Phil Galfond There’s no denying that Phil Galfond is one of the most respected figures in the poker industry. He doesn’t always say much, but when he does speak up people tend to listen. Recently, Galfond was kind enough to accept our invitation to appear as a guest on the PokerNews Podcast where he offered his thoughts on a plethora of topics including his thoughts on a recent story about a poker dealer taking a shot against him at the high-stakes pot-limit Omaha (PL) tables.
Galfond, who recently released a new course on PLO , also provided updates on the “Galfond Challenge” and where things stand with Run It Once (RIO) now that it’s been sold to Rush Street ; shares his thoughts on potentially appearing on High Stakes Duel opposite Phil Hellmuth ; and why in the world he has a drinking fountain in his Las Vegas home! Finding Rare Heads-Up PLO Action
A couple of weeks ago, PokerNews released a story about a poker dealer , “ChrisIsLord,” stepping up to the plate and competing in a heads-up battle against Galfond. The game was $50/$100 PLO and the challenger, whose YouTube screen name is “ZefaPoker,” sold off 37% of the $20,000 he intended to use for two buy ins ($10,000 each) in the match.
“Yeah, it’s rare [for me to find action],” said Galfond. “It’s hard to find, you know, relatively high-stakes PLO action, especially heads up. So, it was a welcome surprise as I was sitting there. When I stream, which I don’t do too often, but during online WSOP events, sometimes I like to stream, so I just open a couple of cash tables and sit just in case because I do get a little bored one or two tabling an online WSOP event, especially in the early going when it’s not that big a deal yet … what I hope for is a little bit of cash game action, and then this particular time I actually got some.” “It’s a little frustrating when you lose a big pot and then immediately the game’s over.” Surprisingly, Galfond didn’t […]
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