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 Name: Phillip J. Hellmuth Jr.
Education: U. of Wisconsin
Birthplace: Madison, WI
Residence: Palo Alto, CA
Family: Wife Kathy, two kids
Claim to Fame: Nine-time winner at the World Series of Poker
In 1989, Phil Hellmuth became the youngest person ever to win the World Championship of Poker at age 24. Since then he has won 8 more World Championship titles and has been named by his peers, "The best poker tournament player in the world." In 2003, Phil tied Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, as the leading WSOP bracelet winner and ranked 3rd overall in Top Money Winners among men with over $2.8 million won in 34 finishes. In all, Phil has won over 50 poker tournaments since his career began in 1988 including becoming the first American to win the European Poker Championship in October, 2000.
Using his visibility to the game's advantage, Phil is dedicated to helping the public understand the skill involved with the game and the community created among its players.
Phil now has 2 books on poker strategy and stories from poker tours. Buy "Play Poker Like the Pros" today or reserve "Bad Beats and Lucky Draws." Phil's book on poker titled, "Play Poker Like the Pros" was published in June 2003 and saw much success.
On the Poker Side of Phil...
- Second on all-time WSOP money list with $3.6 million to reigning WSOP champ Greg Raymers $5,000,000.
- Won his first World Series of Poker title in 1989 at the tender age of 24.
- Has scored an additional eight WSOP bracelets since then, and that's some serious, serious hardware.
- Ranks number one in Hall of Fame Poker Tournament wins, with five.
- Has dozens of major tournament wins from all over the world, including the World's Biggest Seven-card Stud tournament in Austria, and Late Night Poker in Great Britain.
- Was peer-voted best all-around tournament poker player in the world in 1996.
- Has five World Poker Tour top-ten finishes.
- Phil's Career goal: To become the best poker player of all time.
- And he's well on his way.
Away from the tables...
- He's releasing his second book "Bad Beats and Lucky Draws" in November 2004
- He's partnered with Summus on a Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em cell phone game
- Phil is the best-selling author of Play Poker Like the Pros. Which has been translated into French. And Czech!
- His instructional video, "Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Poker System," is likewise bringing poker wisdom to the masses.
- A bio-pic of his life has been optioned by Beacon Pictures.
- And his autobiography, Poker Brat, is also in the works.
- He has been written about in all sorts of main streampress, including such unlikely bedfellows as Rolling Stone and The Wall Street Journal.
- And also pens a column for Card Player Magazine.
- He has a CAA agent, a sports agent and an agent at UltimateBet.
- And that's good, because the offers just keep coming in.
- Can Phil Hellmuth lunch pails and coffee mugs be far away?
Oh, and in case you're worried that all this professional accomplishment has come at the expense of a happy and wholesome home life, Phil lives the suburban dream in Palo Alto, California, with his wife Kathy (a doctor at Stanford University, no less) and two sons, Phillip III and Nicholas. If they've been taking poker lessons from dad, you might want to give them a nice, wide berth.
Visit Phil's website, www.philhellmuth.com for more stories and updates.
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