Galfond Challenge: 'VeniVidi1993' Scores €76,026 Victory
Friday’s ‘Galfond Challenge’ session saw Phil Galfond and ‘VeniVidi1993’ play 645 hands of €100-200 Pot Limit Omaha on Run It Once Poker, pushing the two past the 17,000-hand mark of their 25,000-hand match. Although he has been crushing lately in what has been a tremendous comeback effort, Galfond lost in the latest session, dropping €76,026.05 to ‘VeniVidi1993.’
The match now sits at 17,048 hands complete, with ‘VeniVidi1993’ up €459,874.71. The two have now played 27 sessions of PLO. If this is your first time tuning in to the Galfond Challenge, you may find it incredible to see that Galfond is down nearly half a million Euros. But, he was down more than €900,000, so the deficit isn’t nearly as bad as it was.
Friday’s match got started with some early fireworks, and there was a €39,999 pot within the first several minutes of the duel.
On the button, Galfond made it €600 to go. ‘VeniVidi1993’ reraised to €1,800 and Galfond called. The 
flop came out and ‘VeniVidi1993’ led with a pot-sized bet of €3,599. Galfond raised to €14,396 with €3,804 behind, ‘VeniVidi1993’ shoved for €18,799, and Galfond called off his stack.
Galfond had the 
and ‘VeniVidi1993’ had the 
. The turn and river were the 
and 
, giving Galfond the winning hand with a full house, queens over threes.
Another three-bet pot that led to a big all-in clash was the following hand, started by ‘VeniVidi1993’ raising to €600 on the button and Galfond reraising to €1,800 before ‘VeniVidi1993’ called.
The 
flop saw Galfond lead for €1,187.67 into a pot of €3,599. ‘VeniVidi1993’ raised to €7,162.01, Galfond reraised to €19,394.67 and was all in, and ‘VeniVidi1993’ made the call.
Galfond had the 
and ‘VeniVidi1993’ revealed the 
. The turn was the and the river was the 
. With a full house, sevens over eights, ‘VeniVidi1993’ was pushed the €42,388.34 pot.
In a €45,135.04 pot later on, ‘VeniVidi1993’ rivered a full house to overtake Galfond’s turned boat.
With €9,199 in the middle on the 
board, ‘VeniVidi1993’ checked and Galfond fired €6,132.67. ‘VeniVidi1993’ made the call and the two saw the 
hit the river. With a stack of €11,835.35 and the pot at €21,464.34, ’VeniVidi1993’ checked. Galfond moved all in, having ‘VeniVidi1993’ covered, and ‘VeniVidi1993’ made the call.
‘VeniVidi1993’ showed the 
for a full house, aces over tens, thanks to the river. Galfond had flopped trip tens and turned tens full of sevens with the 
, but he was on the losing end of the showdown.
Challenge Results To Date
| Hands Played | Daily Winner | Amount Won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (Jan. 22) | 655 | VeniVidi1993 | €72,572.68 |
| Day 2 (Jan. 23) | 715 | Phil Galfond | €2,615.26 |
| Day 3 (Jan. 24) | 557 | VeniVidi1993 | €84,437.52 |
| Day 4 (Jan. 25) | 581 | VeniVidi1993 | €17,544.87 |
| Day 5 (Jan. 27) | 726 | VeniVidi1993 | €155,063.52 |
| Day 6 (Jan. 28) | 703 | VeniVidi1993 | €13.31 |
| Day 7 (Jan. 30) | 823 | VeniVidi1993 | €52,057.13 |
| Day 8 (Jan. 31) | 940 | VeniVidi1993 | €60,743.37 |
| Day 9 (Feb. 1) | 446 | VeniVidi1993 | €12,706.51 |
| Day 10 (Feb. 3) | 696 | VeniVidi1993 | €100,993.30 |
| Day 11 (Feb. 4) | 741 | VeniVidi1993 | €15,647.36 |
| Day 12 (Feb. 6) | 622 | Phil Galfond | €87,940.91 |
| Day 13 (Feb. 7) | 470 | VeniVidi1993 | €267,949.70 |
| Day 14 (Feb. 8) | 593 | VeniVidi1993 | €48,473.73 |
| Day 15 (Feb. 9) | 659 | VeniVidi1993 | €102,593.34 |
| Day 16 (Mar. 4) | 574 | Phil Galfond | €183,481.38 |
| Day 17 (Mar. 5) | 582 | VeniVidi1993 | €21,571.51 |
| Day 18 (Mar. 6) | 555 | Phil Galfond | €27,198.94 |
| Day 19 (Mar. 7) | 638 | Phil Galfond | €26,018.41 |
| Day 20 (Mar. 9) | 566 | Phil Galfond | €92,803.89 |
| Day 21 (Mar. 10) | 576 | Phil Galfond | €3,766.94 |
| Day 22 (Mar. 11) | 556 | VeniVidi1993 | €88,465.60 |
| Day 23 (Mar. 12) | 598 | Phil Galfond | €23,821.05 |
| Day 24 (Mar. 13) | 628 | Phil Galfond | €19,099.65 |
| Day 25 (Mar. 14) | 664 | Phil Galfond | €139,485.78 |
| Day 26 (Mar. 19) | 539 | Phil Galfond | €110,752.58 |
| Day 27 (Mar. 20) | 645 | VeniVidi1993 | €76,026.05 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Total | 17,048 | VeniVidi1993 | €459,874.71 |
What’s Next for the Galfond Challenge?
On Saturday, March 21, Galfond and ‘VeniVidi1993’ will be back for another session of the Galfond Challenge, starting at 12 p.m. ET.
The match is currently 17,048 hands complete. The two are scheduled to play 25,000 hands, with Galfond putting up €200,000 in side action to the €100,000 of ‘VeniVidi1993.’
Be sure to stay tuned to PocketFives for more on the Galfond Challenge.
