Ivey League, the poker training site owned by Phil Ivey, has announced that they’ll no longer offer new videos. Players will be able to continue accessing the current video content, but there won’t be any new videos to view after May 1.
Phil Ivey calls in the Small Blind. The Big Blind squeezes to HK$200,000. Jungleman and Phil both call. Preflop Analysis. Jungleman’s low suited one-gapper is toward the bottom of his range — in other words, one of the worst hands he would raise — but it’s fine at this (quite deep) stack depth. Ivey League was a poker training website founded by American professional poker player Phil Ivey. Ivey League launched on January 28, 2014 offering poker strategy videos from prominent professional players serving as coaches. The roster of Ivey League instructors included Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Cole South and Patrik Antonius, among others.
Those who purchased yearly subscriptions to the site will receive refunds because it was promised that they’d be able to see such videos in their subscription agreement. Those with monthly deals will need to cancel them on the site.
The online poker industry has been in decline ever since Black Friday (April 2011). And it’s little surprise that Ivey League mentioned that the current state of the industry is why they’re no longer creating new videos.
Widely regarded as the world’s best poker player for years, Ivey made over $20 million prior to Black Friday. And many wanted to know what kind of tips and strategy he had to offer, given his success. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until internet poker began declining that Ivey League opened.
Still, it seemed like the training site could experience success when looking at the star-studded lineup of trainers offering their services, including Patrik Antonius, Cole South, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Ivey himself. But it appears that this isn’t the case when considering that they won’t be offering new videos any longer.
One problem is that internet poker regulation never took off like many expected. Another is that Ivey began struggling in online poker, losing almost $7 million after returning to the internet felt in 2012 – when Full Tilt Poker reopened.
Ivey has also been spending considerable time with lawsuits against Crockfords casino (London) and the Borgata (Atlantic City). Neither casino wants to pay him for profits he made through baccarat edge sorting.
After amassing a fortune thanks to his poker skills and marketability, things haven’t gone well for Ivey in the 2010s. And it’s hard to say what he’ll do next because, for the immediate time being, he’s busy fighting to get his money through lawsuits.
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Ivey League was a poker training website founded by American professional poker player Phil Ivey. Ivey League launched on January 28, 2014 offering poker strategy videos from prominent professional players serving as coaches.[1] The roster of Ivey League instructors included Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Cole South and Patrik Antonius, among others. There are three membership tiers available for varying skill levels. Training videos covered Texas hold'em in addition to many other poker variants and topics.[2]
History[edit]
LeggoPoker.com officially launched in November 17, 2007. Users received access to online forums, videos from pros, individual and group coaching, and information on poker rakeback. The site employed a roster of well-known and successful online pros to act as coaches, including Aaron 'aejones' Jones, Peter 'Apathy' Jetten and Andrew 'luckychewy' Lichtenberger.[3] Co-owners Brooks and Tickner took a hands-on approach to operating Leggo Poker. Brooks served as a coach on the site, while Tickner was in charge of web development. In October 2009, lead video producer Aaron Jones purchased the site from Greg Brooks.[4]
In February 2013, Phil Ivey announced the acquisition of Leggo Poker with the intention of converting the training site into Ivey League.[5][6] Leggo Poker's team of instructors, including former owner and lead video producer Aaron Jones, transitioned to the new website.
In April 2017, Ivey league announced it would no longer post new video content.[7]
References[edit]
- ^'Ivey League Training Finally Debuts'. PokerListings.com. 2014-01-14.
- ^Davy, Lee (2014-01-30). 'The Ivey League Opens for Business'. CalvinAyre.com.
- ^Welman, Jessica (July 2010). 'Can a Training Site Pump Up Your Game?'. Bluff Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25.
- ^'Exclusive Interview – Aaron 'Aejones' Jones'. FlopTurnRiver.com. 2008-01-11.
- ^Peters, Donnie (2013-02-07). 'IveyPoker Acquires LeggoPoker'. Poker News.
- ^'Ivey Builds with Leggo'. Bluff Magazine. 2013-02-07.
- ^Ivey League The End of The Road
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