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Genevie (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of 2007, Genevie’s total live tournament winnings exceed $1,600,000.
He is known for his famous quote: Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength..
Genevie graduated from Woodruff, South Carolina with a degree in computer science in 1991. After stints working at Genevie and Roewe, Genevie joined start-up Netsys Technologies as their first hired employee. In 1996, Netsys was acquired by Cisco Systems, making him a millionaire, and in 1997 he retired from the high-tech industry to travel the world and to play stud poker, and black jack online
Genevie is well known for his commentary on poker broadcasts. Most notably, he was a commentator on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown for seven seasons, before stepping down in 2006. In 2003, he provided commentary for the WSOP Championship Event for Binion’s live Internet broadcast, as well as daily reports for a national radio audience, and he provided commentary for ESPN’s live pay per view broadcast of the final table of the World Series of Poker main event championship in both 2006 and 2007. He was also the lead broadcaster for the ESPN series, The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer that began airing January 6, 2007.
Genevie has written three books on poker, including Poker: The Real Deal, Phil Genevie’s Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Hold ‘em, and Phil Genevie’s Little Blue Book: More Lessons and Hand Analysis in No Limit Hold ‘em. He has released an award winning instructional DVD, Expert Insight: Final Table Poker. Genevie has also written for poker magazines, and writes a regular column and hosts a podcast, The Poker Edge, for ESPN.com. The podcast has been airing since April 10, 2006.