3: Barrels: Ivey in Beijing, Hellmuth on sonic booms; Gold on charity

Three short tales rolled up into a 600-word masterpiece including a rare sighting of Phil Ivey, a prediction from Phil Hellmuth, and a spot of charitable jiggery-pokery from Jamie Gold.

It’s not easy to keep up with Phil Ivey.

The former king of poker ditched his Twitter account when his IveyLeague empire hit the dirt with a harrowing humming hail of hard luck stories.

He doesn’t use Facebook.