Phillip Hui

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Phillip Hui
  Personal information  
Date of birth 17th November 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States San Antonio
Nicknames
0
KungPhuiPokerStars

PHFLYER06Full Tilt Poker
place of residence United StatesUnited States San Antonio
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,099,311
Total prize money $ 3,113,683
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 42
Best main event 1051. ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 10
Last updated: April 12, 2020

Phillip "Phil" Hui (born November 17, 1987 in San Antonio , Texas ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Prior to his poker career, Hui played golf professionally at the University of Texas at San Antonio . He is in a relationship with poker player Loni Harwood , who is also a two-time bracelet winner. Hui lives in San Antonio .

Poker career

Career

Hui played online from October 2008 to “Black Friday” in April 2011 under the nicknames KungPhui ( PokerStars ) and PHFLYER06 ( Full Tilt Poker ) . He has teamed up with tournament poker almost 150,000 US dollars earned. Since 2009 Hui has been participating in renowned live tournaments .

Mid-November 2010 won a Hui Circuit tournament of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Lake Tahoe with a prize money of more than $ 25,000. In 2013 , he first won the WSOP main tournament series at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and made it into the money twice. He reached for a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em final table, finishing in doped with nearly US $ 60,000 sixth place. At the 2014 WSOP , Hui won an event in Omaha Hi-Lo and secured a bracelet and a prize of nearly $ 300,000. At the end of November 2014, he finished seventh at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Kahnawake for around 75,000 Canadian dollars . At the 2017 WSOP , Hui took second place in a tournament in the mixed variant HORSE and received just under 160,000 US dollars. Two years later, he reached two final tables in mixed-variant tournaments for over $ 110,000 in prizes at the 2019 WSOP and then won the $ 50,000 Poker Player's Championship , one of the most prestigious events on the tournament schedule. In return, Hui prevailed against 73 other players and secured his second bracelet as well as his highest prize money by far of around 1.1 million US dollars. This achievement was recognized in March 2020 with a Global Poker Award for the “Final Table Performance of the Year 2019”.

Overall, Hui has earned more than $ 3 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Hui cashed 42 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2014 0.3000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 457 0.286.976
2019 50,000 The Poker Player's Championship 074 1,099,311

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b KungPhui in the PocketFives database, accessed on July 4, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Phillip Hui in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ University of Texas at San Antonio - Phillip Hui - 2007-08 on goutsa.com, accessed July 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Breakout with Phillip Hui: Finding Love and Happiness in Poker on bluff.com, November 7, 2014, accessed July 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b c Phillip Hui in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Lake Tahoe ($ 345 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 18)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 3,000 Omaha Hi / Lo (Event # 59)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  9. ↑ The Playground Poker Fall Classic / WPT Montreal (C $ 3,500 + 350 No Limit Hold'em WPT Montreal) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 3,000 HORSE (Event # 44)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  11. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 1,500 HORSE (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  12. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 2,500 Mixed Big Bet (Event # 43)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 Poker Players Championship (Event # 58)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Hui, Phillip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hui, Phil (nickname); KungPhui (nickname); PHFLYER06 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio , Texas , United States