The Pros: Phil Gordon
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Phil Gordon is a Texas native who now resides in South Lake Tahoe. Phil started taking college courses at the age of 15, and later graduated with a degree in Computer Science at the age of 20.
After college Phil worked for a computer software company in Santa Cruz and later took another job writing software for Lockheed. While there, some fellow employees talked Phil into joining them in starting their own software company. The company was later bought by Cisco Systems for $95 million.
After the sell of his company, Phil went on a 5 year vacation. He traveled the world from Africa to Australia, to South America. In between and after his travels, Gordon honed his poker skills and began racking up victories. His most impressive was his recent win at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star event, where he admits he played his best poker ever.
Phil has won nearly $1,100,000 in poker tournaments. His poker experiences have been chronicled in Cigar Aficionado, Smithsonian Magazine, CNBC's "Squawk Box", Card Player Magazine, a classic episode of "Blind Date," and many other publications throughout the world.
Phil Gordon is a poker analyst and co-host for Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo. He has also written a poker book titled "Poker: The Real Deal" published by Simon and Schuster. The book is now available in bookstores nationwide.
Phil Gordon's Tip's From The Pros
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