Enough with the Fairy Tales…Almost

“Phil Ivey is no Cinderella. He’s not a fluke, longshot or happy accident. His fairy godmother didn’t give him seven bracelets, fate didn’t make him the best poker player in the world, and it wasn’t lucky charms that got him to the final nine. On November 10, Phil Ivey sits down at the final table of the world’s greatest poker tournament. Enough with the fairy tales.” — Full Tilt commercial I love baseball and I love poker, but for as much as I wish that commercial would have held true, Phil Ivey was eliminated in seventh place at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker final table yesterday. Ivey is widely considered the greatest poker player in the world, though, and...