{"id":5044,"date":"2022-08-26T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2022-08-26T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:53:40","slug":"phil-galfond-talks-rio-high-stakes-duel-and-galfond-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/phil-galfond-talks-rio-high-stakes-duel-and-galfond-challenge-update","title":{"rendered":"Phil Galfond Talks RIO, High Stakes Duel and Galfond Challenge Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/09\/phil-galfond.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Galfond\" title=\"Phil Galfond Talks RIO, High Stakes Duel and Galfond Challenge Update\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/09\/phil-galfond.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/09\/phil-galfond-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Galfond is keen on continuing his PLO match against Dan Cates as part of the Galfond Challenge<\/li>\n<li>He said they\u2019re still working hard to get Run It Once ready for its US launch<\/li>\n<li>The poker pro also said he\u2019d like to play on High Stakes Duel soon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phil Galfond<\/strong> isn\u2019t as active as other high-profile poker pros in terms of sharing updates about his life and career. <\/p>\n<p>The last big announcement he made was in relation to the sale of Run It Once (RIO), the online poker site he founded, to American gaming firm <strong>Rush Street Interactive<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Since then we haven\u2019t heard much from Galfond as to what\u2019s next for RIO. He also rarely posts updates about the popular \u201c<strong>Galfond Challenge<\/strong>\u201d where his match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/daniel-cates-comes-under-fire-over-controversial-lip-filler-tweet\"><strong>Dan \u201c<em>Jungleman<\/em>\u201d Cates<\/strong><\/a> has yet to resume. <\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not to say his presence isn\u2019t felt on social media as the three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has always been consistent at helping aspiring players improve their skills and learn more about poker by <a>regularly posting insightful content on his YouTube channel<\/a> as well as streaming some of his games. <\/p>\n<p>Recently though, Galfond got the chance to talk about RIO and its current status in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\">US market<\/a>, his pending PLO match against \u201c<em>Jungleman<\/em>\u201d and whether he is interested in becoming <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong>\u2018s next challenger on High Stakes Duel. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"plo-match-against-cates-will-proceed\">PLO Match Against Cates Will Proceed<\/h2>\n<p>As to his pending match against Cates, Galfond said it will proceed, though he couldn\u2019t exactly tell when at this point. He said he would try his best to sort out his schedule and make room for the match. When it finally happens, both players will stream the action, Galfond added.<\/p>\n<p>Galfond also said there are currently no major developments to share about RIO. He mentioned though that his team and those at Rush Street are still working hard to get things together and prepare the site for its future launch in the US. Though he no longer has ownership control over RIO, Galfond retains his key role at the site and will serve as its ambassador.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"galfond-wants-three-shots-on-high-stakes-duel\">Galfond Wants Three Shots on High Stakes Duel<\/h2>\n<p>Galfond also talked about High Stakes Duel, and whether he\u2019d like to join in on the action. He said he is for it but not now, and not as a replacement for <strong>Scott Seiver<\/strong> who recently backed out of his rematch against Hellmuth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/jason-koon-to-face-phil-hellmuth-on-pokergos-high-stakes-duel-iii\"><strong>Jason Koon<\/strong> was chosen to take Seiver\u2019s seat and face the Poker Brat<\/a> on a still unknown date. If Hellmuth wins the game he can decide to take the $1.6 million pot and decline a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Galfond said he\u2019ll play on the show at some point and would like to have three shots. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Galfond is keen on continuing his PLO match against Dan Cates as part of the Galfond Challenge He said they\u2019re still working hard to get Run It Once ready for its US launch The poker pro also said he\u2019d like to play on High Stakes Duel soon Phil Galfond isn\u2019t as active as other&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phil Galfond Talks RIO, High Stakes Duel and Galfond Challenge 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