Phil Galfond has announced that as of January 3, 2022 online poker site Run It Once Poker will be ceasing its Rest of World operations in order to pursue entry into the United States regulated market. According to Galfond in a message posted to the Run It Once Poker site, with traffic on the international […]

The ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and Ioannis ‘ActionFreak’ Kontonatsios is coming to an end and the two could wrap it up in one final session. Heading into that final session with 886 hands left to be played, Galfond is in the lead by €237,698.66.

Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ played for roughly six hours on Thursday, May 21, to push their ‘Galfond Challenge‘ match to an estimated 11,000 hands complete. The session was the 15th between the two high-stakes players and it resulted in a big win for Galfond.

The ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ is now 10,222 hands complete. The two played sessions on Saturday, May 16, and Tuesday, May 19, and the current standings have Galfond in the lead by €103,341.37.

Two more sessions of the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ are in the books. The two are on the back nine of the 15,000-hand challenge. With 8,766 hands complete, Galfond is in the lead by €116,308.45.

The ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ had another 776 hands played on Tuesday, May 12, pushing the match to 7,272 hands complete. When it was all said and done, Galfond was the session’s winner, taking €19,003.35 off ‘ActionFreak.’

The ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ was back in action on Monday. It was the ninth session of €150-300 PLO between the two and 721 hands were played. At the end of the session, Galfond had lost €256,044 to ‘ActionFreak.’

Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ returned for more €150-300 Pot Limit Omaha action on Thursday, May 7, for what was the seventh session of the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between the two. They played on partypoker again, with Galfond winning around €20,000 on the day.

Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ were back in action on Tuesday, May 5, for another session of the ‘Galfond Challenge.’ This time, they battled for 727 hands of high-stakes PLO, with ‘ActionFreak’ winning €74,625.85.

On Monday, Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ squared off for their fifth session of the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between them. Galfond finished down €95,304.17 on the session.

After winning more than €300,000 on Thursday, Phil Galfond returned to the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ battlefield Friday to capture another six-figure win from his opponent, ‘ActionFreak.’

The third session of the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ took place on Thursday. The session lasted 844 hands and saw Galfond score a huge €310,594.59 win.

On Tuesday, the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ continued with the second session between the two. After the first session was cut short due to connectivity issues, the second session lasted a lengthy 1,017 hands. In the end, Galfond finished up on the session by just €3,632.83, but he was up around €200,000 […]

On Monday, the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ between Phil Galfond and ‘ActionFreak‘ kicked off. The first session was ultimately cut short after just 145 hands were played, but there was still some big action to report as ‘ActionFreak’ jumped out to an early €11,162.32 lead.

The second edition of the ‘Galfond Challenge‘ continued on Tuesday, April 21, with Phil Galfond and Bill Perkins putting on the gloves for another round of $100-200 PLO. They played 625 hands and Galfond finished $91,705.91 to the good.