Galfond Challenge vs. Brandon Adams to take place live in Las Vegas in July

The next Galfond Challenge vs. Brandon Adams is the first one that will take place live in Las Vegas. It will kick off in late July. Find out everything you need to know about the upcoming Galfond Challenge below.

Facts and Figures Galfond Challenge vs. Brandon Adams

• First and only Galfond Live Challenge
• Limit: PLO $200/$400
• Duration: 40 hours
• Side bet: $15k from Galfond to $100K from Adams
• Rematch to take place online if Phil Galfond loses

The next #GalfondChallenge is vs. @badams78, live in Las Vegas, and begins in a month!

$100/$200 PLO
40 hours of play
My $150k to his $100k side-bet

If I lose, we’ll immediately have a rematch online, battleship style, with more hands played.

— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) June 25, 2021

First Live Galfond Challenge

So far Phil Galfond has finished three Galfond Challenges and won all three of them.

Now Brandon Adams tries his luck and this time the setup is very different, since it will be a live poker challenge in Las Vegas, while all the others took place online.

The two agreed on playing PLO$100/$200 for 40 hours and the side bet is $150,000 from Phil against the $100,000 from Brandon.

“We’re still deciding on a venue and hoping to have the match streamed”

Phil posted on Twitter that they don’t have a location for the challenge yet, but they want to broadcast it via a live stream.

“We’re still deciding on a venue and hoping to have the match streamed. If anyone has an option for us in Vegas, let us know.”

Watch the podcast on the Galfond Challenge vs. Phil Galfond below:

The latter also invited Galfond on his podcast to discuss their upcoming challenge in-depth. You can watch the interview below.

Rematch to take place online in case Phil Galfond loses

In case Phil loses the Live Challenge, there will be a rematch taking place online.

They both agreed on increasing the number of hands considerably should this happens.

Please make sure to check back in the poker news section of VIP-Grinders regularly as we will be providing updates on the Galfond Challenge vs. Brandon Adams and also broadcast the live stream.

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Andrew Burnett

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