Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth at the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Nickname(s)	The Poker Brat
Hometown	Palo Alto, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	11
Money finishes	63(+1)
Highest ITM main event finish	Winner, 1989
World Poker Tour
Titles	None
Final tables	3(+2)
Money finishes	10

Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a professional poker player. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame^[1] and holds the record for most bracelets won at the World Series of Poker (11)^[2]. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto[1] Area  - City 25. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... Non-Main Event gold bracelets given to the event winners during the 2005 WSOP The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is the biggest non-monetary prize a poker player can win. ... For a list of words Poker, see the Poker category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The following is a glossary of poker terms used in Wikipedia poker articles. ... The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For other uses, see Madison (disambiguation). ... For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ... The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ...

Poker accomplishments

World Series of Poker

In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest player to win the Main Event of the WSOP by defeating the two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan in heads up play. At the 2006 World Series of Poker, after making it down to the last two in a prior event, he captured his record 10th World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event.^[3] At the time, this tied him with fellow poker legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. However, unlike Brunson and Chan, all of his bracelets are in Texas hold'em. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth won his record-breaking 11th bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event.^[4] Hellmuth also holds the record for most WSOP Cashes (63)^[5] and is tied with TJ Cloutier for most WSOP final tables (39). Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For the actor, see Johnny Chan (actor). ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ... Doyle Brunson, also known as Texas Dolly, (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Fisher County, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... The 2007 WSOP Championship Bracelet The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007. ... T.J. Cloutier (born October 13, 1939 in Albany, California) is a professional poker player. ...

Hellmuth has won $5,604,386 at the WSOP and is ranked 7th on the WSOP All Time Money List.^[6]

World Series of Poker bracelets^[7]

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World Poker Tour

Hellmuth has not won a World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament. He has cashed 10 times and made 3 final tables. He finished 4th in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT Event at the 3rd Annual 49'er Gold Rush Bonanza in 2002 and 3rd in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT Event at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods in 2003 and at the 2008 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Hellmuth finished in sixth place earning $229,480 in a final table that included both Phil Ivey and Nam Le. He also played in two WPT Invitational Events, the World Poker Tour by The Book in 2004 and the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II in 2006 and finished 3rd both times.^[8] The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. ... Phil Ivey (born February 1, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an American professional poker player. ... Nam Le (born September 10 in Irvine, California) is a professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California. ...

To date, Hellmuth has won $589,964 in WPT tournaments.

Other tournaments

Hellmuth is the season 3 champion of Late Night Poker.^[9] Late Night Poker is a British television show in which Poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold em tournament games for a prize of approximately £50,000. ...

In 2005, Hellmuth won the first National Heads-Up Poker Championship^[10]. He defeated Men Nguyen, Paul Phillips, Huck Seed, Lyle Berman and Antonio Esfandiari on the way to the final against Chris Ferguson whom he defeated in two out of three games. While trying to repeat in 2006, he lost in the first round to Chip Reese^[11]. In 2007, Hellmuth did not play due to the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker, a tournament in which he took part. He won 4 out of his 6 group matches and eventually finished 3rd in the finals. Hellmuth will take part in the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship^[12], losing in the first round to Tom Dwan. The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States. ... Men The Master Nguyá»…n (born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. ... Paul Phillips may refer to: Paul Phillips: a baseball player Paul Phillips: a guitarist Paul Phillips: a poker player Paul Phillips: a rhino This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Huckleberry (Huck) Seed (born 1969?) is an American professional poker player. ... Berman on the cover of his book, Lyle Berman (born August 6, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a professional poker player and business executive. ... Antonio The Magician Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player. ... Chris Jesus Ferguson (born April 11, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA) is a professional poker player. ... David Edward Chip Reese (born March 28, 1951) is an American professional gambler from Centerville, Ohio. ...

He makes regular appearances on episodes of Poker After Dark, both as a player and as a drop in commentator. Hellmuth won his first Poker After Dark tournament in the opening third season of 2008, winning $120,000. Hellmuth returned two weeks later and claimed his second Poker After Dark title, winning another $120,000.^[8] He also appeared in the first and fourth seasons of GSN's cash game show, High Stakes Poker^[13]. Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted on January 1, 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ... The Game Show Network (GSN) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ... Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... High Stakes Poker logo High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. ...

