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 ago7,791ThePokerAces,

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 ago13,770ChicagoJoey,

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 ago13,537PokerTube,

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...

Phil Galfond Recalls Getting Booted From High Stakes Poker for Being Bad TV

Phil was 22 years old at the time and had been crushing online action for the past three years

Phil Galfond Posts Public Statement on Bullying in the Poker Community

Phil Galfond has written a public statement about Doug Polk, following a significant backlash related to recent news

Phil Galfond and Dan “Jungleman” Cates Provide Free PLO Strategy Videos

If you're currently paying for poker coaching and strategy tips in Pot Limit Omaha, you may very well be throwing your money away

Phil Galfond Must Lose 20lbs and Gain 40k Followers to Win $10k Prop Bet

Phil Galfond has decided the best way to get in shape and increase his social media following is by launching a $10k prop bet

David “Bakes” Baker Fires Shots at Phil Galfond Over Adding Brian Hastings to Run It Once Coaching Lineup

David Baker has posted an angry tweet directed at Phil Galfond over the signing of Brian Hastings as an Elite MTT coach

Jungleman Threatens to Take Phil Galfond Down

Dan “Jungleman” Cates has threatened to take Phil Galfond’s “ass down and clip his wings,” in a video interview with Brandon Adams

Phil Galfond saves Negreanu vs Polk Grudge Match after Bill Perkins Causes Trouble Over Rules!

The Grudge Match of the Century between Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk blew up in a massive row over the rules

Inside Mike Postle’s $330million Defamation Conspiracy Lawsuit: Who He Is Suing And Why

Now with access to the details of the complaint, we investigate not only who Postle is suing, but exactly why…

Junglemans Descent Into Darkness Video Goes Viral

Jungleman’s descent into a villainous role came about on the back of his recent mini-match against Phil Galfond

Calls to Boycott Venetian Poker Room over Rake Grab Claims

The Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas has been fiercely criticised for its latest tournament series