Physical Malfitness

July / August, 2014

PHIL IVEY'S NEW HOUSE OF CARDSTHE MAN THEY CALL THE BEST POKER PLAYER IN HISTORY IS BACK IN THE PUBLIC EYE. BUT NOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING MONEY. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING AN EMPIREMICHAEL KAPLANphil Ivey is on a cooler. The world's greatest poker player can't do anything right. He has been contending with bad beats, bad cards and bad luck at the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Thus far, the closest he’s come to winning is a 14th-place finish in one of the 61 lesser tournaments that lead...

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