Re: the phil ivey tourney style/ strategy...
First comment is that he ALWAYS seemed to know where he was. He raised often enough that I know his standards were at least 3 times looser than mine. Some guys played back at him and he'd let it go...or come back over the top. He got it all in with KK against AK, which was a no-brainer, but he also went to war with QJ on a Q high board, and I was shocked to see both guys with QJ, the way the play had gone I was sure there was 2 pair or better out there.
I don't think anyone can know where they are as well online.
He was very active in level 1 when the weakest player was on his right. After he busted Phil tightened way up for a while, then seemed to choose my blinds for attacking. But when Greenstein took the seat to his left with 30K (soon 60K) in chips, he was limited again.
I don't have a clue what his hand ranges are because he was forced to showdown so rarely. But they are clearly very wide.
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