Phil Hellmuth : Professional Poker Player

Professional Poker Player Phil Hellmuth has a record of nine gold bracelets (tying with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan) and is one of the all time top money winners.

This Poker professional is one of the most successful tournament poker player of all time and has won more money in tournaments in the last 10 years than any other player.

As a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1985, Phil Hellmuth discovered poker while studying and then continued on, at the age of 24 years old, to become the youngest professional poker player to ever win the World Series in 1989.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin and currently lives in Palo Alto, California, he travels the tournament circuit for larger buy-in events and is a spokesman for the online card-room Ultimate Bet.

Phil Hellmuth has written a book called "Play Poker Like the Pros", released with moderately warm reviews. This Professional poker playeralso is reputed to be a poker hellion . He is constantly griping about his opponent’s style of playing. His poor attitude will, unfortunately, detract from his image as one of the great poker players.

His goal is to be the best poker player of all time. Phil Hellmuth stated "Being a professional poker player has been very difficult for me. In what other profession can you be at the top and have so many unsatisfying moments? Losing all of your money comes with the territory when you're playing poker for a living. The highs are great: winning world championships and having hundreds of thousands of dollars flow to you."

"But the lows are awful. The level of frustration involved with going broke is incredible. Not being able to pay the bills or even ante up in a poker game is tragic for a great poker player. Being a champion is all about how you deal with the bad times. During the bad times you must improve yourself and grow as a person. During the bad times you better figure out a way to handle your next upswing better than the last time. During the bad times I become focused, clear minded, disciplined and hungry. It is all about using the pain at the bottom to improve, and propel yourself back to the top"

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