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Mark Goodwin Poker

Interview with Mark Goodwin and Michael Greco. European Poker Tour EPT 2010. Total life earnings: $2,156,667. Latest cash: $302 on 28-May-2014. Click here to see the details of Marc Goodwin's 69 cashes.

Some people would call Phil Ivey “Tiger Woods of Poker.” But do they have many things in common? They are of about the same age, both of them dominated their respective fields, both are widely known and loved by millions, both had troubles in family life, both of them are black… What else?

The Age and the Looks

Phil Ivey was born on February 1, 1977, while Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975, both of them in California. This small difference in age has no visual effect on them. They are both African Americans and might seem to be two peas in a pod. But Woods has some Thai, Chinese, and Dutch ancestors. As for their nature, these two men have valuable character traits, because they faced a lot of obstacles on their way to the stars. They both know how to get to the top of their profession, and like anyone else, realize what lies behind all that success, wealthy life and popularity.

Family Problems

Both Ivey and Woods had divorced their spouses; and strangely enough, both did this at about the same time! I.e, Woods in August 2010, and Ivey in December 2009. What is more strange — or not strange at all, depending on how you view it — is that both Ivey’s and Wood’s ex-wives moved to Florida, having bought some large property out there.

As a result of their family troubles, both Phil and Tiger experienced serious drawbacks in their professional careers.

Professional Success

Tiger Woods is a golf icon, every bit as much as Phil Ivey is a poker icon. Both of them were called the world’s best players. Interestingly, they had shown their talents when they were kids. And both of them rushed into the world’s top in their sports flying as if on the wings of the wind. Indeed, they appeared in the first ranks very quickly, like having popped up from nowhere, when they were still very young.

The old saying is very true: it is not as difficult to conquer a mountain as to stay on the top at least for a while. But that is what both of them did — they are still on the top, considered as the favorites in every big game they enter!

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Phil Ivey and Golf

Phil Ivey is known to be a passionate sports fan, but golf is not the only sport he watches. Basically, he doesn’t just watch it; the poker player plays a lot as well! And he is fairly good at it as well. When Ivey lost a lot of money playing golf against two poker professionals from the UK: Mark Goodwin, and Ram Vaswani, he took a long break, training thoroughly with a professional golf coach for 6 months, and called Vaswani and Goodwin for a rematch. This time he actually beat his opponents.

Phil Ivey even finished 4th in the inaugural World Series of Golf, a tournament Tiger Woods did not participate in. The excellent golf skills of Phil Ivey might have been another reason for some people like to call him the “Tiger Woods of poker.” However, we haven’t heard anything about Woods being called the “Phil Ivey of golf.”

There were rumors that Tiger Woods would play a golf match against Phil Ivey, but it never happened, and such a match has hardly ever been discussed!

Are Such Comparisons Possible at All?

Strictly speaking, comparing top performers in different games is a thankless task. Even if you try to stay within one game, comparing them would still be very problematic. But golf and poker are two different universes! Perhaps the only thing that might be capable of bringing them together a little is that they are individual sports where everything depends on individual skills, training, concentration, talent, strong will, etc. Playing cards is totally different from team games like basketball, and nobody will ever call Phil Ivey the “Michael Jordan of poker.”

Most times people like the words of flowery, catchy titles, and snazzy comparisons! That is why calling Phil Ivey “the Tiger Woods of poker” is quite natural. Tiger Woods is #16 on the Forbes List of highest-paid athletes, with his $43.3 million standing next to Canelo Alvarez (#15 with 44.5 million). Ivey’s wealth, which is a whole other interesting topic we could pursue, is incomparably lower. Perhaps, then, this is the reason why nobody would ever call Tiger Woods the “Phil Ivey of golf!”

