Story of the Richest Heads Up Poker Game feat. Phil Ivey | Poker Documentary

This is the story of the most exclusive and high stakes poker cash game that was played 20 years ago between the greatest ever poker players and a billionaire banker Andy Beal.
The Corporation was a group of pro poker players like Doyle Brunson,Phil Ivey,Gus Hansen,Jennifer Harman,Chip Reese and many other came together to form a 10 million dollar syndicate to defeat billionaire banker Andy Beal.It was an epic confrontation which the pro players almost lost but in the end Phil Ivey was there to save the day.
This is the complete poker documentary about all the interesting things that happened in this 5 year long heads up poker game

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[EvansBrosRacing]

Pretty crazy that he did that well against multiple people who were each rested up and experts . He was his own worst enemy but he kicked ass while he was thinking clear . Imagine if he had teammates like Dwan and Daniel or other greats on his team so he could rest .

[ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Ive heard portions of this story before, but this is by far the most elaborate retelling I’ve ever come across. Cheers!

[rustydawgt]

100k/200k is absolutely insane, imagine playing for a house every hand and a mansion for big hands

[cerealseeka]

Man this was a hell of a story. Knew that the corporation played beal, but not in so much detail. Really appreciate it, good job :)

[CrimzinEclipse]

A dealer at my local casino actually was one of the people who dealt at this game.

He told a story where Todd Brunson showed up 5 minutes late for one of their matches, and when he arrived, Beal told him that they weren’t playing today, and to show up on time tomorrow.
Beal apparently enjoyed playing mind games like with the pros to throw them off their game.

[jr]

I know that he is the billionaire, but I found myself rooting for Beal in all of these cash games. And Howard Lederer, screw that thief!

[peterciurea]

If you see this as a maniacal billionaire learning poker, you missed the entire story. He's a top tier mathematician, not just a billionaire. He had a theory that risk tolerance was higher in the players, because they had experience.He wanted to see if they would play with the same fear amateurs would have at ricking large sums of money. He also tested the poker wisdom of the time, using his watch as a random decision aid, causing his behavior to be unpredictable, and many other things. He ran an experiment to prove out what was commonly held as gospel in the poker world of the time - lots of learning for all of poker after his work
In some respects, he won - pro players could only face him AFTER pooling together. The core premise, pro vs an amateur psych difference was absolutely proven out

[timelapsega]

Ivey saved their asses, dudes a legend. But man heads up for this short of a sample size is so risky, either side could just run way above ev and destroy the other.

[CesarMartinez-nuif]

Absolutely relatable to a lot of us I’m guessing, couldn’t live with the fact that there was a missing piece he could find if he tried, finding out why, how he was losing to them, knowing their weakness and figuring out how to exploit it, two understandings, Andy’s, and the pros.

[dannyh]

I love watching videos like this. Filled with poker lore and all these stories that people talk about, but never know the true story. Great video. Also, money is basically fake when you're worth 7.8 billion. He could have been playing 10k/20k hands and it wouldn't make a dent in his bankroll.

[llawma]

Wow! One of the best poker stories I've heard... Phil Ivey is intimidating and super good. But the Billionaire guy was not a pushover

[DonLee]

imagine having a whole team of the best poker players sweating and losing against you. even if it were only 2/5 times, it's still an amazing achievement.

[jk]

Absolute pack hunters. Loved to hear this story, if you read between the lines you get to learn about a group of people who are masters of more than just one game. Really cutthroat stuff, all without any bloodshed. So much respect to "the corporation"!

[traviskeeler]

Very well done vid. I have read "The Professor, The Banker and the Suicide King" which is the best-written account of this amazing period of poker history and you nailed all the essential information. Incredible story. Sick amounts of money wagered for sure.

[markcentola]

There is an entire book about this game; Beal realized a big part of poker was stakes so he ultimately raised the stakes so high he could break them in any given game because at that those stakes it can shake anyone’s game. The lesion is that a large part of poker is the stakes and how much money you have to keep your game stable.

[ChonkySlotDonkey]

Andy Beal was running syms before Pio solver lmao

[jinzokan]

Yo this is a great documentary of one of the most epic events in poker history that we know of! Thank you so kuch for putting this all together i remember learning all of this through random snippets on 2p2

[thdistrictcourtoftexas]

Enjoyed the piece...One interesting note I read in the book but didn't hear here is that on all these trips back and forth between Vegas and Dallas, Beal always flew commercial!

[generationgabe]

Thank you for sharing the story ! I’ve heard small talks about this never got the full story thank you!

[jlvb]

I wish there was video of all these games I'd love to watch all these games.