High Stakes Action: Galfond Making Profit, New durrrr Challenge Almost Ready
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond had a profitable session recently, winning almost $265k from Patrik Antonius and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. Meanwhile, jungleman12 and durrrr are setting up the final details for their challenge.
Phil Galfond, also known as OMGClayAiken online, came back to the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker recently, pocketing over $286k in total, spread across almost 950 hands.
According to Highstakesdb, the bulk of his winnings ($264k) came from around 300 hands of PLO $200/$400 played against big names like Patrik Antonius and his Finnish countryman Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. At the end of the day, the two Finns were eventually down by $135k and $170k respectively.
Next durrrr challenge coming soon?
The latest chat between Daniel "jungleman12" Cates and Tom "durrrr" Dwan seems to show that their challenge is almost ready to begin. There are no clear details as to when these two will actually play each other, but it doesn't seem that we'll have to wait too long for it:
durrrr: did u send ivey $$ yet?
jungleman12: not yet
jungleman12: ill send now
jungleman12: how soon is soon?
durrrr: read ur phone...
jungleman12: ah i see
durrrr: few days at most
durrrr: did u send yet?
jungleman12: yeah
jungleman12: sent
durrrr: then i can start talking &&%%
durrrr: since we're booked
jungleman12: ?
durrrr: and say that its cute u think u'll ever have an edge =)
jungleman12: lol
jungleman12: you never seemed like the type
durrrr: never wanna scare off the fish =)
durrrr: but if they escrow....
durrrr: haha ok
durrrr: lmk if u wanna play if not we'll start in a few days
durrrr: gl n stuff
jungleman12: u2
Let's take a look at two of Galfond's biggest hands he played recently:
OMGClayAiken (BU): $110,716
Ziigmund (SB): $68,679
Patrik Antonius (BB): $42,698
Preflop ($810):
Ziigmund raises to $1,610, OMGClayAiken calls, Patrik Antonius raises to $6,650, Ziigmund calls, OMGClayAiken raises to $28,220, Patrik Antonius calls, Ziigmund calls
Flop ($84,870): 
OMGClayAiken bets $84,860, Patrik Antonius calls $14,478 all in, Ziigmund calls $40,459 all in
Turn ($180,056): 
River ($180,056): 
Hole cards:
OMGClayAiken: 
Ziigmund: 
Patrik Antonius:
OMGClayAiken wins $180,055.50
Ziigmund (SB): $40,441
OMGClayAiken (BB): $216,591.50
Preflop ($740):
Ziigmund raises to $800, OMGClayAiken raises to $2,540, Ziigmund calls
Flop ($5,220): 
OMGClayAiken bets $3,200, Ziigmund raises to $14,820, OMGClayAiken raises to $49,680, Ziigmund calls $23,011 all in
Turn ($81,022): 
River ($81,022): 
Hole cards:
Ziigmund: 
OMGClayAiken: 
OMGClayAiken wins $81,021.50
