Phil Gordon (poker player)

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Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon (2011)
Phil Gordon (2011)
  Personal information  
Date of birth June 6, 1970
Nickname Tiltboy
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.600,000 $
Total prize money $ 2,786,896
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 20th
Best main event 4th ( 2001 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 1
Last updated: February 24, 2020

Philip Stewart "Phil" Gordon (born June 6, 1970 ) is a professional American poker player . He currently resides in Las Vegas , Nevada .

Poker career

Tournament successes

Gordon played for the first time in 2001 at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and was promptly Fourth, for which he 400,000 US dollars received. A year later he reached two final tables and was sixth and third each. In 2005 he finished third in a shootout event. Although Gordon reached a few more money finishes , he failed to win a bracelet . His current World Series of Poker earnings are just under $ 870,000. He had his last cash win at the WSOP in 2010 .

Gordon made the final table of a 2002 World Poker Tour tournament before winning the Main Event in San José in March 2004 . For this he received a prize of 360,000 US dollars. Gordon has appeared in a variety of television tournaments, including Poker After Dark and NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship . In total, he has earned almost three million US dollars with poker in live tournaments .

Journalism and literature

Gordon was a member of the Tiltboys poker group . He has also appeared on several television and radio broadcasts that had poker as a topic. He also wrote columns for well-known poker magazines. He has also written several books (Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book, The Real Deal: Insider Tips from the Co-host of "Celebrity Poker Showdown", Tales from the Tiltboys) and commented on a DVD for beginners.

useful information

  • Gordon was involved in the start-up of the high-tech company Netsys Technologies in the 1990s, which was sold to Cisco Systems in September 1996 for 79 million US dollars .
  • Gordon founded an organization to help people with cancer.
  • He is 2.06 meters tall.
  • Gordon is married.

Web links

Commons : Phil Gordon  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phil Gordon in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Phil Gordon in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Blog ( Memento from December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) of the Tiltboys , accessed on February 24, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gordon, Philip Stewart (full name); Tiltboy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1970