Phil Galfond Poker Training
Phil owns and helps run the online poker training site, Runitonce.com In 2008, he and a business partner, Billy Murphy, started a training site “Blue Fire Poker.” Phil left Blue Fire in 2011, after a falling out with Murphy over accounting issues. The battle between Phil Galfond and Chance Kornuth at $100/$200 pot-limit Omaha for the Galfond Challenge has been a swingy one thus far, and the latest swing appears to be going in Galfond's. Phil Galfond needs as little introduction as any guest we’ve ever had. He’s crushed at virtually all forms of poker at the highest stakes, he’s crushed in the poker training market, and now he’s preparing to crush in the real money poker site market. Phil Galfond started his poker career playing sit and go tournaments in 2004, and by 2005 was already beating the largest sng's on the net($5,000 buy in level). Soon thereafter, he determined that cash games were more lucrative than the sit and go's, and in 2006 made the switch starting at 5/10.
Phil Galfond Poker Training Videos
Who wants to play some high stakes poker with a washed-up ex-pro?! (Hey, all – I just have a quick post for you today, but I’ll be back with some more updates in the very near future!)
I’m looking for some high stakes HU action to help promote Run It Once Poker, and I’d like it to be a challenge that we can build some hype around.
My first idea was one that was also related to RIO Training…
Open PLO Coach Challenge
An open challenge to anyone who currently makes training videos for a site other than Run It Once (Sorry Sulsky, Kruk, Joni, Cory, Richard, and the rest of the RIO team!).
HU PLO, similar to the infamous Durrrr challenge: 50k hands, 3:1 on a sidebet of 10 buyins, played at 100/200+.
Any competing training site coaches – please feel free to take me up on that! You’ll get preference over anyone else. (Plus you’ll get 3:1)
I’d consider dropping the stakes if it helps get me some action here, but I would prefer a bigger game so we can bring in some viewers.
Everyone Else
I expect I’d probably not get any takers if that were my only offer (it’s a limited pool and a challenge like this is a big commitment) so I’m looking for challenges from everyone!
A businessman like myself can’t offer 3:1 to all of you superstars, but I’m looking for some other challenges, varying numbers of hands (probably fewer than 50k and perhaps I can do a couple).
Here’s what I’m looking for:
Phil Galfond Poker Training
- Prefer 100/200 through 300/600 PLO.
- Will consider as low as 25/50
- Will consider PLO/NL, PLO / limit games, and perhaps even straight NL if I get desperate enough!
- Strongly prefer play on Run It Once Poker, but would consider some or all of the match played elsewhere if necessary.
- You accept that I might make training content around the match and/or stream some of the match.
- Any opponent who would stream some of the match (on RIO Poker) will get preference and possibly better terms.
I believe anyone who’d take me up on this has a way to get in touch directly, but if you’re interested in playing and don’t know how to reach me, please email a challenge proposal to [email protected] with the header “Phil’s HU Challenge” and they’ll forward it along to me.
Phil Galfond Poker Training Site
I hope you all will be watching me in some high stakes action soon!