Galfond is among the best high stakes players, and also one of the best analysers, but even he cannot escape a downswing. From last November to this March he has lost, according to HSDB, $1,859,841, which he did not miss to reflect on in his blog.
“As many of you know, I've been on a pretty big downswing. Actually, it's the biggest of my career. I believe it's currently at about 1.7. The majority of my downswing has come at 1500/3000 2-7 TD, a game that I am new to. I know it seems very dumb on the surface, but I have had many reasons to try playing and learning at those stakes… If you look up HORSE results on HSDB, you'll notice that I'm the 2nd biggest lifetime loser over the hands they've tracked. I'm sure when they come out with 2-7 results, it will look similar.
I think it's extremely important to my career that I learn every game as best I can. At nosebleed stakes, ESPECIALLY live, it's hugely beneficial to be able to play a variety of games. The price I've paid to begin learning these games has been pretty steep, so I'm not entirely sure it will end up being worth it... especially since I'm not really ‘there’ yet in any of the limit games I've tried learning,” he wrote back on February 3.
Phil ’OMGClayAiken’ Galfond
Although he seemed to lose faith, the work might finally bear its fruits: the pro won a total of $584,754 at online high stakes tables on Wednesday, March 30, and now he is the greatest winner of March with + $1,794,308. His winnings are primarily from draw games.
The greatest draw winners of March:
OMGClayAiken: $1,677,388 (after 12.277 hands)
David Oppenheim: $653,070 (11,864)
bixiu: $568,976 (18,391)
EazyPeazy: $487,098 (4,962)
O Fortuna PLS: $375,944 (12,483)
On Wednesday, Galfond played against the stunningly performing Gus Hansen, in addition to Van Marcus and Scott ‘URnotINdanger2’ Palmer and he won. His greatest clash was with Hansen in $500/$1,000 PLO, where the Dane lost $239,961 to him. The biggest pot of the day was also theirs, an astonishing sum of $168,785.
In this hand, Galfond raised to $2,000 from position which Hansen called. The flop came
2 
K 
T and Hansen bet $4,000, on which Galfond raised to $13,000. Hansen 3-bet $43,000, Galfond went all-in with $146,000 which Hansen called with a $75,892 all-in.
Galfond:T 3 T 3
Hansen:K 5 2 
7
Turn 1:5
River 1:Q
Turn 2:7
River 2:6
Galfond’s flopped set held out two times.
Due to his March results, Galfond managed to become one the greatest winners of 2011 from being among the greatest losers of the present year. He is currently ranked 13th on the annual profit list with $679,629.
Phil Galfond's 2011 Stats
“As many of you know, I've been on a pretty big downswing. Actually, it's the biggest of my career. I believe it's currently at about 1.7. The majority of my downswing has come at 1500/3000 2-7 TD, a game that I am new to. I know it seems very dumb on the surface, but I have had many reasons to try playing and learning at those stakes… If you look up HORSE results on HSDB, you'll notice that I'm the 2nd biggest lifetime loser over the hands they've tracked. I'm sure when they come out with 2-7 results, it will look similar.
I think it's extremely important to my career that I learn every game as best I can. At nosebleed stakes, ESPECIALLY live, it's hugely beneficial to be able to play a variety of games. The price I've paid to begin learning these games has been pretty steep, so I'm not entirely sure it will end up being worth it... especially since I'm not really ‘there’ yet in any of the limit games I've tried learning,” he wrote back on February 3.
Phil ’OMGClayAiken’ Galfond
Although he seemed to lose faith, the work might finally bear its fruits: the pro won a total of $584,754 at online high stakes tables on Wednesday, March 30, and now he is the greatest winner of March with + $1,794,308. His winnings are primarily from draw games.
The greatest draw winners of March:
OMGClayAiken: $1,677,388 (after 12.277 hands)
David Oppenheim: $653,070 (11,864)
bixiu: $568,976 (18,391)
EazyPeazy: $487,098 (4,962)
O Fortuna PLS: $375,944 (12,483)
On Wednesday, Galfond played against the stunningly performing Gus Hansen, in addition to Van Marcus and Scott ‘URnotINdanger2’ Palmer and he won. His greatest clash was with Hansen in $500/$1,000 PLO, where the Dane lost $239,961 to him. The biggest pot of the day was also theirs, an astonishing sum of $168,785.
In this hand, Galfond raised to $2,000 from position which Hansen called. The flop came
2 K T and Hansen bet $4,000, on which Galfond raised to $13,000. Hansen 3-bet $43,000, Galfond went all-in with $146,000 which Hansen called with a $75,892 all-in.Galfond:
T 3 T 3 Hansen:
K 5 2 7 Turn 1:
5 River 1:
Q Turn 2:
7 River 2:
6 Galfond’s flopped set held out two times.
Due to his March results, Galfond managed to become one the greatest winners of 2011 from being among the greatest losers of the present year. He is currently ranked 13th on the annual profit list with $679,629.
Phil Galfond's 2011 Stats
