Ivey has $2 million on Lakers?
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Phil Ivey may have $2 million wagered on the outcome of the NBA finals, taking the Los Angeles Lakers to beat the Boston Celtics.
The Lakers currently trail the series 3-1.
According to the blog Tao of Poker, which has been following Ivey’s on- and off-the-felt activities at the World Series of Poker:
By now you know about the rumor that Phil Ivey has a $2 million bet on the Lakers winning the NBA playoffs. With the Lakers down 2-0, Ivey was intensely sweating Game 3. He supposedly greased the guy with the remote to turn off the tournament clock and out the Lakers/Celtics game on instead.
The game started right around 6pm. For the next three hours, Ivey could not sit still. He stood up a lot, paced back and forth, and constantly checked his crackberry. I had never seen so much emotion out of Ivey before. His usual expressionless face that was cool as a tenor sax solo from John Coltrane had disappeared and replaced by intervals of anxiety.
Here are some of the blog posts involving Ivey.
The blog also details several other bets Ivey is believed to have going, which could leave him another $3 million in the hole if the Lakers lose. On Thursday he lost a $200,00 prop bet when Daniel Negreanu won a bracelet before he did.
