PokerStars Strike Gold in Sochi, Phil Ivey Discusses $200k Golf Bet

Pete - Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Written by- Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Online poker

Poker seems to have emerged with a surprising degree of involvement during this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi...

First, we heard about Norwegian athlete and two time Olympic champion Petter Northug – who plays under the screen name ‘NorthugJr’ – losing more than $20,000 during a brief session on the virtual felt and subsequently getting dropped from the Norwegian team.

Now, Team PokerStars SportsStar Marcus Hellner – who can be found playing on PokerStars under the screen name ‘M.Hellner’ - has bagged his sponsors some bragging rights by securing a gold medal for Sweden as part of their 4x10km ski team. Hellner also took silver in the men’s cross country Skiathlon in Sochi and won gold twice four years ago in Vancouver.

Another shock in this week’s news was that Phil Ivey had decided to provide the poker community with the rare pleasure of an in depth interview.

Speaking with Mike Johnson and Adam Schwartz from the Two plus Two podcast, Ivey talks about everything from the games in Macau to getting bluffed by Brad Booth on High Stakes Poker.

The people’s champ also took the time to reflect on a particularly whacky wager – even by his standards – that ended up netting him $200k.

Reportedly, Cassidy gave Ivey 200:1 on a ridiculously tough golf shot for a wager of $1k and Ivey pulled it out of the bag. However, seeing his friend practically reduced to tears, Ivey showed some compassion by telling Cassidy he could pay the debt whenever he could manage it – gee, thanks man...you shouldn’t have.

You can check out the full interview by following this link