Ivey League
Ivey League is a poker training website founded by American professional poker player Phil Ivey. Ivey League launched on January 28, 2014 offering poker strategy videos from prominent professional players serving as coaches.[1] The highly skilled roster of Ivey League instructors includes Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Cole South and Patrik Antonius, among others. There are three membership tiers available for varying skill levels. Training videos cover Texas hold'em in addition to many other poker variants and topics.[2]
History
Phil Ivey acquires Leggo Poker
On February 6, 2013, Ivey announced the acquisition of Leggo Poker with the intention of converting the training site into Ivey League.[3][4] Leggo Poker's team of instructors, including former owner and lead video producer Aaron Jones, transitioned to the new website.
Leggo Poker
Prior to becoming an online poker training site, Chris Tickner operated LegoPoker.com as a personal poker blog, and host to one of the premier hand history converters on the internet.[5]
On August 13, 2007, poker pro Gregory Brooks purchased half interest in the site from Tickner upon realizing the website's potential as an online training tool.[6] The pair changed the name of the site to Leggo Poker to avoid any association with LEGO toys.
LeggoPoker.com officially launched in November 17, 2007. Leggo prided itself as a one stop shop for poker coaching. Users received access to online forums, videos from pros, individual and group coaching, and information on poker rakeback.
The site employed a roster of well-known and successful online pros to act as coaches, including Aaron "aejones" Jones, Peter "Apathy" Jetten and Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger.[7] Co-owners Brooks and Tickner took a hands-on approach to operating Leggo Poker. Brooks served as a coach on the site, while Tickner was in charge of web development.
In October 2009, lead video producer Aaron Jones purchased the site from Greg Brooks and expanded Leggo's roster to include some of the game's most renowned online pros.[8]
References
- ↑ "Ivey League Training Finally Debuts". PokerListings.com. 2014-01-14.
- ↑ Davy, Lee (2014-01-30). "The Ivey League Opens for Business". CalvinAyre.com.
- ↑ Peters, Donnie (2013-02-07). "IveyPoker Acquires LeggoPoker". Poker News.
- ↑ "Ivey Builds with Leggo". Bluff Magazine. 2013-02-07.
- ↑ "Poker Player Turned Entrepreneur Helping College Students Save Money". All Notes. 2013-03-23.
- ↑ "Leggo Poker Review". Pokertrainningbible.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ Welman, Jessica (July 2010). "Can a Training Site Pump Up Your Game?". Bluff Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25.
- ↑ "Exclusive Interview – Aaron "Aejones" Jones". FlopTurnRiver.com. 2008-01-11.