The November issue of ESPN will show Phil Ivey on the cover of their magazine. Suddenly poker is improving to such high status that poker players can finally grace the cover of sports magazines. Now this kind of coverage you would have to thank the whole concept of the November Nine for, and also Phil Ivey.
If there was to be no delayed coverage of the November Nine then you would not be able to allow all this media coverage to happen of those who have made the final table of the World Series of Poker.
If Phil Ivey had not made the final table, the news just would not be as juicy as it is now. Now we know that Phil Ivey likes to text Michael Phelps, golfs with the likes of Michael Jordan and has a private jet. We only get to know this because he now opens up his private life just that little bit more with his impending World Series of Poker final table and even hotter media spotlight.
Poker is continuing to find new ground all over the world. The world recognises the World Cup of soccer, the NBA and very soon, the World Series of Poker.