| Phil is the expert poker analyst and co-host for Bravo's hit show Celebrity Poker Showdown. Acknowledged as a world-class poker player and poker teacher, Phil is also an adventure traveler and an accomplished businessman.
Phil has won nearly $1,500,000 in poker tournaments since taking the poker world by storm in the 2001 World Series of Poker Championship event where he finished 4th and won $400,000 as well as a spot on the Travel Channel documentary ("Inside the World Series of Poker"). In 2002, Phil followed up his performance with 2 final table appearances, including a 6th place finish in Pot-Limit Hold'em, and a 3rd place finish in Omaha 8/Better. Later that year, Phil was invited to play in the professional division of the World Poker Tour's inaugural tournament in Aruba where he beat out seven of the top players in the world to win the professional division and claim the $250,000 first place check. In March 2004, Phil won the World Poker Tour's "Bay 101 Shooting Stars" tournament in dramatic fashion and claimed the winning purse of $360,000. |
