Wednesday
June 23, 2010
Phil Ivey won his eight WSOP bracelet yesterday, and after his win the poker world has many questions - like how much the bracelet was worth to him?
Well, Ivey didin't go into details, but the bracelet had to be worth millions for him:
"The only thing Ivey had to say about his huge side bets was this: 'It was over twenty dollars.' For a little perspective on how big the side bets were, Ivey didn't seem that concerned with the actual prize money.
Shortly after winning, Ivey nonchalantly asked a bystander, "How much did first place pay?"(The answer is $329,840, and Ivey didn't even blink at the amount.)"
Earlier we reported also about a bet between Howard Lederer and Phil Ivey. The bet is for $5 million and Ivey needs to win two bracelets from 2010 to 2012.
So it's one more bracelet for Ivey, and Lederer is going to lose a lot of money, I guess Lederer's twitter from yesterday says it all:
Below you can see also some other Twitter-comments on Ivey's win:
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Doyle Brunson:"#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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Erik Seidel: "Congrats to Phil Ivey, The Magic Man on #8. He continues to leave no doubt who the best player in the world is. Truly amazing!"
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Phil Hellmuth: "Amazing win Phil Ivey: bracelet no 8, congrats!"
Ivey has said, that he can win 30 bracelets, and with this pace I'm starting to believe that also.
-Don't forget to check out also how Ivey prepared yesterday to play in the final table - video.
Source: ESPN, WSOP and Pokerroad