Amnon Eric Filippi is a professional poker player with the nickname “Guts”. He was born on June 29th, 1969 in New York City. There is little information about his family and early years but it is known that he has been playing poker since a child and is a competitive person. When Amnon Filippi was young he knew that after a lot of practice and studying poker, the game could be turned into a career.
Amnon Filippi showed a lot of potential and aggressive playing in which way he caught the eye of Paul “The Truth” Darden in Atlantic City. Paul Darden took Amnon Filippi under his wing and coached him to become a tournament player. His first appearance on a tournament was in the late 2003 in Atlantic City. Amnon Filippi had 3 final tables that year. On September 3rd, 2003, he took part in the 2003 United States Poker Championship Limit 7 Card Stud and finished 4th taking a check for $3.660. On October 29th, 2003, Amnon Filippi participated in the World Poker Finals WPT Season 2 Limit 7 Card Stud where he was placed 3rd and won $10.575. His last participation in 2003 was on December 3rd in The Trump Classic No Limit Hold'em and went home with $4.740.
Before his greatest success in poker, Amnon Filippi joined in several tournaments such as 2004 Festa al Lago III /Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship - WPT Event Season 3 No Limit Hold'em, World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 3 Shootout - No Limit Hold'em, Five-Diamond World Poker Classic II / WPT Event Season 3, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - WPT Event Season 3, The 6th Jack Binion World Poker Open / WPT Event Season 3, Mirage Poker Showdown / WPT Event Season 4 and 36th Annual World Series of Poker. But his most remarkable achievement was on July 18th, 2005 in the Bellagio Cup No Limit Hold'em in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amnon Filippi finished 1st and won a cash prize of $364.200. In 2007 he made it to the final table again, this time in the World Poker Tour Mirage Poker Showdown where he finished 6th and became richer with $100.865. He made another final table in the 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #39 - WSOP H.O.R.S.E World Championship. He was placed 4th and won a check for $ 586,080. His last appearance was on July 13th, 2008, in the Deep Stack Extravaganza Event #46 - No Limit Hold'em where he finished 18th and won $8.097. Amnon Filippi also took a part on GSN’s High Stakes Poker as he is a high stakes cash game player too.
Amnon Filippi total live tournament winnings exceed $1,699,099. He is ranked 166 by Bluff Power and had 7 money finishes. The player now resides in New York.
