Matthew Hilger is an American professional poker player and author from Atlanta, Georgia.
He received a second Master's in International business from Thunderbird School of Global Management (1996), then worked for Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) in numerous positions.
)[1][2][3][4] On Sunday, May 4, 2008, he won the Full Tilt Poker 750k guaranteed for $132,788 beating a 3,600+ player field.
[6] Hilger has recently stopped being a professional poker and now works an office job at PokerStars on the Isle of Man.
He is also a big supporter of the Colombian children's charity COLOMBIANITOS, having served on the board of directors until 2009.