Phil Ivey Now Down $5.1 Million Under His 'Polarizing' Online Poker Screen Name

Prior to the old Full Tilt Poker shutting down, gambling legend Phil Ivey was arguably the most dominant online poker player in history. Since the site relaunched under new ownership close to two years ago, he has been one of the worst the software has ever seen.

When Ivey played under his real name on Full Tilt, he accumulated profits of more than $19 million. Since returning to the software under the “Polarizing” screen name, Ivey has dusted off $5.1 million, which trails only Gus Hansen’s $15.8 million in losses since the Full Tilt relaunch in late 2012.

The losses have made “Polarizing” the fifth worst account in the history of Full Tilt.

Ivey played roughly 1,600 hands since last Friday (Aug. 22), dropping nearly $600,000, which moved him past MalACEsia—the sixth worst account ever. The latter is the Full Tilt account of Paul Phua, who is facing a federal indictment for alleged illegal gambling in Las Vegas.

Side note: Ivey recently helped post bail for Phua, a Malaysian businessman who is a frequent competitor in the high-stakes live games in Las Vegas and Macau.

When you combine Ivey’s two screen names, he is still up roughly $14.14 million lifetime from playing poker on Full Tilt. Not long ago, fellow high-stakes pro Patrik Antonius passed Ivey for the top spot. Antonius’ two screen names—his real name and his newer “FinddaGrind” moniker—have combined profits of roughly $17.26 million. The Finnish pro shows no signs of slowing down either.

Antonius is up about $5.9 million since the Full Tilt relaunch, so almost the polar opposite of Ivey. Antonius has proven to be the most consistent player ever.

The past seven days on Full Tilt netted Antonius around $650,000.

However, hot on Ivey and Antonius’ trail is Dan “jungleman12” Cates, who recently passed the $10-million mark on Full Tilt. He currently sits with $10.2 million in lifetime earnings on the site after a basically break even last seven days. Cates is much younger than the men he trails.

Nearly all of the big action this past week occurred in the mixed games.

Back to Ivey.

True to his nature, Ivey has been winning and losing massive sums lately. This summer at the WSOP, Ivey captured his 10th career bracelet, along with an untold amount (millions?) in side bets. The performance came in the wake of news this spring of a lawsuit pitting the Borgata casino in Atlantic City against Ivey over more than $9.5 million.

All online poker figures via HighstakesDB.

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