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,000,000.^[8] He is ranked 3rd on the All Time Money List, behind Jamie Gold and Joe Hachem.^[14] Jamie M. Gold (born August 25, 1969)[1] is an American television producer, an experienced talent agent, and poker tournament player, based in Malibu, California. ... Joseph (Joe) Hachem (pronounced Ha-shem) (Arabic: جوزف هاشم) (born 3 November 1966 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Australian poker player. ...

Poker-related activities

Hellmuth has made several instructional poker videos, including his Ultimate White To Black Belt Course and Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Poker Secrets. He has written many articles for Cardplayer magazine and several poker books including Play Poker like the Pros, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws, The Greatest Poker Hands ever Played, and Poker Brat, which contains autobiographical material as well as poker advice. In May 2004 Phil Helmuth partnered with Oasys Mobile for the release of Texas Hold'em with Phil Hellmuth, the industry's first true multiplayer mobile phone game.^[15] In spring 2006, Hellmuth replaced Phil Gordon as commentator on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown.^[16] For the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, see Phil Gordon (politician) Phil Gordon (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Celebrity Poker Showdown was a celebrity game show on the cable network Bravo. ...

Personality and controversy

Phil Hellmuth at the 2006 World Series of Poker.

Hellmuth is known for making scathing remarks about his opponents’ skills, especially after taking bad beats.^[17] During the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker he stated "I can dodge bullets, baby!" after laying down Ace King to an opponent with pocket Aces on a board of A 4 4 Q rainbow, and even accused an amateur player of not even being able to spell poker after that player put all of his money in the pot preflop with King Jack against Hellmuth's Ace King and hit a three-outer to win the pot.^[18] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ... In poker, bad beat is a subjective term for a hand in which a player who had what appeared to be strong cards nevertheless loses. ...

Some other famous quotes include: "If luck weren't involved, I guess I'd win every one," and "I've revolutionized the way to play Texas hold 'em."^[19]

In the first week of the show Poker After Dark on NBC, after fellow pros Shawn Sheikhan, Steve Zolotow, Gus Hansen, and Huck Seed refused to stop talking while it was his turn to act on his hand after Annie Duke raised him, he threatened to never play in these tournaments again and then he walked away. Annie was the only player at the table who remained quiet while the drama played out. Hellmuth eventually came back and was eliminated a few hands later.^[20] Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted on January 1, 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ... Shahram (Shawn) Sheiky Sheikhan (born in Iran in 1969) is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and daughter. ... Steve Zolotow (also known as Stevie Z) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco. ... Huckleberry (Huck) Seed (born 1969?) is an American professional poker player. ... Annie Duke (born September 13, 1965) is a professional poker player and author. ...

While many professional players, amateurs, and fans alike consider his antics distasteful and abrasive at times, they respect his talent for the game and his personality when he is away from the table. However, Hellmuth has become well-known for his antics and has been nicknamed "poker brat."

Hellmuth's sponsor, UltimateBet, had arranged for him to arrive at the 2007 WSOP Main Event in an Ultimatebet.com race car, complete with racing suit and helmet, accompanied by 11 Ultimatebet.com beauties, one for each of Hellmuth's 11 World Series of Poker bracelets. Those plans came screeching to a halt when Hellmuth crashed the race car in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino parking lot on Sunday. Hellmuth lost control of the race car and hit a concrete light fixture in the parking lot. After the accident, Hellmuth showed up in a limo, met his escorts, and made his grand entrance to the Main Event two hours late.^[21]The accident created some controversy because some people thought that the accident might have been staged, but Hellmuth said it wasn't.^[22] Founded in 2001, UltimateBet. ... The Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino is located off the Las Vegas Strip in Clark County, Nevada, USA. It is better known as The Rio and is owned and operated by Harrahs Entertainment. ...

Hellmuth later made light of the accident in a television advertisement for ultimatebet.com in which the crash is shown.

Personal life

Hellmuth attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years before dropping out to play poker full-time. Hellmuth resides in Palo Alto, California with his wife Katherine Sanborn (whom Phil convinced to play in the Ladies' Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Jennifer Tilly) and two sons, Phillip and Nicholas.^[23] University of Wisconsin redirects here. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto[1] Area  - City 25. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958)[1] is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. ...

References

External links

• Official site
• Cardplayer Magazine articles
• World Poker Tour profile
• Poker Pages profile
• Poker Babes profile
• Hendon Mob tournament results