There's not many people in the poker world that don't know the names 'OMGClayAiken', or 'MrSweets28' online. These aliases belong to the one and only Phil Galfond.
He is one of the biggest characters on the poker scene, and never fails to impress with his ridiculously smart play, and insightful tells. Being a founder of Bluefire Poker, his videos were loved by poker fans and fellow players around the world. This was due to his down to earth nature, and unbelievable knowledge of the game. These videos were based around his nosebleed stakes play around with super high rollers on Full Tilt. Recently, Phil Galfond's overall winnings on Full Tilt poker have exceeded $10m, definitely giving him a concrete spot as one of the best poker players ever.
He also has one WSOP bracelet to his name ($5k PLO event, 2008), with a few close calls too. He was exceedingly close to landing his second bracelet this summer, when he lost HU to Steve Sung in the $25k NLH 6max event. His $744,841 prize for second hopefully softened the blow slightly.
Phil Galfond's huge poker success has naturally landed him seats on poker TV shows such as GSN's High Stakes Poker. Fun Fact: Galfond shot into the limelight, so to speak, when it was reported in 2008 that he bought two identical apartments in New York for a combined price of $3.2m. The reason the press were so interested in this is because he connected the two apartments with a $300k slide...
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1 year ago952PokerTube,Published 1 year ago
Behind the Swings: The Legend of Isildur1Discover the saga of Viktor Blom, renowned in the high-stakes poker realm as Isildur1. Phil Galfond, another notable figure in the...
1 year ago1,352PokerTube,Published 1 year ago
How Tom Dwan's WILD Image Wins Him the MAX!Explore Phil Galfond's in-depth analysis of Tom Dwan's dynamic and unpredictable playing style, delving into how Dwan's bold image...
3 years ago7,709PokerTube,Published 3 years ago
Top 5 Poker MisconceptionsPhil Galfond breaks down the top 5 poker misconceptions. Grab $5 completely free with no deposit Here.
4 years ago6,037PokerTube,Published 4 years ago
Twitch Poker Moments ep. 100Episode 100 of the best Twitch poker highlights this month. Start your journey with $20 free play Here.
7 years ago14,195Bellagio1,Published 7 years ago
The Barry Greenstein ProblemOld school poker legend Barry Greenstein continuation bets pretty much 100% of the time, so in this hand from High Stakes Poker, P...
7 years ago6,292Bellagio1,Published 7 years ago
Fedor Holz and High Stakes PLO!Joey Ingram and Phil Galfond break down a hand the Fedor Holz played during a high stakes PLO cash game on partypoker recently. Fe...
7 years ago10,912ChicagoJoey,Published 7 years ago
Is Men 'The Master' Nguyen an ANGLESHOOTER?!Lots of players have 'interesting' stories about old school player Men "The Master" Nguyen, including Phil Galfond, Daniel Negrean...
7 years ago41,138killjoy1987,Published 7 years ago
Phil Galfond on this INSANE $150,000 Bluff!Phil Galfond joins Joey Ingram as he breaks down a classic hand he played on the legendary High Stakes Poker series where amateur ...
7 years ago9,545BDJB,Published 7 years ago
Phil Galfond's WSOP $10k PLO8 Bracelet HuntPhil Galfond won his third WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 PLO8 Championship this summer and now shares some of his thought...
7 years ago14,229ChicagoJoey,Published 7 years ago
ChicagoJoey - How to Escape DOWNSWINGS w/ Phil GalfondDownswings are a big part of every poker players life, and in this episode of "Real Poker Talk", Phil Galfond joins Joey Ingram to...
Galfond had the custom-built slide installed in his New York apartment when he bought the place for $3.2 million back in 2008, but when he sold up and moved the slide stayed behind.
Glantz and Touil were at the center of a WSOP ‘angleshooting’ row which saw Glantz calling for the rules to be changed in favor of protecting the integrity of the game.
When you’re a blonde actress married to a hugely-successful poker player, it’s probably always going to be difficult to get taken seriously.
It's been more than a year since Phil Galfond announced to the world that he would launch a poker site with an estimated roll out date of Q1 in 2017.
Although his RunItOnce Poker team are “working very hard”, it was his rather surprising DFS involvement which appeared this week.
In a surprise announcement, top online pro and PLO coach Fernando ‘JNandez87’ Habegger has left Upswing Poker.
Doug Polk and Phil Galfond are on the lookout for fresh blood for their sites.
Niman Kenkre's story is one of the more unusual in the world of high-stakes poker.
Phil Galfond’s much-anticipated online poker site, RunItOnce, is set to open this summer.
Phil Galfond has put out the first in a series of press releases which will act as apologia for the decisions made by the dev team.
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