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Phil Galfond

Poker After Dark Match 12 - November 2010

· Nicknamed “OMGClayAiken”, is a poker professional who was born in North Potomac, MD and now resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, moving from New York City in the summer of 2011

· Owns one WSOP bracelet, winning the 2008 $5000 Pot-Limit Omaha event with rebuys for $818,000

· Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $1.03 million

· Began playing poker in 2004 and is now considered one of the premier high-stakes cash game players in the world, regularly competing against the likes of durrrr, Ivey, Hansen, Benyamine, and others

· While living in New York City, actually had a slide installed in his living room to get from upstairs to downstairs, the result of buying two apartments on top of one another and breaking through from one to the other


NHPC record: 2-1
NHPC total winnings: $30,000

2011: Defeated Joe Hachem and Bertrand Grospellier before losing to Vanessa Selbst in Round 3 ($30,000)

PAD record: 0-1

Match 67: 4th
Weeks 71-72: Cash game participant (PLO)


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