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Galfond Pulls Back €900,000 Loss

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We have been following the Phil Galfond heads up challenge against PLO specialist VeniVidi since it started and at first, it was looking pretty ugly for this shining knight of the Poker world.

Once stuck over €900,000 in this the first of six heads up battles, it looked like Phil was throwing in the towel when he paid a €3,000 a day penalty to sit out of the action against his world-class opponent that was crushing him.

However, after a little time off and some studying on his hands played, Phil managed to move ahead in the matchup during his recent session. He ended up down when the play finished for just 2 buy-ins for him, which is €40,000.

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Phil managed to go on an absolute tear on the 2nd of April against Veni and was up over €150,000 at one point during this leg of the battle.

Joey Ingram who has been reporting on the unfolding swings of this PLO onslaught caught up with Phil to see how exactly he managed to pull off this huge comeback.

We take a look at some of the biggest pots

Early in the game Phil seemed to be on the losing end of every cooler, well the tables seem to have turned because this is Phil hitting his one outer to stack his opponent with quads vs the nut full house!
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Another well-navigated pot here from Phil, with this flopped two pair giving him a full house and hit opponent make three Jacks. This pot was huge coming to the Turn but Phil bet small leaving just €8,000 to put in on the River.
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This action Turn card saw €40,000 get in the middle with a straight against Phil’s flush. Phil shoving for value and getting looked up by Veni with a heart blocker.
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Running hot Phil even managed to get out of this cooler board with a backdoor flush. Veni was miles ahead on this flop with top two pair and a straight draw, all the money went in on the River when Veni checked to Phil and with a SPR ratio of 1:1 the only move was all-in for around €16k for Phil.

Veni looked him up but was wrong again, it just seems that Phil never has to bluff these spots at the moment, he just always seems to have it.galfond vs venividi

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