Phil Gordon Biography
Phil Gordon was born in El Paso, Texas on the 6th of July, 1970. During his childhood Phil and his sister would spend a lot of time at their Aunt’s house and while there, they would play five card draw each night. This family bonding time helped develop Phil’s love of poker and probably set him on the path to poker fame.
Phil was a very smart kid. He actually went to college at the age of 15 and graduated with a degree in computer science at the age of 20. Gordon then got in as the first employee of Netsys Technologies Incorporated and helped build the company into a serious competitor in the industry. Only three years after Netsys began it was purchased by Cisco Systems for $95,000,000, part of which was Phil’s cut.
With this money Phil began a trip around the world experiencing things most people can only dream of. He floated down the Amazon River, tracked Gorillas in Uganda, judged a bikini contest in Australia and much, much more.
When Phil came back to American he immediately took the plunge into the poker world and found quick success. Phil finished fourth in the main event at the ’01 WSOP to take home $400,000. Three years later he won his only major tournament. Phil has almost $2,000,000 in tournament winnings, but it isn’t his poker playing that really earned him the fame in the industry.
Phil is most well known for his poker commentary and writing. Phil was the commentated the Celebrity Poker Showdown television series until ’06 and also commentated the WSOP main event final table in ’06 and ’07. Phil has also written many successful poker books including ‘Poker: The Real Deal’ and ‘Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book’. He also developed a poker instructional DVD called ‘Expert Insight: Final Table Poker’.
Phil Gordon is a member of team Full Tilt and you can find him participating in some of the bigger tournaments from time to time. Phil is always adding new strategy content to the Full Tilt Poker academy and he is one of the best poker teachers in the game.
