Originally Posted by Socks

I was in the room when this happened in Monte Carlo.. Ridiculous hand.. I'd made friends that week with all of Paul Jackson's friends from England, and was standing with them and the copper baron who paid for his and 9 other guy's entries into the tournament ($25k buyin) while this hand was going on.. The tournament ended fairly soon afterwards, and Phil told him what he had then.. Paul came over and we asked what they both had, and we were all stunned.. We obviously thought they both had big hands..

I think this hand was from the Full Tilt tournament, not the $25k buyin event.

Phil Ivey took down both tournaments that week, for $1m and $600k respectively. And true story.. Both times he won and was getting ready to get the big check, I said "HEY PHIL, your fly's down!!" and he looked, both times. ;)

I was eating at Cleo's in Vegas in maybe 2008, and Phil Ivey walked in with his wife.. I recognized him from the back of his head lol.. He kept looking over and I could tell he remember me but couldn't figure out where from. He drives a black Mercedes McLaren SLR.