Phil Ivey: The Cristal Balla

http://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/wsop/2009/the-cristal-balla

nice 5bet imo

holy fuck that cant be true

hahah sick baller

sick life

hahahaha

SICK

Phil Ivey is the sickest hero ever.

metagame obv

only 1 buy in for ivey

Think long term, how much free Cristal is he gonna get now?

wtf is up with Ivey's betsizing? leak imo.

Obv bet sizing leak

omg i love this guy

overbet spew, but this is playmoney for the guy

This sounds exactly the same as the basketball player/antonio esfandiaris friend story from a while ago where they had tables next to each other at a club and kept ordering more and more bottles to come out trying to out do eachother.

On June 20 2009 23:10 byrnesam wrote: This sounds exactly the same as the basketball player/antonio esfandiaris friend story from a while ago where they had tables next to each other at a club and kept ordering more and more bottles to come out trying to out do eachother.

that was kobe right? and iirc kobe owned him

yeah i thought it might have been kobe

i cant remember what happened except antonio was acting like a tit throughout the whole thing

Spew. Rather spend that money on blow and hookers.

no way lol :D

"and i won't stop" ROFL

insta gg

from pokerlistings chat:

Chris

Jun 21, 2009

I don't believe that for a second. What restaurant carries 226 bottles of Cristal? I mean seriously. Even the amount of space those bottles would take up would be 1/2 the dining room.I guess they could have shipped in more but during the time of 1 dinner I don't think so. Would take too long. I know ivey is reckless with money but that seems a bit tough to believe. What would these guys do with 200 bottles anyways? You can't just walk out of the restaurant with that many. You'd need a truck

aside from all that it doesnt even sound like something phil would do

in reality it would go more like this

business men order bottle of cristal for phil
Waiter: courtesy of the gentlemen over there sir...
Phil: What?... oh... ok *blank stare*
Phil finishes his meal and returns to gambling

I'd assume since it's a casino (it says the Wynn) they probably do keep copious amounts of alcohol on the venue?

On June 21 2009 03:18 byrnesam wrote: aside from all that it doesnt even sound like something phil would do in reality it would go more like this business men order bottle of cristal for phil Waiter: courtesy of the gentlemen over there sir... Phil: What?... oh... ok *blank stare* Phil finishes his meal and returns to gambling

besides if phil left a note saying "...and i won't stop" why would they stop? they could have like infinity bottles of cristal

Phil Ivey s coolishly insane

doubt this story is true although i remember reading another one on 2+2 about a guy sending ivey $5 while he was playing online. Ivey then said something in the chatbox along the lines of "lol whoever sent that thanks". then a minute later a message popped on the guys screen saying "phil ivey has xfered $500 to your account'. i wonder how many people tried sending him $5 after this story

a quite import part of that story is he was playing NL25 at the time.

On June 21 2009 01:06 Sliggy wrote: "and i won't stop" ROFL

he always posts his third eye blind

next thing you know the main prop in the story are cars

On June 21 2009 04:21 bigredhoss wrote: besides if phil left a note saying "...and i won't stop" why would they stop? they could have like infinity bottles of cristal

they got bluffed

kind of like folding to "i raise u ur life"

well i hope that's real because it's a pretty lame made-up story

hope its not true
so retarded :'(

can't stop, won't stop

On June 21 2009 09:18 egood wrote: can't stop, won't stop

lolz

too sick

Ivey is the sickest hero that will every walk on the earth. Period.

... and I won't stop.'' ROFL !!!

'and i won't stop'

looks like he's posturing cause he doesn't want them to raise again and force him to waste a million

LOL

obvious block bet from ivey

I wonder what the effective Cristal stack size was at the beginning of dinner.

lol... good blocker bet imo

On June 21 2009 19:39 Fujikura wrote: lol... good blocker bet imo

haha

This is the dumbest story I have ever heard and it has obviously never happened.

Doing what ivey supposedly did is like the most retarded unballer thing ever

black guys dont give out cristal to white dudes wtf cant be true

On June 21 2009 15:18 Rekrul wrote: 'and i won't stop' looks like he's posturing cause he doesn't want them to raise again and force him to waste a million LOL

Well with Lederer's ridiculous bet he's gonna have 5 mil to waste pretty soon.

This is obviously made up and retarded.

it would be better if the business men read the note, thought about it for a minute and then minraised 400 bottles back to Ivey who then folded and kept the 400 bottles leaving the tab to the business guys and another note that said "welcome to poker"

I remember Tom Dwan's wikipedia page had a story where he was on an airplane and asked some guy to borrow his charger for his laptop. And at the end of the plane ride he gave it back to the guy and an envelope with $800 or something. They removed it though.

Not sure if that is true or not.

yeah i think i read that he gave the guy like a .5% freeroll

On June 22 2009 10:51 ToTehEastSide wrote: it would be better if the business men read the note, thought about it for a minute and then minraised 400 bottles back to Ivey who then folded and kept the 400 bottles leaving the tab to the business guys and another note that said "welcome to poker"

rofl, obv.

LOL i gots a boner and i really hope this story is true.

There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London).

Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker.

Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it".

On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: "I'll toss you for it".

extremely badass

bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ?

On June 22 2009 22:42 VanDerMeyde wrote: bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ... profit!

On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London). Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker. Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it".

Apparently this is a true story but it was in a tournament, and it is written in Bob Stupack's book.

On June 23 2009 00:39 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London). Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker. Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it". Apparently this is a true story but it was in a tournament, and it is written in Bob Stupack's book.

Yeah - there are a few versions but I am pretty sure it must have happened - even if the exact details are a bit vague.

On June 22 2009 23:04 dogmeat wrote: Show nested quote + On June 22 2009 22:42 VanDerMeyde wrote: bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ... profit!

kerry packer was like the richest man in australia, he owned a large chunk of the media outlets in the country

wow this kerry fellow is a mean baller.

lol wow he's the ugliest billionaire i've ever seen

On June 23 2009 18:51 YoMeR wrote: wow this kerry fellow is a mean baller.

what is this shit !

lol it looks like to me he is saying "How da fk did dat get in der"

like someone gave him a 1 instead of a 100

IF someone makes up a story about ivey.. why not a really good one :o