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Phil Hellmuth

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Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player who holds the record for most World Series of Poker bracelets, with seventeen. He won the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker at age twenty four, later won the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, and was inducted into the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame in 2007. He is the only player in poker history to have won a WSOP bracelet in five different decades, with bracelets spanning from 1989 through 2023.

Facts
Birth Year
1964 1
Birth Date
1964-07-16 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
Holds the record for most World Series of Poker bracelets won, with seventeen, and is the only player to win a WSOP bracelet in five different decades. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia, Phil Hellmuth
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  • Wikipedia article lead sentence, nationality clause
    Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em.
  • Wikipedia article lead sentence, birth date parenthetical
    Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em.
  • Wikipedia article lead sentence, birth year
    Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em.
  • Wikipedia article lead paragraph, achievement sentence
    He is the only player in poker history to have won a WSOP bracelet in 5 different decades.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em.
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