In winning the tournament, Ivey was the first person to defeat Amarillo Slim heads-up at a WSOP final table. Ivey's first breakthrough at the WSOP came in 2000, when he won a Pot Limit Omaha event for his first career bracelet. His other nickname is 'the Tiger Woods of Poker'.
One of his nicknames, 'No Home Jerome', stems from the fake ID card he secured to play poker in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in his teenage years. Ivey first began to develop his poker skills by playing against co-workers at a New Brunswick, New Jersey, telemarketing firm in the late 1990s. In 2017, he was elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. Ivey is regarded by numerous poker observers and contemporaries as the best all-around player in the world. (born February 1, 1977) is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables.
