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Top poker player and wife part company

Published in December 2009. This article is retained as historical reporting; details may have changed.

Top international online and live poker ace Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta were granted a divorce by a Nevada court this week after filing a joint petition on December 22nd, reports the entertainment site TMZ.

Ivey (34), who has reportedly earned over $12 million in a glittering professional poker career so far, married Luciaetta back in 2002. Ironically, Ivey was often referred to as the Tiger Woods of poker, a celebrity who has also encountered marital troubles in recent times.

The couple has no children together.