Phil Ivey Announces Return To Live Tournaments In 2018

Phil Ivey has undoubtedly been missing this year from the poker spotlight as the poker pro focuses mainly on ‘personal and family problems' as well as playing only Asian high stakes games.

His last major live tournament cash earnings were back in January 2016. He shocked many people, including his colleagues, opponents and fans alike, when he skipped out the entire WSOP this summer.

He has only been spotted playing a few days of high-stakes cash games in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio casino.

Still, there's great news for Ivey's fans, as he mentioned in a recent interview that he plans to be back on the poker circuit sometime in 2018. "I love tournaments. I will always play tournaments...Next year I am going to start playing again."

Most likely one of the personal problems he may have been referring to was the high-profile lawsuits brought against him by two casinos where he was accused of using a technique called edge sorting and that led to him winning more than $20 million.

Furthermore, he has been keeping himself busy promoting poker in the Asian market, and in the recent weeks he helped launch a poker app called Zhi You, created by a rich Chinese entrepreneur Sun Ji Jun.

In the meantime, the recently inducted Hall of Famer still continues to keep his poker prowess sharp by competing in high-stakes games, and it helps when he is temporarily residing in Hong Kong, allowing him to have easy access to the ‘Big Games' occurring in Macau and Manila. The games are actually noted for their privacy, and Ivey made sure it stays that way by not saying any more details on the big games he's been to.

Finally, the interviewer asked Ivey if he played poker on mainland China, and he replied no, reminding the interviewer that it is absolutely illegal to gamble anywhere in the country except in Macau.

Here's the video interview:

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