Irish-born professional poker player and poker analyst Phil Laak currently resides in California. He holds both the World Poker Tour championship and a bracelet from the World Series of Poker. As of 2010, he was the owner of the world record for the longest span of hours spent playing poker in a single session. Because of the sunglasses and hooded sweatshirt, he wears at the poker table, which make him resemble the forensic sketch of American mathematician and domestic terrorist Theodore Kaczynski, he is popularly known as the “Unabomber” in the poker scene. The Irish poker player has made appearances on a number of television programs and is well known for his distinctive and imaginative speech patterns. He was listed as “Poker Pro” in the television movie “Knight Rider,” where he made an appearance. Additionally, he co-hosted the I Bet You program on the MOJO network. The ‘Unabomber Poker website is owned by Laak. This website, which is a part of the Cake Poker Network, has cartoonish visuals and is quite attractive.
Phil’s Casino Career
Phil Laak won his first significant tournament in 2004 at the Celebrity Invitational on the World Poker Tour (WPT). He came in second place at the 2005 World Series of Poker the following year.
The £150,000 prize was his after defeating Ram Vaswani and winning the first William Hill Poker Grand Prix. Laak later competed in the “Phil Phil” tournament and won NBC’s “Poker After Dark,” where he received the $120,000 weekly prize.
He defeated the poker-playing computer program “Polaris” in 2007 along with professional poker player Ali Eslami at a conference hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Laak took part in the Aussie Millions cash game Invitational two years later. He got $250,000 and the PartyPoker.com World Open V trophy in 2009.
On September 16, 2010, he triumphed in the 2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker Europe, earning his first WSOP bracelet of his professional career. The Irish poker player participated in a live game of The Big Game on April 12, 2012. There, he made the biggest ever televised poker mistake when he botched a winning hand worth €63,750.
Phil’s Individual Life
On September 8, 1972, Phil Laak was born in Dublin, Ireland. He completed his studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and received a mechanical engineering degree from there. In 2005, he wed the actress Jennifer Tilly. In addition, the media is not aware of the poker player’s parents or other family members.
Iranian poker professional Antonio Esfandiari, who now resides in California, is believed to have lived with Laak in the past. Laak is currently active on the social networking site Twitter and regularly updates his handle.
Estimated Net Worth
Phil Laak is an Irish-American pundit and professional poker player with an estimated net worth of $18 million. Phil Laak, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1972, was raised in the United States and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Before settling on a career as a professional poker player, he worked in a variety of occupations, including dishwashing, day trading, gardening, and automobile repossession.