I played with Phil Ivey

Last Thursday, I got home late after watching Goldfrapp in concert. I wasn't tired, and fancied playing a bit of poker before I went to bed.

I logged into Full Tilt and noticed that Phil Ivey was playing on a 7 card stud $0.5/1 table. There are quite a few of the top pros who play at Full Tilt, although not always at such low levels. I assume they must get asked to play at these levels from time to time to give your average player like me a chance to play with these guys.

The only problem is that the waiting list was 40 deep. I put my name down and decided to see how long it would take. It was around 11pm at the time. I played on another table for a while, then watched my friend Tall Paul play the final stages on a tournament.

By the time this had finished, I down to 10th in the waiting list. This went very quickly as I assume a lot of people had given up. I was seated at around 1am, and was sitting next to Phil. I managed to win a couple of hands off him. The first was when I chased and caught a straight on 7th street. (It was a bad play as I should have folded earlier). I won $12.30 for that. The other hand I won was when I picked up a monster - AJA. Then another Ace on 4th street. Surprisingly, Phil still called me, and only folded on 5th street. Anyway I won $5.20 for that.

In total, I spent about half an hour playing with him and was up around $8. I good nights work. Here's a screenshot. I'm the frog.