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CountryWatchPlacePrize
28-May-2014England£ 100 + 10 No Limit Hold'em - Freezeout
2014 Broadway Casino Recurring Tournaments, Birmingham
16th £ 180 $ 302
27-Jan-2011England£ 1,000 + 70 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Manchester Leg 1, Manchester
14th £ 2,600 $ 4,159
03-Apr-2010Ireland€ 750 + 75 Pot Limit Omaha Championship
PaddyPower Irish Poker Open 2010, Dublin
10th € 1,700 $ 2,292
04-Sep-2009Spain€ 8,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
2nd € 530,000 $ 758,226
26-Aug-2009WalesHeat F
Late Night Poker 2009, Cardiff
7th
12-Apr-2009Ireland€ 1,500 + 150 No Limit Hold'em
PaddyPower Irish Poker Open 2009, Dublin
16th € 2,800 $ 3,705
13-Feb-2009EnglandNo Limit Hold'em - Final
Partypoker.com European Open V, Maidstone
2nd $ 100,000
12-Feb-2009EnglandNo Limit Hold'em - Semi-Final 1
Partypoker.com European Open V, Maidstone
1st
03-Jan-2009Ireland€ 750 + 75 No Limit Hold'em
2009 PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship, Galway
10th € 1,500 $ 2,106
11-Dec-2008Czech Republic€ 500 No Limit Hold'em
European Poker Tour - EPT Prague, Prague
32nd € 1,150 $ 1,475
04-Dec-2008EnglandNo Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Tournament of Champions, Luton
3rd £ 10,000 $ 14,823
24-Nov-2008England£ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London Grand Final, London
3rd £ 6,300 $ 9,452
23-Nov-2008England£ 500 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London Grand Final, London
2nd £ 7,500 $ 11,252
21-Nov-2008England£ 500 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London Grand Final, London
2nd £ 4,450 $ 6,676
12-Nov-2008England£ 250 + 25 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Blackpool Leg 9, Blackpool
7th £ 1,610 $ 2,526
10-Nov-2008England£ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Blackpool Leg 9, Blackpool
1st £ 18,790 $ 29,484
05-Nov-2008EnglandNo Limit Hold'em - Semi-Final 1
888.com UK Open , Maidstone
3rd $ 15,000
22-Sep-2008England£ 2,500 + 150 Limit H.O.R.S.E.
World Series Of Poker Europe - WSOPE 2008, London
15th £ 4,812 $ 8,752
10-Aug-2008England£ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Luton Leg 6, Luton
4th £ 2,220 $ 4,381
09-Aug-2008England£ 250 + 25 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Luton Leg 6, Luton
6th £ 1,340 $ 2,644
06-Aug-2008England£ 300 + 30 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Luton Leg 6, Luton
6th £ 1,150 $ 2,269
04-Aug-2008England£ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Luton Leg 6, Luton
16th £ 460 $ 908
25-Jul-2008EnglandHeat 6
Poker Million VII, Sky Sports
6th
18-Jul-2008England£ 750 + 60 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Dusk Till Dawn Mini Festival, Nottingham
5th £ 4,148 $ 8,306
Apr-2008EnglandNo Limit Hold'em - Semi Final - Heat 2
PartyPoker.com World Open IV , Maidstone
1st
25-Apr-2008England$ 8,000 No Limit Hold'em
PartyPoker.com World Open IV , Maidstone
3rd $ 60,000
24-Apr-2008England£ 1,000 + 60 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Manchester Leg 4, Manchester
1st £ 90,420 $ 180,612
04-Apr-2008Italy€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em
European Poker Tour - EPT Sanremo, Sanremo
17th € 9,180 $ 14,503
04-Mar-2008WalesSemi-Finals
Late Night Poker 2008, Cardiff
4th
02-Mar-2008England£ 500 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London Leg 3, London
2nd £ 8,000 $ 15,896
05-Feb-2008Wales$ 5,000 Heat 4
Late Night Poker 2008, Cardiff
2nd
Jan-2008International$ 2,500 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
2008 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise, Caribbean
11th $ 7,040
08-Jan-2008AustraliaA$ 1,000 + 100 Limit Hold'em
2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, Melbourne
10th A$ 1,538 $ 1,352
25-Nov-2007England£ 500 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London, London
2nd £ 7,000 $ 14,443
24-Nov-2007England£ 1,500 + 75 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up Championship
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT London, London
2nd £ 12,000 $ 24,759
22-Nov-2007England£ 750 No Limit Hold'em
Midland Masters 2007, Walsall
1st £ 23,210 $ 47,678
20-Nov-2007EnglandHeat 9
Poker Million VI, Sky Sports
6th
25-Sep-2007England£ 5,200 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event
European Poker Tour - EPT London, London
29th £ 8,153 $ 16,319
06-Sep-2007England£ 2,500 + 150 H.O.R.S.E
2007 World Series Of Poker - Europe, London
15th £ 5,250 $ 10,572
21-Apr-2007United States$ 25,000 + 500 WPT - No Limit Hold'em Championship
Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic, Las Vegas
49th $ 61,880
07-Feb-2007England£ 300 No Limit Hold'em
Poker Festival, Birmingham
6th £ 2,230 $ 4,383
26-Oct-2006Ireland€ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event
European Poker Tour - EPT Dublin, Dublin
26th € 7,390 $ 9,292
07-Oct-2006Austria€ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event
European Poker Tour - EPT Baden, Baden
28th € 6,289 $ 7,988
09-Sep-2006England£ 2,000 + 50 No Limit Hold'em
FullTiltPoker.com London All Star Challenge, London
2nd £ 26,800 $ 50,138
07-Aug-2006United States$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Las Vegas
20th $ 2,867
05-Aug-2006United States$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Las Vegas
56th $ 3,436
09-Jul-2006United States$ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Las Vegas
22nd $ 12,295
23-Jun-2006England£ 5,000 + 50 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
The Grosvenor World Masters, London
4th £ 22,500 $ 41,654
19-Jun-2006England£ 1,000 + 40 No Limit Hold'em
The Grosvenor World Masters, London
5th £ 5,700 $ 10,552
09-Jun-2006England£ 300 + 25 Pot Limit Omaha
The Midlands Meltdown, Walsall
3rd £ 1,700 $ 3,199
06-Jun-2006England£ 150 + 15 Pot Limit Hold'em
The Midlands Meltdown, Walsall
7th £ 900 $ 1,693
28-May-2006Spain€ 300 + 100 No Limit Hold'em
World Headsup Poker Championships 2006, Barcelona
7th € 1,250 $ 1,597
10-Apr-2006United States$ 1,000 + 60 No Limit Hold'em (Evening)
Fourth Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic, Las Vegas
4th $ 6,925
26-Mar-2006EnglandNo Limit Hold'em - Heat Final
British Poker Open 2006, London
2nd £ 22,000 $ 38,443
23-Mar-2006England£ 1,500 + 50 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
European Poker Classics, London
11th £ 3,000 $ 5,266
22-Mar-2006England£ 1,000 + 40 Pot Limit Omaha
European Poker Classics, London
1st £ 37,500 $ 65,830
21-Mar-2006England£ 250 + 25 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
European Poker Classics, London
5th £ 2,700 $ 4,740
10-Mar-2006Monaco€ 1,000 + 60 No Limit Hold'em
European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, Monte Carlo
4th € 9,700 $ 11,684
21-Feb-2006England£ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em
Midlands Medley 2006, Walsall
2nd £ 8,200 $ 14,264
16-Jan-2006International$ 500 No Limit Hold'em
Ladbrokes Poker Cruise, Caribbean
4th $ 9,894
07-Jan-2006France€ 5,000 EFOP Championship - No Limit Hold'em
European Finals of Poker, Paris
5th € 13,160 $ 15,584
26-Nov-2005Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis$ 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em
Caribbean Poker Classic, St. Kitts
6th $ 1,550
20-Nov-2005Monaco$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em
2005 Monte Carlo Millions, Monte Carlo
3rd $ 325,000
09-Sep-2005Spain€ 2,500 + 100 Heads Up Poker Circuit - No Limit Hold'em
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
2nd € 30,000 $ 37,197
09-Aug-2005England£ 500 + 25 Pot Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Open Poker Championship 2005, Luton
12th £ 500 $ 889
23-Feb-2005England£ 300 + 25 Pot Limit Hold'em
Midlands Medley 2005, Walsall
16th £ 300 $ 568
21-Feb-2005England£ 100 + 10 Pot Limit Hold'em
Midlands Medley 2005, Walsall
6th £ 1,400 $ 2,652
13-Jan-2000United States$ 500 + 40 Pot Limit Hold'em
Carnivale of Poker III, Las Vegas
7th $ 4,037
28-Jun-1990England£ 100 No Limit Hold'em
1990 Festival Of Poker, London
1st £ 11,100 $ 19,258