Paul Phillips (poker player)
| Paul Phillips | |
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Phillips at the 2005 World Series of Poker
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| Nickname(s) | Dot-Com |
| Residence | Bend, Oregon, U.S. |
| Born |
August 9, 1972 (age 44) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 8 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 4 |
Paul Phillips (born August 9, 1972 in San Francisco, California) is an American software developer, entrepreneur and poker player.
Phillips wrote the Boa web server while attending the University of California, San Diego, but no longer maintains it. In 1994, one of his colleagues at college discovered he had an interest in blackjack and subsequently introduced him to poker.
In 1996, he became Chief Technical Officer for Go2Net. This success is the basis of his nickname Dot-com.
Phillips subsequently started working on the Scala compiler and standard library. He is co-founder of Typesafe, a company specializing in the production and support of an open-source platform for software development based upon Scala and Akka. He left Typesafe in 2013 over differences in the architecture of the language, collections library and compiler.
Phillips is known as a controversial figure in the poker world. He was banned from competing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the early 2000s due to comments he made about the way in which the Horseshoe split entry money between players and casino employees. Despite being reinstated as a competitor in late 2001, he only played one event in 2002 (placing 2nd to John Juanda in the $1,500 triple draw lowball Ace to Five event).
Despite choosing not to play in the WSOP, Phillips finished 2nd in the 2003 Tournament Poker Money List.
In 2004 he made three WSOP final tables (one in Omaha hi-lo split and two in no limit hold'em.)
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