Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips was born in August 9th in 1972. Enjoying an early managerial career in an internet company the top notch poker player known by his fellow players as ‘dot com’ began playing poker during his college years.

His love for the game started when a friend of his discovered that he was a great fan of blackjack. Soon afterward he joined an internet company as a chief technical executive and from then on, there was no stopping him in the direction that his career took and that would affect his life for the next fifteen years. As a great enthusiast and fluent communicator, the aggressive player says that he loves discussing with people in online forums and on online pages because it helps to improve his thinking capabilities and to develop his skills. The main topics that he is versed on in these chats are issues surrounding the poker game that has continued to dominate his profile. He believes in self criticism and satisfaction with individual method of play where a player targets on improving their play rather than nagging on their failures.

One of his most beautiful performances was during season 2 of the WPT championship when he finished in first and second positions in the Bicycle and Bellagio events respectively where he earned 1.5 Million Dollars. Though this race put him on the limelight, his traditional poker play was still a factor for his wide recognition by the game lovers. His career spilled over to the television cameras with media focusing its attention on Phillips style of play as well as his personality making him a celebrity far from his profession. His happy and witty demeanor won him a place in the social platform and many enthusiasts converse with him freely via his blog. Reviews from fellow giants in the game have revealed him as a truly great player with a concentrated tight style of playing the game. He is known as telepathic and a good player who knows how to face his opponent by reading their moves. He is perfect at short staked plays and is always in for a win in small jackpots. He has been known to regain a lead when his opponent is way ahead. Reminiscent of this is the memorable win at the Bellagio where Paul Phillips recaptured a 5-1 lead in favor of Gus Hansen. The game had begun in a three set consisting of Paul Phillips, Gus Hansen and Paul Carve where Phillips counted on the knowledge of the two opponents to win the race in a very antecedent manner.

During the long span of his career he has won a total of 2.2 million Dollars in game tournaments in the United States and Europe. All these wins are covered in every form of the game from the ‘seven card stud’ to the ‘no-limit hod’em.’ Like all other star players, Paul Phillips owns a website that posts news on his poker career and offers an engaging site for social networking on all topics related and unrelated to poker. Phillips had been a great player also in the business circles. During his tenure as the chief Technical Officer of an Internet firm in Seattle, he saved his shares and sold them out before the collapse of the dot.com boom of the early 1990s earning him millions of dollars. He was just on time for the online share market collapsed soon afterward. Phillips is estimated to be worth 90 million Dollars making him one of the richest poker players.

On the personal front, the poker player is known to be strongly opinionated on a wide a ray of topics that has made him a controversial figure. His ever changing individual styles have made him look like a man for all seasons. However strikingly he may choose to shave his head or wear his clothes, he still remains one of the geniuses of the game who has helped shape the ideas of the game and given it breadth.

The style of Paul Phillips differs from the rest on the technical front. He uses oppositional maneuvers like reading the other players strategies that reverberates back on his play. He employs comical tactics that have the effect of reassurance. His game is characterized by a never say die attitude that has enabled him break from demoralizing situations like lagging behind. He has a commanding presence and skills for short hand games as well as the bigger games. His personal style of playing is usually very mental and logical supplemented by use of memory of the poker board and wide knowledge he has at the theoretical level on the game. The player takes a critical look at the way he plays and believes that an honest evaluation of the methods and personal coordination skills really determine the metal of champions and makes them who they really are. Find out more information about Paul Phillips on his personal blog at: Paul Phillips

Posted by Joel on May 10 2010. Filed under Player Profiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry