Joey Ingram’s Biography

Not the exciting performance in games made Joey Ingram as influential as he is. It was his YouTube channel that made Joseph popular. The player releases poker videos and shoots the most popular poker podcasts under the "joeingram1" nickname. Many poker fans are probably familiar with his Poker Life podcast. As for Joey Ingram's net worth, you can find different figures from 3 to 5 million dollars.

Joe Ingram And His Rise To Fame

2008 was the year when Ingram started making his first steps into professional poker. Joey decided to engage seriously in poker after he won $1,000 at PokerStars by making a $50 deposit. The game took possession of Ingram from the very beginning. Given his perseverance and love for all kinds of challenges and betting, he successfully developed in poker.

In November 2008, Joe Ingram played 604,000 hands in No Limit Hold'em within one month, which became a world record at that time. However, this was just the beginning for Joey. During his career, he set several records in online poker:

• The streamer managed to play 50,000 hands per day in No Limited Hold'em and 33,000 hands in PLO.
  
• Ingram also played 450,000 hands in Pot-Limit Omaha within one month.
  
• In addition, the blogger earned Supernova Elite status at PokerStars in just a month.
  

By the time of Black Friday in the USA, Joey was one of the strongest PLO players in the world. 

The prohibition of online poker in the country forced Ingram to temporarily move from the United States to Vancouver. In 2013, he returned to the States and began to play at the middle and high stakes in PLO. Over the next five years, he created a large amount of content that was dedicated to his favourite Pot-Limit Omaha.

The Poker Life Era

In 2014, Joey began to release the Poker Life podcast, which became an indispensable thing for every poker player. The streamer’s program won the “Best Podcast of the Year” nomination at the American Poker Awards. This reward brought him fame as a poker podcaster.

Since the launch of Poker Life, a lot of eminent poker players, high rollers and even real legends became the guests of the show. The participants of the program discuss the news and share their comments. In addition, you can find analysis of the most interesting hands in online and offline poker in the video of Ingram.

Joseph Ingram Social Media Activity

Joey doesn’t ignore any interesting events that happen in the poker world. He uses social networks and YouTube for coverage of events. Ingram was also very active on X (formerly Twitter) until 2023. His posts were of great interest to the poker community, and you could often find comments from the famous poker players. Ingram gradually moved to publishing on Instagram, and it remains his most active social media page.

His latest video on YouTube was released in April 2025, and Joseph didn’t explain anything about the break he had from content creation. Judging by his social media activity, the main focus is on GTO partnership, participation in live streams at the Venetian Poker Room, and other media activity.

The Latest Games of Ingram

Since his substantial win in $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha at the WSOP Championship, Joey occasionally appeared in poker events. However, he didn’t get into prizes often enough. It was 2021 when Ingram took the 1st position twice.

The first win occurred in $400 No Limit Hold'em of Bally’s Power Poker Series. $50 No Limit Hold'em of Sahara Las Vegas Recurring tournament was the next 1st place event for Joey.

Joe Ingram acquired a new best cash in 2023. It was $42,000 he cashed in $10,400 No Limit Hold'em at the WPT Championship. Although he was just 91st, this result is good for an occasional player.

Now, Ingram rarely plays poker. Although he started as a poker player, he is the best at poker content creation.

Joseph doesn’t seem to plan regular participation in tournaments. Instead, the strong focus on YouTube and other social media is what he focuses on.

“I love the game, I like the poker world, and it is what I know best. I love being able to put out high-quality content about the game I’ve dedicated my life to playing.” – Ingram emphasised in his book “Chasing The Poker Dream: The Qualities of a Successful Poker Player”

Interesting Details About Joey Ingram:

• Joseph didn't share much information about his childhood. His zodiac sign is Cancer since Joey’s birthdate is July 24, 1982.
• The channel “joeingram1” on YouTube was launched in 2007. Over 13 years, it collected more than 13 000 subscribers, hundreds of poker videos and millions of views. Ingram records videos with poker investigations, hand analysis, news and events. His podcasts with famous poker players and fans are particularly popular.
• Joey Ingram's YouTube channel is dedicated to poker. Sometimes poker player releases videos about MMA fights. The player’s most popular video on his channel is an investigation into the scandal after the fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib. The video collected more than 21 million views per year. The investigation of Tom Dwan poker skills collected 2.4 million views in two years.
• The global community know how strong Joey’s position is against bots and cheating in poker rooms. He actively monitors poker forums and discussions about bots on the Internet, advocating for fair play both online and offline.
• In 2008, Ingram set a record for the number of hands played per month in No Limited Hold'em, by playing 604 000 hands. In 2009, he set a record for the number of hands played per day - he played 50,000 hands at the NL25 tables ($0.10/ 0.25). In addition to this, according to the terms of the bet, he needed to play profitably. Ingram did it and won another $30 000 according to the results of the bet. This is not the only bet of the player. Joey also won the bet by playing 450 000 hands in PLO per month.
• The player likes not only poker bets, but also challenges. In 2017, Ingram made a bet with Bill Perkins. According to this bet, Joey needed to swim one mile, but he wasn’t able to swim at that time. Ingram made $5 000 bet on it against Perkins’ $15 000. The poker player had 2 months for training, but a hurricane disrupted the plans. Over time, they seemed to forget about it. At that moment, when Ingram was supposed to fulfil the conditions of the bet, he wrote on his X that he had finally learned to swim, and it became a victory for him.
• In 2017, Joey made a bet and wrote the book “Chasing The Poker Dream: The Qualities of a Successful Poker Player” within 11 days. Although, according to the terms of the challenge, he was given 2 weeks for this. The book consists of 40 000 words and 250 pages. You can still buy it on Amazon for $10. By the way, Ingram never tried himself as a writer. The previous experience of marathons helped him to complete the challenge.
• Joseph Ingram signed a partnership agreement with GTO Wizard in 2024, where he acts as a poker teacher for those aspiring the GTO mastery.
  

Joey Ingram on Social Networks

• YouTube channel joeingram1;
• Joey on X (former Twiiter);
• Ingram on Instagram.