Phil Ivey Won Over 20 Million in Main Event

There are 9 people who are still in the running for the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event title. If any of the 8 not named Phil Ivey wins the title, they will pocket a cool $8,546,435 for their efforts. If Ivey takes down the tournament, he will take home that $8.5 million plus what shaping up to be another $10 million+ in bonuses and side bets for a total win that will likely exceed $20 million.

Lets not forget that Phil Ivey has already taken home 2 bracelets this WSOP and about 400 thousand in cashes, but hes rumored to have won anywhere from 2 to 12 million dollars in side bets already as a result of those bracelet wins.

Not a bad start.

As for the Main Event, theres the $8.5 in prize money he gets if he wins the thing, plus whats rumored to be an additional $10 million from Full Tilt Poker (no confirmation on that, but we suppose its based on the $10 million FTP promised to pay to any seat winner who went on to win the WSOP).

He’s got a confirmed side bet from Tom Dwan where Dwan would pay off a million if Phil Ivey wins.

Andy Bloch has also confirmed a rumored prop bet that has him paying Ivey $2 million if Phil wins the bracelet (Bloch, says Wicked Chops, took 99-1 for 20k with 2,400 players left).

Thats another $13 million on top. So, if Ivey wins and the high end of all the rumors are true, the 2009 WSOP would end up being worth about $33 million dollars to Ivey, less his buy ins.

Thats not even counting any promotional deals hed get (and we are sure hed get some nice offers) should he take down the Main Event. He also reportedly did well in cash games, online poker, and live poker during the Series.