Phil “USCphildo” Collins was born in 1985 which makes him in his mid-twenties and he is already one of the best online poker players in the world. He is also starting to play in a lot more live tournaments such as the WSOP events which should help him become better known. Phil is currently the head trainer on the PokerPwnage training website and has helped countless online poker players become winning players.
Collins started playing poker when he attended college at the University of South Carolina and began by grinding at the low limit tables. He eventually started moving up limits and now plays in the biggest cash games and tournaments available on the internet. In 2007 Phil graduated from the University of South Carolina with honours in Business Administration.
Phil is widely known because of his success online including various wins in events such as the Full Tilt Monday $1K and the $100 Poker Stars Rebuy. He has also finished in the top five in several other of the largest online poker tournaments and has won thousands playing online poker in the past couple years alone. Phil has been playing in a lot of live poker events the past two years and has made several high finishes including the following.
? 2007 ? 13th Place Finish in Event #1 $500 NL Holdem Event at the Borgata Poker Open
? 2008 ? 34th Place Finish in Event #7 $2K NL Holdem Event at the World Series of Poker
? 2009 ? 27th Place Finish in Event #24 $2375 NL Holdem Event at the Venetian Extravaganza
? 2009 ? 10th Place Finish in Event #20 $1.5K PL Holdem Event at the World Series of Poker
