Phil Hellmuth
| Phil Hellmuth | |
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Hellmuth at the 2008 World Series of Poker
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| Nickname(s) | The Poker Brat |
| Residence | Palo Alto, California |
| Born |
July 16, 1964 Madison, Wisconsin |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 14 |
| Final table(s) | 54 |
| Money finish(es) | 117 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
Winner, 1989 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 13 |
Phillip Jerome Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), and he is 2007 inductee of the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame. Hellmuth is also known for his temperamental "poker brat" personality.
Hellmuth was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended Madison West High School before moving on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for three years, where he dropped out to become a full-time poker player.
Since 1992, he has lived in Palo Alto, California with his wife Katherine Sanborn, who is a psychiatrist at Stanford University, and their two sons, Phillip III and Nicholas.
As of 2016, his total live tournament winnings exceed $20,900,000. He is ranked seventh on the all-time money list. Hellmuth is known for usually taking his seat at poker tournaments long after they begin. On October 18, 2015, Hellmuth is ranked #119 on the Global Poker Index. (He has been ranked as high as #4 in December 2012.)
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; Hellmuth's record was broken by Peter Eastgate (22) in 2008. Hellmuth holds the records for most WSOP cashes (108) and most WSOP final tables (52), overtaking T. J. Cloutier.
As of March 2015, Hellmuth has won over $12,000,000 at the WSOP and ranks fourth on the WSOP All Time Money List, behind Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Colman, and Daniel Negreanu. Hellmuth also is tied for fifth all time in number of times cashed in the WSOP Main Event. He has eight Main Event cashes (1988, 1989, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, and 2015), placing him behind Berry Johnston (10), and Humberto Brenes, Doyle Brunson, and Bobby Baldwin (9).
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