Phil Ivey Wins the Eighth
The biggest news from WSOP 2010 so far is that Phil Ivey topped Event #37, the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., and won his eighth gold bracelet. Ivey is the first really big player to win a bracelet this year. Michael Mizrachi who has won a bracelet is not in the same league. Tom Dwan, who is in the same league, missed out by losing the heads up in Event #12.
John Juanda and Bill Chen were with Ivey in the last three. At that time they had 13 WSOP bracelets between them. We will let the statistics minded readers figure out if any top three has ever had a larger collection of bracelets. Juanda was the first to go, but this cash ensured him the current top spot for the WSOP 2010 Player of the Year. At that time Ivey was desperately out chipped but he clawed his way back to knock out Chen. The prize money of $329,840 that Ivey won is peanuts. It is known that the prop bets surrounding Ivey wins run into millions. What is not known is how many millions. The most publicized prop bet is the one with good friend and Full Tilt team mate Howard Lederer. The amount is $5 million, though Ivey needs another bracelet to win this bet.
The stories of what happens on the sidelines are often more interesting than what is happening on the table. During the final table Ivey began to feel cold and asked for a hoodie. After winning the bracelet Ivey left the hoodie behind. Mickey Doft, who was reporting the event, grabbed the hoodie. After all its finders keepers and Ivey would never report it as lost. Doft was seen wearing the hoodie playing Razz, hoping to capture Ivey’s vibrations and win a bracelet for himself.
The bracelets tally now stands as follows. Phil Hellmuth has 11, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan have 10 each, Johhny Moss has 9 and Erik Seidel and Ivey have 8 each. Ivey has received messages of congratulations from all the greats but the one he is likely to cherish the most comes from the Grand Old Man of poker. Doyle Brunson said, “#8 for Ivey? Wow! I’m pretty hard headed about players being great but I finally have to admit he is the best all around player.”
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