Phil Hellmuth Jr. Phil J. Hellmuth Jr. was born July 16, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker by defeating Johnny Chan in the World Series of Poker main event. As of 2006, Hellmuth has won a record 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, a record only matched by Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson. Hellmuth attended the University of Wisconsin for three years before dropping out to play poker full time. He is sometimes known as "poker brat" because of his perceived attitude and ego. Despite this reputation, his accomplishments are highly respected in the poker world. All his WSOP bracelets are in Texas hold 'em events. Hellmuth resides in Palo Alto, California with his wife Katherine Sanborn (a psychiatrist at Stanford University) and two sons, Phillip III and Nicholas. This year's WSOP was especially special for Reese, he won the tournament's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event and took home $1,716,000 and a World Series of Poker bracelet to match. See More Profiled World Series Of Poker Players