Phil Galfond continues a huge comeback in the Galfond Challenge match against VeniVidi1993. After dumping close to €1 million in the first part, the American took a month off to reassess his position.
Fortunately for the fans, he returned to action a fortnight ago and has been crushing ever since.
Can Phil Galfond Do It?
Nobody gave Phil Galfond a prayer once he walked away to consider his position in this first match. They saw it as only a matter of time before the world beater realised he was outmatched here.
Apparently they spoke too soon because the action has been as one-sided as the first half, only this time in favour of Galfond.
Let’s put this into perspective.
The first part of the match consisted of 15 playing days. VeniVidi1993 won 13 of those with one of his losses being only 13 big blinds.
This is as much of a shutout as you can get. Galfond showed some numbers on Twitter highlighting just how bad he was running and even a microstakes fish would have a chance to be doing better.
Galfond Challenge Results of the single sessions
- Day 1: VeniVidi1993 €72,572.68
- Day 2: Phil Galfond €2,615.26
- Day 3: VeniVidi1993 €84,437.52
- Day 4: VeniVidi1993 €17,544.87
- Day 5: VeniVidi1993 €155,063.52
- Day 6: VeniVidi1993 €13.31
- Day 7: VeniVidi1993 €52,057.13
- Day 8: VeniVidi1993 €60,743.37
- Day 9: VeniVidi1993 €12,706.51
- Day 10: VeniVidi1993 €100,993.30
- Day 11: VeniVidi1993 €15,647.36
- Day 12: Phil Galfond €87,940.91
- Day 13: VeniVidi1993 €267,949.70
- Day 14: VeniVidi1993 €48,473.73
- Day 15: VeniVidi1993 €102,593.34
Total profit for VeniVidi1993 was €900,240.17.
Phil Galfond staging a huge comeback in the Galfond Challenge
After returning to action on March 4th 2020, the following table shows quite a reversal of fortunes.
- Day 16 Phil Galfond €183,481.38
- Day 17 VeniVidi1993 €21,571.51
- Day 18 Phil Galfond €27,198.94
- Day 19 Phil Galfond €26,018.41
- Day 20 Phil Galfond €92,803.89
- Day 21 Phil Galfond €3,766.94
- Day 22 VeniVidi1993 €88,465.60
- Day 23 Phil Galfond €23,821.05
- Day 24 Phil Galfond €19,099.65
- Day 25 Phil Galfond €139,485.78
A swing of €405,638.93 for Phil Galfond shows just what kind of a game heads-up PLO is and how important momentum can be.
Important Moments
In a match like this there will always be important moments that crop up and turn the action on its head. One such moment was the biggest pot from Saturday’s session.
Galfond bets the pot for €3,599 on an 8d 4c 3h flop and VeniVidi1993 raises to €14,396. Galfond ponders quickly before jamming. VeniVidi1993 wastes no time in calling off his remaining €17,641.99 and away to the races they go.
The turn and river are the Kh and Jc, not really connecting with the board leaving the rail puzzled over who could have won this €67,674.98 pot.
Galfond shows Ac 6h 5c 4h with VeniVidi1993 holding As 7h 6d 5h leaving Galfond a surprised winner with only a pair of fours. An incredible result.
Don’t forget to check out the Run It Once Twitch channel where you can watch the exciting match. The pair have only played 15,864 hands out of the planned 25,000 so there is still plenty of fast-paced action still to come.
All of the up to date results of the match can be found on our poker news page.
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