Phil Galfond Wins Third Career World Series of Poker BraceletGalfond Takes Down $10,000 PLO 8/ob Championship Event For $567,788 |
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Phil Galfond won his third World Series of Poker bracelet early Monday morning, topping a field of 237 players in the $10,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event to earn a $567,788 payday.
As a legendary high-stakes cash player known online as “OMGClayAiken,” Galfond has logged plenty of time on the felt, but playing a pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better tournament was still a relatively new experience for him.
“I’ve basically never played PLO8 online," Galfond admitted to WSOP reporters. "There is a mix game I’ve been playing live for two and a half years, 12 games, and one of them is PLO8. So, I’ve played a little bit. Honestly, I don’t think it helped me very much. So, I was figuring out as I went. I think I definitely ended the tournament a better tournament PLO8 player than I started.”
Galfond, who has spent the last couple years launching a poker site, earned his first bracelet in the 2008 $5,000 pot-limit Omaha event, taking home $817,781. His second bracelet came in the 2015 $10,000 no-limit 2-7 lowball event, good for another $224,383. The 33-year-old from North Potomac, Maryland now has nearly $2.9 million in live tournament earnings.
The final table included bracelet winners Marco Johnson (6th), and David Baker (7th). Michael Mckenna, who finished second for $350,922, recorded his second final table of the summer after previously taking fourth in the $1,500 razz event.
Other notables who finished in the money included Brandon Shack-Harris (12th), Randy Ohel (16th), Cliff Josephy (19th), Eli Elezra (22nd), Julien Martini (25th), Ryan Laplante (32nd), and Nick Schulman (35th).
Here is a look at the final table results.
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Phil Galfond | $567,788 | 960 |
| 2 | Michael Mckenna | $350,922 | 800 |
| 3 | Ali Abduljabbar | $240,497 | 640 |
| 4 | Chad Power | $168,275 | 480 |
| 5 | Kwang Lee | $120,263 | 400 |
| 6 | Marco Johnson | $87,830 | 320 |
| 7 | David Baker | $65,579 | 240 |
| 8 | Chase Steely | $50,086 | 160 |
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