Philip Hilm is a professional poker player who holds a degree in economics from the Copenhagen Business School. Though, he is originally from Denmark, he lived in Poland for two years and then moved to Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he currently resides. Before taking to poker, Philip Hilm had a small business unit with 12 employees. Philip Hilm started his poker career in late 2003, when one of his friends introduced him to online poker games, and soon he started playing online games and reading books on poker. His love for the game encouraged Philip Hilm to quit his day job, and he became a full-time poker player.
In 2006, Philip Hilm gained the attention of the poker world, when he finished fourth in the Scandinavian Open – European Poker Tournament (EPT)/Pokerstars Season 2 No-Limit Hold'em event and earned $98,296 prize money. His impressive success in this event caught the eye of PokerStars.com, which qualified him to be a PokerStar player. Eventually, he was made the captain of the Polish team of the PokerStars.com World Cup of Poker 2006. Philip Hilm proved to be an efficient captain as he led his team to victory competing against popular teams from the United States of America and Canada.
In 2007, Philip Hilm exhibited his poker talents in the 38th Annual World Series of Poker - No-Limit Hold'em Championship (Event 55). He competed with poker pros including Tuan Lam, Lee Watkinson, Alex Kravchenko, and many others to finish in ninth place and win prize money of $525,934. In the EPT Grand Final - No-Limit Hold'em event held in the same year, he bagged $52,189 in prize money and earned a good reputation among poker pros.
Philip Hilm usually plays at Full Tilt Poker and prefers to play heads-up. His regular game is $10-$20 No-Limit Hold'em, but if the action is good he likes playing the highest limits. Poker is both a profession and hobby for him and he says that the game demands a great deal of discipline to be a pro. Though he specializes in online poker games, Philip Hilm has shown great interest in live tournaments and is very optimistic towards his goal of winning a bracelet. According to him, intermediate players should practice playing heads-up cash games, focus on their own style of playing, and never underestimate the skills of their opponent. Philip Hilm says players should learn to appreciate bad beats as they can identify their weak areas only when they lose.
Philip Hilm has made $683,349 total live tournament winnings with four cashes.