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Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey (born Phillip D. Ivey) was born on February 1, 1976 in Riverside, California. He holds eight World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and one World Poker Tour (WPT) bracelet. He also reached the WPT final table an amazing number of eight times. Ivey is also known by his nicknames "The Tiger Woods of Poker" and "No Home Jerome". Ivey improved his poker skills while playing with his co-workers at a New Brunswick, New Jersey telemarketing firm in the 1990s. By the time he was 16, he used to play backroom games for money and by the time he was 18, he already owned a $50 ID he got from a guy at his telemarketing job.

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Poker Rake Explained

The poker rake is the heart and soul of the online poker/poker industry. It is through the poker rake that players pay those who organize the games, and at the end of the day, it is the poker rake that makes the games possible. Just as the blinds can be considered the catalysts of action in every individual poker hand, the rake and the tournament fees are the catalysts of the entire industry.

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Why Poker is as American as Apple Pie

Some things we just take for granted. In poker, such a casual readiness to take things at face value is normally a recipe for disaster, but in the wider world life is just too short to stop and second guess every single thing we do. Sometimes it only makes sense to take things for granted.

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