Why You'll Never Be Like Phil Ivey......

Phil Ivey plays Russian roulette with a full revolver and still wins!

Phil Ivey gets so many women he would have to turn gay to have sex with a different person.

Phil is so good at math he’s counted to infinity more than once

Phil Ivey can divide 0 into smaller numbers

Phil Ivey's so good he takes offense to people calling him "The Tiger Woods of Poker"

The reason Mona Lisa has that smile is because of Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey doesn’t use a watch.  He decides what time it is.

Phil Ivey doesn’t want to know the odds of getting a super model.  For him it’s the odds of getting two at one time.

During the writing of the book “The well of Tears” the author asked his lawyer if he was going to have to pay royalties to Phil Ivey for that title because Phil make them all cry.

Phil Ivey speaks two languages.  They are USD and Euro.

Casinos pay Phil Ivey not to take their money.

When Phil Ivey sits down at the table player’s fold at other tables

Behind every successful man there is a woman.  Behind Phil Ivey is a broke man.

Phil Ivey plays and wins at Solitaire with only 18 cards.

Phil has stolen so much money from people he is being investigated by the FBI 

When Phil Ivey gets into a fight the only way to hurt him is to use a sledge hammer that can break solid rock.

Phil Ivey still doesn’t know what hands beat what in poker.  He’s so good he doesn’t need to.

Chevy dropped the slogan "Like a rock" because customers were associating the slogan with Phil Ivey and not their trucks.

Fact or Fiction
Hmmm....they could be but not likely.  Just written for fun.

Updated:  Biggest Hand Played Online

Update:  As of June 16th 2006 this is no longer the biggest cash game.  Read which one is by clicking here.

Months have passed and the infamous Prahlad Friedman and Patrick Antonious hand is no longer the biggest played online.  The biggest pot recorded in history of online play is that between Bad_Ip (Johnny Lodden) and I_Grind_On_U.  This pot reached $357,256 and is more than $150,000 larger than the Antonious/Friedman hand.  Thank you to the railbirds over at twoplustwo forum for catching this one.  Good work guys.



Hand History - Prima Network

Bad_ip posts the small blind - $200
I_Grind_On_U posts the large blind - $400
bad_ip raises to - $1400
I_Grind_On_U re-raised to - $4400
bad_ip reraises to - $13400
I_Grind_On_U called - $13400

Deal on The Flop: 4 of Hearts, 5 of Clubs, 7 of Spades 

I_Grind_On_U checks
bad_ip bets - $22000
I_Grind_On_U calls - $22000

Dealing the turn: Jack of Spades 

I_Grind_On_U checks
bad_ip bets - $44000
I_Grind_On_U calls - $44000

Dealing the river: 2 of Clubs 

I_Grind_On_U checks
bad_ip goes all-in - $153391
I_Grind_On_U went all-in - $99228
bad_ip shows: Ace of Clubs, Ace of Hearts
I_Grind_On_U shows: 10 of Diamonds, 10 of Hearts 

Bad_ip wins $357,256 from the main pot

John Juanda Speaks Out - 25k Down
(during the time of this article)

A few sources are saying that John Juanda has spoken out about his online poker cash flow.  Rumor has it that John Juanda has reported that he is actually down $25,000 playing at Full Tilt Poker.

Players who continually watch these online pros at Full Tilt Poker said that Juanda reported this himself and the source of these facts is not speculation at all.  

John Juanda is usually seen playing the $5,000 cash games at Full Tilt.  Many players believe that online cash games don't suit very aggressive players like Juanda is.  

John Juanda is known for his impressive high stakes tournament play.  Many wonder if he will need to adjust his style to play online poker.

Fact or Fiction
We are confident in our sources on this "Believe it or Not" and we are going to lean on the side that this story is indeed FACT

Monstrous Online Cash Game Over $200,000 Pots

Believe it or not some of the largest cash games in the world are now being played online. At Prima one of the largest online cash games was witnessed. Some rumored that it was the largest cash game ever played online with pots reaching over $200,000 on semi bluffs.

This heads up match was played by Prahlad Friedman and Patrick Antonious a player from Finland. It is rumored Antoninous finished $250,000 down. This match was held at the Prima Network.  One of the Prima sites include that of Bet365.com.   These million dollar cash games are rare, although, high stakes is very common these days.

Here is how the hand went down.

 I_Knockout_U posted small blind ($200)
Zweig posted big blind ($400)
I_Knockout_U raised for $1,000
Zweig raised for $4,800
I_Knockout_U called for $4,000
Dealing the Flop( 6s 7d 7s )
Zweig bet for $9,600
I_Knockout_U, you have 10 seconds to respond
I_Knockout_U called for $9,600 Dealing the turn( 8h ) Zweig checked
I_Knockout_U bet for $18,400
Zweig called for $18,400
Dealing the river( 4s )
I_Knockout_U bet for $32,000
Zweig went all-in for $66,943.50
I_Knockout_U called for $34,943.50
I_Knockout_U shows a Straight, Ten high
( 10h 9c 8h 7d 6s )
Zweig shows a Flush, Spades
( Js 7s 6s 4s 3s )
Zweig WINS $200,286 with a Flush, Spades 

Fact or Fiction
This "Believe it or Not" story is indeed Fact.  We have seen the screen shots and we give it our FACT approval.



Editor Note:  Did you know you can get paid to play online poker. 

Guess who used to be a door to door Bible salesman before he turned to the world of poker.  Here are some hints.

He won the World Poker Open in 2001
He has won 3 WSOP bracelets
He was named Tournament Champion of the Year in 2002

Give up?  This ex-bible salesman was actually John Juanda.

Fact or Fiction  Yup it's fact he said so in his biography with Full Tilt Poker.