One Day of Poker: Phil Ivey’s Biggest Win – $16.6 Million vs Andy Beal!
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10/29/2019It’s February 2006, and Phil Ivey walks into the Wynn Resorts’ high stakes poker room
He takes a seat opposite his adversary – a Texan billionaire named Andy Beal.
He is about to play one of the biggest poker games ever hosted. Stakes are so high that a defeat would bankrupt not only, him but also 16 other poker legends.
Chaar-Lee discovered poker over 20 years ago, starting with fixed-limit games before embracing the rise of No-Limit Hold’em across cash games, STTs, and MTTs. In the early days, he and his circle sometimes played more than 40 different formats in a single night. He organized the first poker camp in his region and has contributed poker technology to several televised shows. Today, he supports the SOMUCHPOKER team from the tech side, blending two decades of poker passion with technical expertise.
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