Galfond Challenge: €110,752 Thursday Win for Galfond
Phil Galfond and ‘VeniVidi1993’ got back to their ‘Galfond Challenge’ match on Thursday, March 19, with the 26th session between the two. The two battled for 539 hands of €100-200 PLO on Run It Once Poker and the post-break good fortune continued for Galfond.
The latest session saw Galfond win €110,752.58 off ‘VeniVidi1993.’ Since returning from the three-week break the two took at request of Galfond, Galfond has won nine of 11 sessions and cut his deficit from €900,240.17 to €383,848.66 – a comeback of €516,391.51 over the last 11 sessions.
The Galfond Challenge match between Galfond and ‘VeniVidi1993’ is now 16,403 hands complete. The two are going to play 25,000 hands, so they’re more than 65% of the way through. For side actin, Galfond is risking €200,000 and ‘VeniVidi1993’ is risking €100,000. The side action comes in addition to whatever is won or lost on the Run It Once Poker virtual felt.
Galfond started the winning early on Thursday, and part of that was scooping the following €39,999 pot against ‘VeniVidi1993.’
With €10,799 in the middle on the flop, ‘VeniVidi1993’ checked and Galfond fired €3,563.67. ‘VeniVidi1993’ made the call and the hit the board on the turn. ‘VeniVidi1993’ checked, Galfond fired all in, and ‘VeniVidi1993’ called off his last €11,036.33 to create a €39,999 pot.
‘VeniVidi1993’ showed the and Galfond had the . The river was the , which kept Galfond’s hand best and gave him the win.
Later on, another €39,999 pot went down, and again it was Galfond coming out on top.
There was €3,599 in the pot on the flop and Galfond checked. ‘VeniVidi1993’ bet €1,835.49 and Galfond raised to €9,105.47. ‘VeniVidi1993’ shoved for €18,200 and Galfond made the call.
Galfond had the and ‘VeniVidi1993’ had the . The turn was the 8c to give Galfond a straight. The river was the and Galfond’s nine-high straight won him the pot.
Of course, it really wouldn’t be a day of the Galfond Challenge if someone didn’t win a big pot with quads. It was Galfond making quads and winning a pot north of €49,000 on Thursday.
Galfond led with a €1,971.53 bet into a pot of €5,974.34 on the board. ‘VeniVidi1993’ raised to €7,029.40 and Galfond called. The river was the and the pot was at more than €20,000. Galfond checked, ‘VeniVidi1993’ shoved all in for €14,628.58, and Galfond quickly called.
Galfond had the for quad queens, beating the of ‘VeniVidi1993’ and scooping the €49,290.30 pot.
Challenge Results To Date
Hands Played | Daily Winner | Amount Won | |
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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 |
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Total | 16,403 | VeniVidi1993 | €383,848.66 |
What’s Next for the Galfond Challenge?
The Galfond Challenge between Galfond and ‘VeniVidi1993’ will resume on Friday, March 20, starting at 12 p.m. ET. Sunday will be a day off for the two.
The match is currently 16,403 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.