Phil Galfond

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phil Galfond
Occupation	Poker Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 16, 1985(1985-01-16)
Age	39
Birthplace	North Potomac
Country	United States
Birth City	North Potomac
Horoscope	Capricorn

Phil Galfond Biography

Phil Galfond is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 16, 1985 in North Potomac, North Potomac, United States. Phil Galfond (born January 16, 1985) is an American professional poker player. Galfond won three World Series of Poker bracelets, in the $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event in 2008, the $10,000 no-limit 2-7 single draw championship in 2015 and the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship in 2018 . Due to his success as a high-stakes online player, he appeared on multiple seasons of GSN’s High Stakes Poker.

Galfond won the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $817,781. He defeated Adam Hourani during heads-up play. The final table featured a number of well-known professional players including Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Kirill Gerasimov, Johnny Chan, David Benyamine, Brian Rast as well as online star Adam ‘houdini’ Hourani. Galfond went on to win a second WSOP gold bracelet in 2015, topping a field of 77 entries in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship to win $224,383. He then earned his third gold bracelet in 2018, winning the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for $567,788.

Galfond is well known for online poker where he plays high-stakes cash games primarily $200/$400 stakes and above in no-limit Texas hold ’em and pot limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt Poker under his nickname “OMGClayAiken,” and on Pokerstars under the screen name “MrSweets28.” With a lifetime net profit of over $8M in Internet poker play, he has been one of the most successful online poker players in history (as of May 2011). According to Galfond, he chose “OMGClayAiken” as the antithesis of the “macho” screen names that are prevalent in online poker in hopes that other players would be embarrassed to lose to him.

In 2012, Galfond started the poker training site Run It Once Training with fellow high-stakes players, Ben Sulsky, Di Dang and Hac Dang as coaches. As of September 2019, 125 coaches have produced content for his training site.

Galfond has two World Poker Tour in-the-money finishes. He finished in 70th place in the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour World Championship in April 2008, earning $39,570. In December 2012, he finished 24th in the $10,000 buy-in WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $31,714.

Phil Galfond Net Worth

Phil Galfond is one of the richest Poker Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phil Galfond 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After being down €900,000+ to poker professional VeniVidi1993, Galfond came back to win his first challenge by securing a €1,472 overall win and the side bet of €100,000.

Galfond finished in 18th place at the 2006 World Series of Poker Circuit event in Grand Casino Tunica, earning $22,895.

Due to the legal actions against online poker, which are known as Black Friday, that took place on April 15, 2011 in the United States, Galfond moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada so he could continue to play poker online.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Phil Galfond Dating?

According to our records, Phil Galfond married to Farah Fath. As of December 1, 2023, Phil Galfond’s is not dating anyone.

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As of February 2020, Galfond’s total live tournament winnings exceed $2,900,000. His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,876,895 of those winnings.

Facts & Trivia

Phil Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Phil Galfond celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.

Who owns Run It Once poker?

Rush Street Interactive , one of the leading iGaming operators in the US, acquires Galfond’s Run It Once Poker Room for $5.8 million in cash and stock. We really were impressed by the management team, including the company’s Principle, Phil Galfond, who is one of the most respected poker players in the world.

Where is Phil Galfond?

Phil Galfond
Galfond, after winning the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys event at the 2008 WSOP
Nickname(s)| OMGClayAiken (Full Tilt) MrSweets28 (PokerStars) Jman28 (2+2)
Residence| North Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Born| January 16, 1985 (age 37)

How old is Phil Galfond?

37 years (January 16, 1985)

Who is Phil Galfond wife?

Farah Fath

How is run it once Poker doing?

“We’re far from finished,” says RIO founder Phil Galfond as he announced the closure of his real money online poker room after a three-year run. Real money online poker site Run It Once Poker has closed down after almost three years of operation.