Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond

There's not many people in the poker world that don't know the names 'OMGClayAiken', or 'MrSweets28' online.

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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7 years ago6,165BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

National Heads-Up Poker Championship - Selbst Vs Galfond

Phil Galfond and Vanessa Selbst play awesome heads-up poker in their third round tie in the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Champions...

10 years ago64,068RPFC,

Published 10 years ago

400PLO Phil Galfond Part 1

How To Play Poker 400PLO Phil Galfond Part 1. More PLO videos on PokerTube.

10 years ago65,554RPFC,

Published 10 years ago

400PLO Phil Galfond Part 2

How To Play Poker 400PLO Phil Galfond Part 2. More PLO Videos on PokerTube.

9 years ago69,815ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Big PLO Pot - Phil Galfond, Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey

Huge action hand between three of the best: Phil Ivey, Phil Galfond and Patrik Antonius

9 years ago7,790ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Bill Klein Bluff vs Galfond

Sick bluff against one of the best in the game

5 years ago6,024ChicagoJoey,

Published 5 years ago

ChicagoJoey - Can I REALLY Fold This River??

Phil Galfond joins Joey Ingram for a series of Pot Limit Omaha strategy videos where they will be analysing and breaking down some...

5 years ago13,769ChicagoJoey,

Published 5 years ago

ChicagoJoey - How to Escape DOWNSWINGS w/ Phil Galfond

Downswings are a big part of every poker players life, and in this episode of "Real Poker Talk", Phil Galfond joins Joey Ingram to...

8 years ago5,081BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

Daniel Negreanu Gets Galfond to Go for It

Daniel 'KidPoker' Negreanu gets Phil Galfond to pay him with far the worst hand

9 years ago10,485ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Daniel Negreanu Value Towns Phil Galfond

Daniel Negreanu flopping huge and going for the max value against Phil Galfond

8 years ago13,535PokerTube,

Published 8 years ago

Faraz Jaka on his GPL team, Bay 101 and Alex Dreyfus

Faraz Jaka recently got the role as manager for one of twelve teams in the Global Poker League, San Francisco Rush. In the draft h...

The Ultimate Poker Fantasy Team

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Scammy Sammy and High Stakes Thieves

Last week saw one of the game's elite players take the step of going public after clearly having had enough with getting the run around over a loan he had given out.

Patrik Antonius says HUDs are not fair, Community Reacts

The Poker Community Reacts to Patrik Antonius Claim that HUDs are not fair

Live Poker Events, 8 years ago

Phil Galfond Wins 2-7 NL Draw Championship for Second WSOP Bracelet

Phil Galfond triumphed in a small but very strong field in the $10k 2-7 Draw championship to claim his second WSOP bracelet

Phil Galfond and Farah Fath Tie the Proverbial Knot

About six months after announcing their engagements, Phil Galfond and Farah Fath got married in their Las Vegas home

Phil Galfond Engaged to Farah Fath

Big:L;adies, Phil Galfond is officially off the market! CLEAR: The professional poker player got engaged to American actress Farah Fath, best known for her role as Mimi in 'Days of Our

Weekly Highstakes Report: Phil Ivey Stuck a Lot, Kostritsyn Continues to Crush

Although we are somewhat used to these highstakes report containing information about Gus Hansen’s losses, contrary to the trend, The Great Dane was able to pull off a decent weekend. After good