Phil Galfond makes insane comeback to win the Galfond Challenge vs VeniVidi1993
Phil Galfond did the impossible! In the biggest comeback in poker history Galfond stole victory after being down over €900,240.17 at halftime of the Galfond Challenge vs VeniVidi1993! Watch the highlights of the most dramatic poker final ever here!
It’s gotta be the biggest comeback in poker history, what we saw in the Galfond Challenge!
In the first 10,000 of a total of 25,000 hands Phil Galfond was getting absolutely crushed by VeniVidi1999 losing almost every session and being down €900,240.17!
He was getting crushed so heavily that people were starting to question Phil Galfond’s PLO abilities or even dissed him publically like his future opponent Luke Schwartz:
Solve for why …. pic.twitter.com/d43iBY6okq
— luke schwartz (@__fullflush1__) February 12, 2020
Galfond’s Break turned out to be the best decision ever
But Galfond remained calm and decided to take a break to reflect whether it makes sense to continue the challenge as well as to analyze his game. It worked wonders!
When Phil returned from his break, the tide turned completely! Now it was Galfond, who dominated the action, but still nobody thought that this huge minus could be made up at this point…
The first #GalfondChallenge pic.twitter.com/KSw2qQJZkl
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) April 13, 2020
Again, Phil Galfond proved all naysayers and his haters wrong and continued the biggest comeback in poker history by taking the lead for the first time in the entire challenge on Day 35 of 39 Days total!
The most dramatic poker final ever
However, VeniVidi fought back and retook the lead to take a tiny plus of +€8,171.67, which equalled not even half a buy-in.
The stage for the Grand Finale was set and scheduled to take place on Easter Sunday.
More than 22,000 viewers at Twitch Poker witnessed the probably most tense and exciting poker final of all time!
Almost the entire final VeniVidi1993 was in the lead and had Phil Galfond on the verge of reaching the threshold, every single hand that he lost could have ended the challenge as the deficit would have been to big to be recuperable, but Phil came back again…
With only 100 hands left, Galfond retook the lead and increased it a slightly during the next hands. It was clear that the player, who wins the next big pot will win the entire challenge plus the €200,000 sidebet.
And what a last hand it was, Phil bet pot on the river holding Tens full and VeniVidi made the call with a smaller full house.
Watch the Final Hand of the Galfond Challenge here:
Phil Galfond has done it! He completed the biggest comeback in poker history to steal victory at the buzzer in the first-ever Galfond Challenge!
That’s a wrap. @PhilGalfond completes the €900,240.17 comeback by booking a dramatic win in the final session of the first #GalfondChallenge! Phil kept us on the edge of our seat throughout the entire match, before finally winning a crucial pot that secured him the victory! GG! pic.twitter.com/TvAhT5LcSD
— Run It Once Poker (@RunItOncePoker) April 12, 2020
Watch Joey Ingram’s Recap of the Galfond Challenge and this insane Final here:
Watch the Highlights of the Galfond Challenge Final:
HUGE CONGRATZ FROM TEAM VIP-GRINDERS GO OUT TO PHIL GALFOND AND GG TO VENIVIDI1993 WHO PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT AND MORE THAN CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE THIS AN ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC EVENT AND A BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR ONLINE POKER AND POKER IN GENERAL. WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT GALFOND CHALLENGE VS CHANCE KORNUTH!
All Results of the Galfond Challenge vs VeniVidi1993:
| Hands | 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 |
| Day 28 (Mar. 21) | 503 | Phil Galfond | €140,979.28 |
| Day 29 (Mar. 26) | 642 | Phil Galfond | €85,271.31 |
| Day 30 (Mar. 27) | 777 | VeniVidi1993 | €26,992.32 |
| Day 31 (Mar. 28) | 393 | Phil Galfond | €106,328.51 |
| Day 32 (Apr. 2) | 664 | Phil Galfond | €113,680.87 |
| Day 33 (Apr. 3) | 632 | VeniVidi1993 | €28,538.21 |
| Day 34 (Apr. 4) | 680 | Phil Galfond | €28,722.88 |
| Day 35 (Apr. 6) | 758 | Phil Galfond | €121,486.95 |
| Day 36 (Apr. 7) | 592 | VeniVidi1993 | €34,580.19 |
| Day 37 (Apr. 9) | 883 | VeniVidi1993 | €78,237.54 |
| Day 38 (Apr. 10) | 734 | Phil Galfond | €23,581.50 |
| Day 39 (Apr. 12) | 699 | Phil Galfond | €9,843.25 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Total | 25,001 | Phil Galfond | €1,671.58 |
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