Who Will Replace Phil Ivey?

Bluff Europe is speculating on who would be the best player in the world if Phil Ivey were suddenly not with us anymore. For years, Chip Reese was considered the best poker player of all time. When he died in 2006 many from complications due to pneumonia it's since been pretty much been accepted that Phil Ivey is the best living poker player in the world.

But who would take the mantle is something every happened to Phil? Bluff speculates that Tow Dwan is the best out there. While he has an impressive record and some very good playing skills I'm not sure that Tom Dwan has had enough longevity and diversity in his wins. He gambles big which draws a lot of attention but does he have the staying power?

You can check out Bluff's argument for Tom but the internet has been abuzz with others who they feel are as good or better players. What are your thoughts?

Is Phil Ivey Opening a Poker School?

Phil Ivey seems to be coming out of his shell recently. He's started to Twitter @philivey and now on philivey.com he leaves us wondering what's up with his cryptic message "Now I'm going to teach the whole world to win at poker." What does it mean? Only Phil knows at the moment but any insights into the game of the world's best poker player are going to be very valuable for poker players around the world.

Do you want to do something for the Japanese earthquake survivors

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan and caused the following tsunami is estimated to have caused over $300 billion in real damages but the emotional damages cannot even be counted. So far 9,301 are confirmed dead and 13,786 people are missing. Homes have been destroyed. Lives ruined.

But poker players can do something to help. Full Tilt Poker is hosting Aid for Japan tournaments as well as Donation Tournaments and the money will go to the Red Cross to help Japanese survivors and their families.

Full Tilt is not only donating the funds raised but has also pledged to match every dollar collected as well.

With so many lives impacted by this tragedy it's time for us to give our voice of support in any way we can.

Next Week is Double Guarantee Week at Full Tilt Poker

From March 28 through April 3 Full Tilt players will be able to grab $30 million in guaranteed prize pools over at Full Tilt Poker. Double Guarantee Week means that every weekly guaranteed tournament will have it's prize pool at least doubled. For tournaments taking place during the last twelve hours of the promotion Full Tilt is upping the guarantee to triple the normal amount. That means the Sunday tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $2,250,000.

On top of all of this all of the weekly guaranteed tournaments will also be multi-entry format. You can register for the same tournament multiple times which gives you increased chances of winning or moneying in the events.

For those of you not familiar with the multiple entry format, you will never be seated at the same table as one of your other entries. If you still have multiple entries in the running when it gets down to the final few tables Full Tilt will merge your accounts (combine your chipstacks) so that you never end up seated with more than one entry on a table.

Click here to find out more about Double Guarantee Week at Full Tilt Poker.

Phil Ivey Scores $432K in a Limit Poker Game

PLO, NL, Limit, it doesn't matter for Phil Ivey. He kicks ass at every limit, structure, and game that he plays. Case in point is a recent session he had against Kagome Kagome who fancies himself a limit Hold'em specialist. Well if you consider getting your ass handed to you for nearly half a million dollars a specialty Kagome Kagome might have a claim to the title.

So far, Kagome Kagome appears to be down over $2 million to Ivey. This last session certainly didn't help his stats.

If you want to watch Phil Ivey play or get in a little play of your own, sign up at Full Tilt Poker.

Phil Ivey wins $900K in One Evening

Phil Ivey just keeps proving that he is the best player in poker. The other night on Full Tilt Poker Phil Ivey played against Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer and cleaned their clocks. Playing $500/$1,000 CAP PLO he took $340,000 off of Cates and close to $600,000 off of Palmer.

One of the things about Ivey is that he doesn't tend to have huge downswings in terms of his overall winnings. You might have some hot-at-the-moment player winning $1 million and losing $1 million with some frequency but for Phil it seems like win, win, win, win, win, lose. So when he does have a $1 million dollar downswing it's been preceded by $3 or $4 million in winnings.

If you want to catch Phil playing or mix it up yourself (we're assuming at much lower stakes) you can sign up at Full Tilt Poker.