In the 1988 WSOP, he came in 33rd after being eliminated by eventual champion Johnny Chan. In the 1988 World Series of Poker, Hellmuth had his first in-the-money finish at the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Split, the 6th event. World Series of Poker Phil Hellmuth at the 2006 World Series of Poker. Īs of July 2023, his live tournament winnings exceed $29,000,000.
Hellmuth is known for usually taking his seat at poker tournaments long after they begin. He holds the records for most WSOP cashes (154) and most WSOP final tables (64), overtaking T.
He is ranked 21st on the all-time money list.
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. He then moved on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for three years, where he dropped out to become a full-time poker player. He had trouble with grades and friends during school and said at the time he was the "ugly duckling" of his family. Hellmuth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and attended Madison West High School. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tournament players of all time. 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 a 2007 inductee of the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets. Phil Hellmuth during the WPT Venetian 2021
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