But Ivey's chip lead was simply too much to handle ... The buy-in for the event was $25,000 attracting 112 players. It was the first poker tournament to take place at the Casino de Monte-Carlo.

but nothing tops Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey becoming just the second player in history to have won 11 titles at the series.

One of the world's top poker players, Phil Ivey, has lost a Supreme Court bid to reclaim £7.7m of winnings withheld by a London casino for five years. The American was challenging a Court of ...