Profile of Phil Laak, a professional poker player and unique character. Phil Laak is often referred to with nickname Unabomber, which he earned with his clothing resemblance to FBI sketch drawing of the wanted criminal nicknamed Unabomber. Laak has played successfully against both human poker players and computer poker bots. The latter being the matched against Polaris poker bot, which Phil Laak narrowly beat with another pro poker player Ali Eslami.