Full Tilt Poker Pro Phil Ivey Takes Top Spot On The All-Time Money List With His $12.8M Tournament Winnings.

Phil Ivey, the world's best poker player, has moved into first position on poker's All-Time Money List, which is based on tournament winnings in live poker events. Ivey banked $600,000 for his second-place finish at the 2010 Aussie Millions $100K Challenge tournament, boosting his career tournament earnings to a total of $12,802,783. This places him ahead of previous leader Daniel Negreanu, by approximately $400K.

One of the most revered poker professionals of all time, Ivey has earned his reputation as a formidable opponent and high-stakes player on the tournament circuit. Starting with a first-place finish in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2000, Ivey has dominated the World Series of Poker*. In 2002, he took home 3 bracelets and tied for the most WSOP* wins in one year. Over the next couple of years, Ivey's success continued with big wins in a World Poker Open event, two Bellagio and two Commerce casino events. In 2009, he scored a further two bracelets before making it to the WSOP Main Event final table, where he added just over $1.4 million to his career tournament earnings. To date, he has cashed in 36 WSOP events.

Phil Ivey has taken home seven World Series of Poker* bracelets and tied for sixth place on the All-Time Bracelets List. He is the youngest poker player ever to win seven bracelets and other than Johnny Moss, no player has accumulated this many bracelets so quickly. In addition, Ivey has made seven WPT Final Tables and earned one WPT title. In January 2006, he was named "Player of the Year" by the UK Gaming awards, "Bluff Magazine" and "All In Magazine". It's no surprise that he has now claimed his rightful spot as the world's number one tournament earner.

Ivey is a member of Full Tilt Poker's Team Full Tilt, an elite group of the world's best poker professionals, alongside Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham, Patrik Antonius and Tom ‘durrrr' Dwan.

When he's not playing poker, Ivey is hard at work supporting some of his favorite charities. In October 2009, he hosted the Congressional Awards Charity Poker Tournament on Capitol Hill, alongside members of the Senate, Chiefs of Staff from both the House and the Senate and other members of the House of Representatives.

Phil currently lives in Las Vegas. He plays online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

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