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Reported match · 2006
A heads-up contest can still sit inside a larger team-financing arrangement.
What happened
Ivey’s WSOP profile recounts the 2006 limit hold’em match against Andy Beal and the involvement of the professional group known as the Corporation. This is a published match account, not a full sequence of exposed hands.
The distinction between the player at the table and the capital behind the player matters. A match result and an individual’s personal profit need not be identical. The account does not establish every participant’s ownership share, expenses or settlement.
What the case teaches
In an unrelated example, three investors each own one-third of a shared bankroll. If the group earns $300,000 before expenses and the shares are equal, each share of profit is $100,000. The person who played the hands does not automatically own the entire result. This is a financing illustration, not a claim about the Corporation’s actual agreement. Limit hold’em also uses fixed betting increments, so a no-limit all-in story would misdescribe the format.
Does this page reconstruct Ivey’s best hand from the match?
No. The cited biography describes the match but does not provide a complete hand log. The analysis concerns format and capital.
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Sources
Source pages checked 5 October 2026. Historical results refer to the dates stated; examples marked hypothetical are Casino101 calculations.
