4 days, 3 nights and $1 million

By Chad Millman
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

This article appears in the Nov. 2 issue of ESPN The Magazine Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world. This is a statement of fact, undisputed by anyone who would be considered the best poker player in the world if not for Phil Ivey. And poker players -- at least the best of them -- credit their success to an ability to live in the moment. What is the one move that this situation demands? Call. Check. Raise. Fold. They do not, cannot, consider the stakes or the consequences. The best p ...

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