How much is Phil Hellmuth worth?
| Net Worth: | $15 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Poker Player |
| Date of Birth: | July 16, 1964 (age 58) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
About Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth, whose full name is Philip Jerome Hellmuth Jr, is an American professional poker player. He began his career in the 1980s and as of now is one of the top names in professional poker. Over the past four decades, Hellmuth has won the World Series of Poker bracelets for fifteen consecutive years. In addition to that, he is also a two-time winner of the World Series of Poker in 1989 and 2012.
Phil Hellmuth became famous immediately after he began his poker career. He was born on July 16, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended the Madison West High School from which he graduated in the 1980s. Shortly after, he spent three years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied business and economics.
He dropped out in the late 1980s and decided to focus his attention on poker. In his late twenties, while being one of the quickest rising stars in poker, he met his wife Katherine Sanborn who works as a psychiatrist at the Stanford University, with whom he has two children – Phillip III and Nicholas.
Winning important tournaments against various well-known players from around the world is how the professional poker player became rich. As of now, all of his live tournament winnings have exceeded an estimated $30 million and he is ranked 21st on the all-time money list. Long before that, in 1988, he made his first major appearance in a poker tournament. In the 1988 World Series of Poker, he had his very first in-the-money finish where he was eliminated by the eventual champion Johnny Chan and came in 33rd.
The following year, at the age of 24, he became the youngest player to win the main event of the WSOP event which occurred when he defeated Johnny Chan in heads-up play. In his very first appearance at a world-class tournament, in the 1989 “No Limit Hold em World Championship” he spent more than an estimated $10,000. He was able to accumulate an estimated $755,000 from his impressive performance. Throughout the 1990s, he partook in several “Limit Hold em” and “No Limit Hold em” events, in which he earned an estimated $100,000 to $200,000 per event. From that decade alone, he was able to win an estimated $1 million.
Ever since the 2000s, he has been making sporadic appearances on the aforementioned “Limit Hold em” and “No Limit Hold em” events, entering with less than an estimated $5,000 and leaving with more than an estimated $400,000. His biggest win came in the 2012 event entitled “No Limit Hold em Main Event”, from which he was able to earn an estimated $1 million. Other notable tournaments that he participated in are “Poker After Dark”, “Late Night Poker”, “Poker Em 7-Card Stud Main Event”, and “Party Poker”. Among some of his most illustrious wins are against the likes of Men Nguen, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Ferguson, Chip Reese, and Huck Seed.
Phil Hellmuth’s biggest win was his fourth-place finish in the $1,000,000 buy-in “Big One for One Drop” tournament collecting a cool $2,645,333 on the return. As of 2023, Hellmuth’s net worth is estimated to be $15 million.
Concentration and skills in reading people made Hellmuth one of the leading names in poker.
In addition to playing poker in world-class events that brought him fame and wealth, Phil Hellmuth has been a guest on multiple television shows and realities. One of his first appearances came in the cash game show “High Stakes Poker”. He first appeared in the inaugural season that premiered in January 2006. From then on, he took part in the fourth and sixth seasons of the GSN show. Besides that, he has made several instructional poker videos, coached on the Fox Sports Network’s “Best Damn Poker Show”, written for magazines such as Cardplayer, authored several poker books, and partnered with various companies such as Oasys Mobile for the creation of his own mobile app – “Texas Hold em by Phil Hellmuth”.
Summing-Up
Phill Hellmuth is one of the most famous and richest poker players in the entire world. As of now, from all of his business activities and performances in poker games, he has earned tens of millions, an amount that continues to rise with each year. As of 2023, Phill Hellmuth’s net worth is estimated to be $15 million.
In recent years, for his incredible wins and records in poker tournaments, Hellmuth has earned himself a spot in a few hall of fames such as WSOP (World Series of Poker) and WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe).
