He's won more than seven and a half million dollars in tournaments and a great deal more in high-stakes private games. The best in the business fear him, and people all over the world recognize his face and intense gaze. He is Phil Ivey, and he's professional poker player of the highest caliber.

But you won't hear Phil bragging about himself. You won't see him basking in the limelight or courting celebrity. In the glitzy world of high-stakes poker, Phil is a reluctant star who prefers privacy to fame. He has three goals: to play the best poker he can, to win the most money he can, and to make a nice life for himself and his wife, Luciaetta. Those goals are more than enough-they have driven Phil into one of the top spots in poker's most elite lineup. When it comes to playing poker, Phil Ivey is certainly a man on a mission.