A Phil Ivey documentary is in the works

Despite being one in all the greatest names in the sport, Phil Ivey stays very a lot a thriller in the poker world. He is famously very shy and guarded, regardless of being identified for crushing the greatest video games in poker. 

That seems set to alter as a documentary about his life is being filmed proper now. 

No additional particulars as but, however a movie crew has been noticed following Ivey round and letting folks know they could seem on it in the event that they stroll into shot:

Noticing this posted in the match areas pic.twitter.com/h41yN0dwpL

— Kevin Mathers (@Kevmath) June 13, 2022

Ivey’s story actually has the potential to make for a fascinating documentary and hopefully will probably be accessible someplace widespread like Netflix. There is such a deep properly to faucet from in phrases of content material together with his early days enjoying underage, his heads-up matches with Andy Beal, the Rail Heaven days at Full Tilt, his 10 WSOP bracelets and his notorious edge-sorting circumstances. 

We might be in for a wealthy interval of poker documentaries as there is additionally a Doyle Brunson documentary being produced. Given Ivey and Doyle are buddies, it will not be a shock if there was some kind of crossover between the two. 

Who else in poker would make for documentary topic? Let us know in the feedback:

Barry Carter

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy & the new e-book Endgame Poker Strategy