Can Phil Galfond make the biggest comeback in poker history?
What seemed impossible only two weeks ago, when Phil Galfond took a break and even considered quitting as he was down almost €1,000,000, is now reality! Galfond has staged an incredible comeback in the Galfond Challenge by winning 10 out of the last 13 sessions and reducing his minus from almost €1 Million to only €318,895,43 with more than enough hands left to play!
Phil’s decision to take a break and go into the lab has turned out to be absolutely genius as he has won almost every session since that.
He has reduced his minus by more than €600,000 from almost €1,000,000 to only €318,895,43 and there are still 7,449 hands to play, which is more than enough time for Galfond to win this thing, especially if VeniVidi1993 continues to lose at the rate he has been in the last sessions.
Phil booked another huge win today forcing Vini quit the session early as one of the greatest comebacks in poker challenge history is still possible.@PhilGalfond is down €318k now after being down over €900k weeks ago!!!
New Galfond Challenge recap video early next week 🚀 pic.twitter.com/NcwZwRUjgE
— Joey Ingram #passion (@Joeingram1) March 21, 2020
While Galfond with the words of Luke Schwartz “Got his ass handed to someone everyday, who is 5 years and 14 solvers better than him”, the tide has now completely turned as VeniVidi1993 rage quit the last session, while being down more than €140,000 and now demands a break himself:
#GalfondChallenge Update:
VeniVidi1993 has decided to take a couple of days off to mentally reset.
We’ll resume the match on Thursday.
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) March 22, 2020
The action is heating up in the Galfond Challenge
Not only Phil got significantly better making less mistakes, but also the action did.
We saw several pots above the €40,000 mark, some great calls by Galfond and a few very questionable plays by VeniVidi such as here:
Watch all the highlights and biggest pots of the last Galfond Challenge session here:
VeniVidi1993 rage quits and takes a break!
As you can see above, VeniVidi rage quitted the last session, It is the first time in this challenge this has happened. In addition to that, there were a few situations, where it seemed like VeniVidi1993 is on tilt.
Afterwards, he demanded a break of a couple of days, probably with the aim to do some hand analysis and work on his game and to try to bring his lead over the finish line as the winners gets an additional €200,000.
The Galfond Challenge continues on Thursday at 5 pm CET!
The Galfond Challenge will continue this Thursday at 5 pm CET and you can Watch It Live Here!
All results of the Galfond Challenge to date
| Day | Hands Played | 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 |
| – | – | – | – |
| Total | 17,551 | VeniVidi1993 | €318,895.43 |
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