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Phil Hellmuth – Over 16 million $
Phil Hellmuth changes the poker game with his colorful and competitive type of playing, earning the nickname “poker brat” because he tried to show everybody at the table that he is one of the greatest poker players alive.
These facts are well anchored in reality because he is the winner of 13 World Series of Poker bracelets with poker earnings of 15.409.230$ and he is known for the presence in the WSOP all time hall of fame gallery.
The professional poker player started his ventures in the poker world after he dropped out of college, winning his first World Series of Poker in 1989 at the age of 24.
At that moment Phil Hellmuth, the professional poker player, was considered the youngest poker player who won this kind of tournament.
For Phil the poker life doesn’t mean only tournaments, dedicating his time also to his clothing company “PokerBrat.com” and several charity events.
To the live tournament earnings he is proud to add other merchandising opportunities that made him wealthy, like the “Hellmuth’s Hold’Em” mobile game or the book titled “Play Poker Like The Pro’s”.
Number 5 was known for playing football for a living
