Philip Stewart Gordon, born 6 July 1970, is an American professional poker player, commentator and author. Born in El Paso, Texas, he started at Georgia Tech at fifteen and graduated in 1991 with a degree in computer science, then joined the start-up Netsys Technologies, which Cisco Systems acquired in 1996. He retired from the technology industry in 1997 to travel and play poker. He finished fourth in the 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event and made several later final tables without winning a bracelet, though he won the 2010 Ante Up For Africa event and gave the full prize of 129,086 dollars to charity. On the World Poker Tour he won the Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament in March 2004.
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born July 6, 1970
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Gordon first entered The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2001 and finished fourth, winning nearly $400,000.
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