[Richkas]

Not suprising. Bone for brains.

[Naz18]

He will not go broke, he can always play and win at poker...

[19th Hole]

He will go broke because he is a compulsive gambler , guys that had 200 million lost it all and he will too. He bets big so his net worth is not as much as you think. We will read the Phil Ivey story one day and it will end up sad. WileOut is correct that there are tons and tons of pro poker players and in reality no such think as being a professional poker player. It does not exist anymore.

JJ The Prophet.

[Fishhead]

JJ The Prophet.

JJ now knows the inside world of the REAL VEGAS PROFESSIONALS after a few visits to Sin City.

[mh217]

in about 6 months ivey will be sittin next to you guys trying to take down a $500 pot somewhere.

[P.F.Kasooff]

** Not joking **

Put Ivey (80% of the pros) in a 5/10 NL 5K buy-in game and he would be only a LITTLE better than the avg 5/10 player playing today.

[coop]

someone bump that 2+2 thread of ivey fanboys hating on SBR

[MysteryMung]

most of these "pros" are just riding the rollercoaster anyways - few months or years riding high, winning tourneys, hitting big in ring games, then a few months or years in debt, on credit to other players, still living the same lifestyle but on someone else's dime until their luck turns around again.

I seriously doubt any of these "pros" aka degenerate gamblers, are consistently generating positive income every year, unless they have other businesses or methods of income generating investments. Even then, 500K a dice roll - gonna be broke eventually. Stop - hammer time.

[jetsjets1028]

thtas what these people get for being in business of gambling

[OMGRandyJackson]

Phil Ivey broke yet?

[T4k]

Yeah he is broke...and owing a lot

[BettingWizard]

you guys are idiots, if you can, you try to look as broke as possible when going through a divorce

[MysteryMung]

you guys are idiots, if you can, you try to look as broke as possible when going through a divorce

BettingWizard
Attorney at Law

[MadTiger]

It seems contradictory for such a disciplined poker player to be so wild with other gambling. Honestly though, who wouldn't live the Entourage lifestyle if they could?

It is very common for pro gamblers to be disciplined at their main games, but in other games, and in their recreation (drugs, whores, etc.), to be out of control. Example #1 is Stu Ungar.

[MadTiger]

There's a reason why there are jokes like; How do you get a professional poker player off your porch? Pay him for the pizza. What do you call a professional poker player who breaks up with his girlfriend? Homeless.

Those are recycled from other jokes. The pizza one is used quite a bit by rival high schools/colleges. The girlfriend one is from musicians (I was a semi-pro one).

Not really about poker players, directly; just recycled humor.

[GUMMO77]

Where does it say Ivey is broke? Can someone post the link.

[romecloneout]

His estimated net worth is said to be over 30 million........but who's counting.

He is perhaps the greatest gambler of our generation(although he plays way to many non-beatable games) with the likes of Randy McKay, Stanford Wong, Frank Betti, and a few select others close behind, including myself.

hahahhaa holy shit this is the funniest fukkkin thing i have ever read...the balls on this kid ahahahahaha