{"id":3998,"date":"2020-01-15T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2020-01-15T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:20:40","slug":"two-new-poker-players-accept-phil-galfonds-heads-up-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/two-new-poker-players-accept-phil-galfonds-heads-up-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Two New Poker Players Accept Phil Galfond&#8217;s Heads-Up Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/12\/galfond-challenge.jpg\" alt=\"Galfond Challenge\" title=\"Two New Poker Players Accept Phil Galfond's Heads-Up Challenge\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/12\/galfond-challenge.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/12\/galfond-challenge-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">In November 2019, Run It Once founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/three-poker-pros-to-compete-against-rio-founder-in-galfond-challenge\">Phil Galfond issued a heads-up challenge to poker players<\/a> from all over the world. <\/p>\n<p>After more than a month since announcing the challenge, a total of six actual matches have been confirmed, the first of which will kick off a week from now.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge will take place according to specific conditions set by Galfond \u2013 the game will be played in PLO heads-up format, within the <strong>$100\/$200 to $300\/$600 limits<\/strong>. The matches involve different bets and also vary in the number of minimum hands to be played.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run It Once<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzInI2hBxNI?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Galfond has yet to announce who his first rival will be in the upcoming January 22 battle, but the current line-up includes high-stakes poker player and hedge fund manager <strong>Bill Perkins<\/strong> who will play over 50,000 hands against Galfond in <em>\u20ac100\/\u20ac200 PLO<\/em>. If one of them loses $400,000, the game will be stopped. For this match, Galfond is putting in $800,000 against Perkins\u2019 $200,000. <\/p>\n<p>Another high-profile player taking on the challenge is two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner <strong>Chance Kornuth<\/strong>, who is also the founder of poker training site <a href=\"https:\/\/clcpoker.com\">Chip Leader Coaching<\/a> (CLC). Kornuth and Galfond will play at <em>\u20ac100\/\u20ac200 PLO<\/em>, over 25,000 hands. The match involves a much higher bet \u2013 if Kornuth wins, Galfond will pay him \u20ac1 million. Otherwise, Galfond gets \u20ac250,000. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"potential-matches-on-offer\">Potential Matches On Offer<\/h2>\n<p>Galfond will also compete with \u201c<em>Venividi1993<\/em>\u201d over 25,000 hands, at the limits of \u20ac100\/\u20ac200. If Galfond ends up as the winner, he gets \u20ac100,000, while his opponent takes home \u20ac150,000 if Galfond loses.<\/p>\n<p>Another player known by the nickname \u201c<em>ActionFreak<\/em>\u201d will play \u20ac150\/\u20ac300 PLO over 25,000 hands against Galfond. Whoever wins will walk away with \u20ac150,000. High-stakes poker pro <strong>Dan \u201c<em>Jungleman<\/em>\u201d Cates<\/strong> will also be taking part in the challenge but with special conditions \u2013 both players will play 7,500 hands at \u20ac100\/\u20ac200 limits. <\/p>\n<p>Galfond is also set to take on American poker player and Harvard University lecturer <strong>Brandon Adams<\/strong>, with both playing $100\/$200 PLO over 40 hours. If Galfond wins, he takes home $100,000; otherwise, Adams will walk away with $150,000.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup is still subject to change though as Galfond has found two more interested participants \u2013 Dusk Till Dawn owner <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/rob-yong-gathers-social-media-input-to-improve-partypoker-tournament-offerings\">Rob Yong<\/a><\/strong>, and English poker pro <strong>Luke Schwartz<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Schwartz recently went on a Twitter spree, labelling the Galfond challenge and its participants as \u201c<em>pigeons<\/em>\u201c. Galfond did not let it pass and offered to play $1,000-$2,000 8-game mix against Schwartz who said \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>\u201c. Further details of the match are expected to be released soon.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Luke! Happy New Year ?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your interest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GalfondChallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GalfondChallenge<\/a>! What a great idea!!<\/p>\n<p>We can play some 1k\/2k 8-game (no pigeon stakes plz) but I\u2018d feel bad accepting odds from you, so I\u2019ll offer 1.1:1 on a sidebet of $250k for a 15k hand match.<\/p>\n<p>? Flap Flap! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvDvh8Crd2\">https:\/\/t.co\/LvDvh8Crd2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilGalfond\/status\/1213921393634471936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2019, Run It Once founder Phil Galfond issued a heads-up challenge to poker players from all over the world. After more than a month since announcing the challenge, a total of six actual matches have been confirmed, the first of which will kick off a week from now. 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