The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) wrapped up its stop at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas over the weekend with a talented final table, one in which all six players had resumes of which most poker players would be jealous. The person with the most sparkly bullet point, Phil USCphildo Collins (pictured), also won it all and cashed in for $71,556.

Before last November, Collins was known more for his profitable online poker career than his accomplishments at the live tables. Known as USCphildoin the online world, he has won millions of dollars playing internet poker. While he is essentially a live pro now, Collins was once ranked as high as fifth in the PocketFives Online Poker Player Rankings.

In tournaments alone, he won more than $1.6 million on Full Tilt Poker and over $1.3 million on PokerStars. Collins is one of the elite few to have amassed over $3 million in Rankings-eligible tournaments.

A wider audience recognized Collins when he made the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, becoming a member of the 2011 WSOP November Nine (pictured). A Las Vegas local and fan favorite, he eventually finished fifth in the tournament and earned $2,269,599.

“Playing eight days in the [WSOP] Main Event is an experience almost no one gets to have,” he told HPT officials after his win. “You leave a better player.”

And while even a victory in an HPT event can’t match a final table in the WSOP Main Event, Collins was impressed with the tournament. “I’ve really enjoyed my experience with HPT. The structure is phenomenal,” he said.

Collins had to outlast a very skilled group of opponents at the final table on Monday. There was Terry Presley, winner of the HPT Main Event at the Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma and now, thanks to his sixth place finish in Vegas, the head of the HPT Player of the Year Leaderboard. Then you had Dan O’Brien, Collins’ friend and former roommate, who has scads of WSOP and World Poker Tour cashes as well as experience as a live commentator for poker tournament broadcasts.

Leo Superfluous ManWolpert, who referred to his tablemates as “superstars,” had a WSOP bracelet to his name, earning it in the 2009 $10,000 Heads-Up World Championship. The third place finisher in Vegas, Steve gboro780 Gross (pictured), is one of the most feared and respected players online. Gross last hit the top spot in the PocketFives Rankings back in 2010 and has over $5.8 million in recorded online tournament winnings. In an HPT press release, Collins called Gross “the best online player ever.”

The HPT Palms’ runner-up was Toronto’s Matt AdzizzyMarafioti, who is now just shy of $2 million in live tournament winnings in his career. Like Gross, he is better known for his online play. Going by the name ADZ124, Marafioti is one of the most formidable high-stakes cash game grinders on the internet.

While reaching the final table of the WSOP Main Event was “basically the coolest thing you can ever do in our industry,” according to Collins, beating those five superstars at the HPT final table has to be one of his prouder accomplishments.

Up next for the HPT is the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour in Black Hawk, Colorado. Qualifiers for the $1,500 + $150 Main Event are already underway, with the big tournament beginning on Wednesday with the first of three Day 1 flights.

The 2012 HPT Palms final table results were as follows:

1. Phil USCphildoCollins – $71,556
2. Matt AdzizzyMarafioti – $41,570
3. Steve gboro780Gross – $25,897
4. Leo Superfluous Man Wolpert – $22,489
5. Daniel O’Brien – $17,173
6. Terry Presley – $14,666