Ivey Makes the First Group at NBC

NBC announced the first group of players to be invited to play in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Amongst the names are Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Smith, Paul Wasicka, Antonio Esfandiari, Jonathan Little, Brian Townsend, Jerry Yang and Shannon Elizabeth.

Phil Ivey One of the Top Money Winners in Online Poker in 2008

Get the lowdown on who was up and who was down this year.

Phil Ivey is the only player to appear in the top 10 list of biggest winners in
both No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. He is currently up over $800k YTD in
No Limit Hold'em, and he is also up just over a million dollars in Pot Limit
Omaha, not including tonight's beatdown of Patrik Antonius in the $500/$1000 Pot
Limit Omaha game.

The Top Cash Game Winners and Losers Year to Date on Full Tilt Poker

Ivey Takes Antonius for $470K

Read about this amazing night of Ivey and Antonius slugging it out on the felt and Ivey walking away almost $470K winner.