Lifetime Live Winnings
$ 23,635,152World Series Of Poker
15 x 
- Lifetime Cashes: 155
- Cashes Total: $15,252,777
- Biggest Cash: $2,645,333
WPT Championships
2 x
- Lifetime Cashes: 12
- Cashes Total: $788,461
- Biggest Cash: $364,370
EPT Championships
1 x
- Lifetime Cashes: 1
- Cashes Total: $25,429
- Biggest Cash: $25,429
High Rollers
3 x 
- Lifetime Cashes: 13
- Cashes Total: $7,227,808
- Biggest Cash: $2,645,333
| Poker Series | Win | FT | ITM To FT % | ITM | ITM to W% | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSOP | 15 | 69 | 44.52% | 155 | 9.68% | $15,252,777 |
| WPT | 2 | 9 | 75.00% | 12 | 16.67% | $788,461 |
| EPT | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 100.00% | $25,429 |
| AUSSIE MILLIONS | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| HIGH ROLLERS | 3 | 11 | 84.62% | 13 | 23.08% | $7,227,808 |
| TRITON | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | $0 |
Phil Hellmuth Biography & Poker Career
Known in the poker world as "The Poker Brat", Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a professional poker player and author, with live tournament winnings in excess of $23,000,000.
Phil is one of the poker all-time greats - having won a record fifteen World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet events as of 2020. At the 1993 World Series of Poker, he became just the second player in WSOP history to win three bracelets in one World Series. Hellmuth was involved with creating the software for now defunct poker site UltimateBet, and was formerly a UB "Team Pro".
Phil plays ALL the poker variants, not just Texas-hold'em. Phil has wins and big-cashes in some of the toughest live poker events, showing the world that no matter how much poker evolves, he's still one of kings of the game.
Phil Hellmuth Jr Highlights
Some highlights of Hellmuth's exhaustive resume of tracked poker wins and cashes (which spans decades) include:
- a win in the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event
- a win at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) main event.
- 2nd place in the €25,500 Mixed Games Championship for ~€238,000
- a win in the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) No Limit Hold'em Heads Up event
- a win in the 2018 WSOP $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event for ~ $485,082
and more.
TV Poker
Hellmuth has been a regular on poker TV shows "high stakes poker", Poker After Dark and Late Night Poker.
Awards
Phil was inducted into the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame in 2007.
Bibliography
- Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold 'Em (2005) ISBN 0-06-083460-9
- Bad Beats and Lucky Draws: Poker Strategies, Winning Hands, and Stories from the Professional Poker Tour (2004) ISBN 0-06-074083-3
- Play Poker Like the Pros (2003) ISBN 0-06-000572-6
Social / Website
You can connect with Phil Hellmuth via Twitter at Twitter.com/phil_hellmuth and via his website at www.philhellmuth.com.
