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High-stakes poker matches

High-stakes poker matches, including those involving Phil Ivey and Andy Beal

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Jan 21, 2026
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What common themes of risk and obsession appear in Phil Ivey's biography and The Wager?

and revolve around extremities of risk and the obsessive behaviors those environments breed: one set in the world of where reputation and money are at stake, the other in an where survival, authority,...

Feb 5, 2026

Which biographies of Phil Ivey provide the most detailed analysis of his poker strategy?

Readers seeking biographies of that dig into his table craft will find the deepest, strategy-focused material not in traditional life-only tell‑alls but in two places: long-form biographies that adver...

Jan 14, 2026

How do Phil Ivey’s edge-sorting and legal cases compare to moral dilemmas in survival narratives like The Wager (book/2023/film)?

Phil Ivey’s edge‑sorting saga is a contest over rules, agency and commercial norms where elite skill collided with civil courts that ultimately labeled the tactic cheating ; David Grann’s The Wager (b...

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