- Phil Gordon
infobox poker player
firstname=Phil
lastname=Gordon
nickname=Tiltboy
caption=Phil Gordon at the Caesars Palace Poker Blog Tournament
hometown=Las Vegas, Nevada
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=16
wsop main event best finish rank=4th
wsop main event best finish year=2001
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles=1
wpt final tables=2
wpt money finishes=2: "For the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, seePhil Gordon (politician) "Philip Stewart Gordoncite web|url=http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?28990136979|title=F.E.C. Image|publisher=
Federal Election Commission |date=2007-12-12|accessdate=2008-12-12] (bornJuly 6 ,1970 ) is an American professionalpoker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas,Nevada . As of 2008, Gordon's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000.Hendon Mob [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=97 Poker Profile] ]Gordon graduated from
Georgia Tech with a degree incomputer science in 1991. After stints working atSanta Cruz Operation and Lockheed, Gordon joined start-upNetsys Technologies as their first hired employee. In 1996, Netsys was acquired byCisco Systems , making him a millionaire, and in 1997 he retired from the high-tech industry to travel the world and to play poker. [ [http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/spr05/article3.html Georgia Tech Alumni Association - Phil Gordon Plays a Winning Hand ] ]World Series of Poker
Phil Gordon first entered The
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2001 and finished 4th, winning $400,000. [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=97 Hendon Mob Database: Phil Gordon] ] In 2002, he made two more WSOP final tables, finishing 6th in the $2,000 Pot Limit hold 'em event and 3rd in the $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event. [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=97 Phil Gordon: Hendon Mob Poker Database ] ] At the 2005 WSOP, he finished 3rd in the $1,500 No LimitTexas hold 'em Shootout event. Although he made several WSOP final tables, he has yet to win a bracelet. To date, Gordon has won $641,073 at the World Series of Poker.World Poker Tour
In March 2004 Gordon knocked out two players at once to win the WPT's Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament. [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=97 Phil Gordon: Hendon Mob Poker Database ] ] In 2002, Gordon won the professional division of the first
UltimateBet Aruba tournament, before losing the championship to the amateur division's winner,Juha Helppi .Other events
On
Thanksgiving Day 2006, Gordon won theFull Tilt Poker Poker Championship at Red Rock , outlasting 5 other notable poker headliners and ultimately defeatingRoland De Wolfe heads-up to win a purse of $600,000. Gordon earned $25,000 at the "2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship" tournament, finishing in the final 16. Gordon defeatedScotty Nguyen and 2006 WSOP Main Event championJamie Gold to advance.Poker commentary
Gordon is well known for his commentary on poker broadcasts. Most notably, he was a
commentator on Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown " for seven seasons, before stepping down in 2006. In 2003, he provided commentary for the WSOP Championship Event for Binion's live Internet broadcast, as well as daily reports for a national radio audience, and he provided commentary for ESPN's livepay per view broadcast of the final table of the World Series of Poker main event championship in both 2006 and 2007. He was also the lead broadcaster for the ESPN series, The "Pro-Am Poker Equalizer " that began airingJanuary 6 , 2007.Gordon has written three books on poker, including "Poker: The Real Deal", "Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Hold 'em", and "Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book: More Lessons and Hand Analysis in No Limit Hold 'em". He has released an award winning instructional DVD, "Expert Insight: Final Table Poker". Gordon has also written for poker
magazine s, and writes a regular column and hosts a podcast, "The Poker Edge", for ESPN.com. The podcast has been airing since April 10, 2006.Cancer Research
Gordon was first taught poker by his aunt, who died of liver cancer. As such, he has carried out fundraising as a Board Member of the
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation , a charity he has supported since he and fellow poker pro,Rafe Furst , embarked on their Ultimate Sports Adventure tour in 2003-04.He has raised funds by selling a tip booklet he wrote for Celebrity Poker Showdown contestants; forming the grassroots "Bad Beat on Cancer" initiative at the
2003 World Series of Poker ; setting up a $200 entry Roshambo tournament at the 2005 World Series of Poker, with the first prize being a buy-in to the main event, and all profits going to the charity; hosting acelebrity poker tournament one day prior toSuper Bowl XXXVIII inHouston ; and donating private lessons ($500) and autographed books ($50) available exclusively at the CRPF website.Personal life
Gordon is 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. He has won two national bridge competitions at
American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championships (NABC). InBoston in the Summer NABC in 1990 he won theRed Ribbon Pairs . In Las Vegas in the Summer NABC in 2008 he won theOpen Swiss Teams . Gordon was profiled in the New York Times bridge column on August 16, 2008. His first child, Alexander "Xander" Smith Gordon, was born May 28, 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.philnolimits.com Official site]
* [http://www.expertinsight.com Expert Insight]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=Phil_Gordon&source=l_navbar&rT=sports ESPN.com column]
* [http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/philGordon.php Full Tilt Poker profile]
*imdb name|id=1503696|name=Phil Gordon
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