Phil Galfond (born 1985) is an American professional poker player. He is the World Series of Poker bracelet winner of the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event at the 2008 World Series of Poker. He appeared on Season 4 of GSN's "High Stakes Poker", due to his success as a high stakes online player. He currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin. Phil is originally from North Potomac, MD and attended Thomas S. Wootton High School.

World Series of Poker

Galfond has six cashes at the World Series of Poker and won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $817,781. He defeated Adam Hourani during heads-up play. The final table was packed with other professional players like top online player Brian "tsarrast" Rast, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Kirill Gerasimov, Johnny Chan and David Benyamine.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Event	Prize Money
2008	$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys	$817,781

Other poker events

Galfond is a 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

Galfond finished in 70th place in the 2008 $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Championship Event, earning $39,570. He finished in 18th place at the 2006 World Series of Poker Circuit event in Grand Casino Tunica, earning $22,895.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $939,000.

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External links

• CardPlayer TV interview
• GSN's "High Stakes Poker" profile