps his mind focused on nothing but the game. ‘A serious sober guy’ is the main description of this famous poker player. Phil is always quiet during the game. At this particular time, he tries and masters the common moves of his opponent then comes up with his own mature ripe tactics.

Phil’s silence speaks volumes. You should look at his eyes as he plays the game Poker. They are very powerful and analytic in coming up with new ideas and challenges for his player opponents. Outside the poker table, the guy is totally different from what he is. He’s a well grown married man who happened to win his high school crush as a wife. Phil is the father of a very beautiful young child, representing the family as a role model and a person with class, dignity and integrity.

He’s personal belief towards success is acting like a professional at all times. A great noticeable attribute of Phil is that he rarely has time to idle around. For him, time is money; therefore it is not necessary to keep whining about your past losses. He truly believes in forging ahead.

Ivey maintains he’s professional class of dignity whether it’s a ‘looser or winner’ day. At the times he lost his games to people like Chris Moneymaker, he always took it softly and politely forged ahead. At the age of 17, Phil was fond of sneaking home and going to the casinos. He was determined to get into the casinos by coming up with a fake ID that showed that he was of age.

This was the beginning of his journey to fame. The Poker Pro gradually made good money and slowly matured in playing the game, Poker. By the year 2000, Phil was one well known full time game pro and two year later, he got into the spotlight earning his first great achievement. Phil had won the WSOP Bracelets.

He has expertise when it comes to the highest ranked players like Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. The mains story in the air is that the overall best player in poker is Phil Ivey. He is well known and dreaded by other players for his perfection and high profile aggressive moves. Phil is fast enough, never to wait for the Aces and he hardly folds the 6 to 9 of the clubs to raise. He’s good at playing two cards and he will play them as easy as playing the aces.

Phil’s Style Of Playing
This player’s way of playing was dependent to his psychology. As he commences the game, the whole idea of the game is usually in his mind. The game was based on creating his own poker luck on table. Anyone who is a player of poker is familiar to the idea of the table image. According to Phil, it is a person’s micro-image that puts an impact on how his or her opponents play the game. For instance, confidence is a feature that scares away a player’s opponents.

The table Image
There are various aspects that greatly affect the table image. These aspects include: how a person is composed, how the person is dressed up, how the person talks, what the person says, what the person does not say and most essentially, how the person plays the game.

Generally, the person’s opponents will make use of your image to put you into a wide category of players. A person’s table image will bring up some ideas and specifics on how to play. The basic elements of the poker table image will be a foundation to a player’s micro-image. There are three basic elements of the micro image:

 A person’s table image- all the micro images have to fit well into the perceived table
 A person’s history at the table
 How a person has played the previous few relevant hands.

Creating Your Own Luck
Step one: Before you begin the poker game, ensure that you have exploited your micro image so that you can easily tell the assumptions of your opponents concerning your ability to play. Explore it further so that you can tell how their assumptions can affect the way they play against you.

Look at yourself in the mirror and draw an honest conclusion about the image you see. Do you look like an ambitious person or a person who is care-free?

Step two: It is an easy step. Play your cards in a simple manner as you observe your opponents Take note of people who are paying attention and those who think that your opponent can challenge you.

Step Three: Create Luck. Realistically speaking, creating luck does not require magical powers. The player needs to make the atmosphere warm and comfortable for them to win.

To find out more about Phil Ivey visit his official website at: Phil Ivey

Posted by Joel on May 1 2010. Filed under Player Profiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry