Does this now confirm Ivey as the no1 player in the world.

[melioris]

Are you kidding? He was up a shitload against "the corporation" after a series of matches that, although the conditions were mutually agreed to, were definitely skewed in favor of the pros. At the stakes they are playing, IMO, the amount he was up and now the amount he was down are all well within the expected "swings" of HU. So mathematically it is still a draw.

Look, I hate the rich more than most, but Andy Beal is a self-made billionaire and he solved a 450 year old mathematical problem in his spare time, hence the "Beal Conjecture". He puts his money into getting kids into math and science. He took on a group of the best poker players in the world and until Ivey came and kicked his ass he was up. Give the man the props he deserves.