It’s been a decade since Ivy won a WSOP bracelet, and the dry spell is over
Poker icon Phil Ivey finally ended his ten-year drought at the World Series of Poker on Thursday, winning his 11th gold bracelet in Event #29 – $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship- 6-Handed.
With his 11th bracelet, Ivey broke a tie between himself, Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, and Johnny Chan with ten bracelets and is now alone behind 17-time winner Phil Hellmuth for second place on the all-time list. “I still get fired up for World Series of Poker events,” said Ivey just after the win. “Now I have a family and other things that I value more than poker. But I still love it.”
Ivey had to mount a monumental comeback on Day 3 during three-handed play, recovering from being down to just one big bet to get back into contention against Jason Mercier and Danny Wong.
Wong returned on an unscheduled Day 4 as the chip leader before Mercier was eliminated in third place. Ivey made quick work of Wong during heads-up play, erasing his chip lead and taking down the championship in dominant fashion.
Ivey won his last bracelet in 2014 in a $1,500 8 Game Mix event and has had 29 WSOP cashes since then. He had several deep runs at the 2022 WSOP, reaching four final tables with one second and one third-place showing. Ivey entered fewer events in 2023 but walked away with three cashes and two more final table appearances. He has three cashes so far in the 2024 series.
Ivey has two Pot-Limit Omaha championships among his 11 titles, with the remaining bracelets coming in different tournament formats. However, none of those were won playing No-Limit Hold ’em. He also has an 11-5 heads-up record in WSOP events.
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