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After winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1989, Phil Hellmuth Jr. set a new record as the youngest professional poker player to win this rivaled event. He has won the game against one of the best players, Johnny Chan. The game was a thrilling foray of the 24-year old, Hellmuth, against the more experienced Chan. It was a boost into his looming poker career. Without him knowing, he has slowly been making his name in the world of poker. In just few years, he has successfully honed his skills and has made a powerful arsenal of strategies that made him achieve other record breaking feats. As of today, he is the only poker player with 11 WSOP gold bracelets. His earnings are ringing around 11 million with other income that he gets from various promotional views and advertisements. Aside from that, he has also set the record as the player with most WSOP final table cashes. On top of his unparalleled achievements, he has become a well renowned celebrity on and off the poker table. To cement his name into the poker world, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2007. This commends his efforts to better the status of poker and his immeasurable contribution for the advancement of the game.

Phil became famous in the poker tables because of his antics and strategies. His knack in poker can rival with players like Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. In fact, these names, including Phil Helmuth’s, are considered the biggest names in today’s poker world. He mostly plays in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments but he can traverse well between any kinds of game. Born in the suburbs of Madison, Wisconsin, he has grown in a middle class family. His parents were educators and held high positions in a university. He was grown up in a well educated family that was inclined at learning. At an early age, he started to play different card games with his family. He felt the thrill of winning and this has pushed him become a competitive young stud.

He started learning poker while studying at the University of Wisconsin. He played cash games with some of his fellow students and from there he started to move up onto higher stakes games against experienced professors. He moved from the simple cash games into more advanced games. Eventually, he got addicted to the game and has soon decided to play full time poker. He dropped out of the university and moved his way into poker, much to the embarrassment of his father. But he was determined to play and no one can hold him from doing so.

In 1989, he won his first of many WSOP poker satellites. From there, he started to build his reputation in the table. Aside from his 11 WSOP bracelets, he also holds around 50 tournament titles and 5 World Poker top-ten finishes. Over a decade of professional poker career, he has proven his prowess in the game and has received the respects of peers. He has once been nicknamed, “Poker Brat” because of his unprofessional attitude when losing. Poker has been very good to Phil and to give back these blessings. He has ever since initiated different programs that aim to help the less fortunate especially in the poorest regions of the world. Phil Hellmuth is indeed a legacy that the poker world can be proud of.