The Phil Ivey Challenge??

The 13th 4postle · #1 10-05-2007, 12:33 PM

Phil Ivey said on ESPN the pokeredge that he could one up Chris Ferguson and turn 5,000 bankroll into a million and not go broke. Chris Ferguson said he might take up the bet.

Personally I think 5,000 is a lot to start with. But I don't think he could stand playing such low limits.

He first mentioned having ten tries with a bankroll of 1,000 but thats basically BS.

Fish_Cake_YumYum · #2 10-05-2007, 12:34 PM

what show is this???

The 13th 4postle · #3 10-05-2007, 12:53 PM

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what show is this???

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A podcast that you can download for free through Itunes. Personally I think Rounders Podcast is much better.

selurah · #4 10-05-2007, 02:09 PM

Ivey plays way too high and has way too much money to even come close to completing this challenge. He would lose interest inside of 1 month. That is unless the prop bet is absolutely insanely huge.

btmagnetw · #5 10-05-2007, 02:12 PM

if the bet is substantial enough, ivey would do it. but the problem is that the bet needs to be more than (phil's hourly rate * number of hours needed to do this) - $995,000. phil always said that he plays for money, not fame, accomplishment, proving himself, etc.

Crusher19 · #6 10-05-2007, 02:13 PM

if ivey had healthy action against him say maybe 750k against him or more i think it would be enough to motivate him to beat the lower games for awhile. if the bet was for 100k i don think he would try hard enough because that money means so little to him

Dire · #7 10-05-2007, 05:49 PM

The bet is nothing without a time restriction. Any winning poker player can turn any amount of money (that allows him to be sufficiently rolled for 'some' game) into another amount of money, given enough time. How about.. 3 months? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

ebarnet · #8 10-08-2007, 05:15 AM

Also, i would bet up to 50k on personally accomplishing this if someone would like to give me odds.

edit: actually, idk exactly what i would bet(50k would seem small if i'm going to win 1M from playing anyway)- i'd like to hear some offers. Even if you wouldn't personally make the bet, what kind of bet would be in order for this? Something like 2% of my year's winnings: 100k.

imozyslow · #9 10-05-2007, 02:13 PM

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depends on how much the bet is for obviously.

selurah · #10 10-05-2007, 02:16 PM

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Ivey plays way too high and has way too much money to even come close to completing this challenge. He would lose interest inside of 1 month.

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depends on how much the bet is for obviously.

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Yeah I edited my post. If the action is insane I can see him doing it. If it's like the Chris Ferguson challenge where he is just doing it to prove he can, then there isn't a prayer in hell.