| Phil Laak has been aptly named the 'Unabomber' | | | | the table. He even celebrates his victories by |
| because of his unique sense of style, this s | | | | dancing and performing push ups. |
| famous poker players holds the reputation of | | | | Phil Gordon has not yet earned a single bracelet in |
| being the one of the most successful players | | | | the World Series of Poker but he is a well known |
| around the world. | | | | name in the poker industry. He started his career |
| Most of the poker players admit to the fact that | | | | as a poker player in the year 2001 and the very |
| whenever Laak comes to the table wearing his | | | | same year he snatched the fourth place in the |
| trademark sunglasses, he looks more like a | | | | World Series of Poker Championship. |
| Hollywood actor rather than a Poker Professional. | | | | Phil Gordon got a graduate degree in Computer |
| Phil Laak has forever maintained that poker is his | | | | Science from Georgia Institute of Technologies |
| passion and not his profession throughout the | | | | before he was twenty years old. Phil Gordon is |
| years. | | | | the member of the 'Tilt boys' and he has written |
| This man relies on reading the minds of his | | | | quite a few books on the game of poker. Phil |
| opponents before he goes in for the final kill. It is | | | | Gordon is also the Board member of the Cancer |
| this quality of his that makes him so effective in | | | | Research and Prevention Foundation. |
| the poker table. Although he is thoroughly involved | | | | Phil Gordon has raised his funds by writing a tip |
| in poker but previously he used to be sports bet | | | | booklet that he wrote for Celebrity Poker |
| broker. Nowadays he has an alternative career as | | | | Showdown contestants, he has been supporting |
| a real estate developer and a market speculator. | | | | the charity since he started his Ultimate Sports |
| Phil Laak is considered to be a newcomer | | | | Adventure Fundraising Tour in the year |
| compared to the veterans in this field who have | | | | 2003-2004. |
| been in the poker circles for ages, but the way | | | | Phil Gordon is also known as the nice guy in the |
| he is jumping from one win to the other it is | | | | poker circuits for his nice behavior on the poker |
| pretty evident that he is here to stay. It was in | | | | table, he is well known for his knowledge about |
| the year 1999 when Laak took up poker as | | | | the game. Besides, he has also written for various |
| profession and soon he excelled in the field so | | | | sports magazines and some other poker |
| much so that now he is considered to be poker | | | | magazines, he is regular column writer for ESPN. |
| super star after spending less than a decade in | | | | He is an enigmatic personality both at the table of |
| the field. | | | | poker as well as off the table and his fame is far |
| His strange mannerisms are famous in the poker | | | | reaching even though he has started his career a |
| circuit; this man keeps hiding his face with his | | | | few years back. |
| hands so that no one can read his expression at | | | | |