Poker Players: Player Interviews

High stakes online poker

Phil Galfond

Phil Galfond wites a poker blog for Cardrunners.com

The world of an online high-stakes cash game master is not necessarily fast cars and lavish trimmings

NAME: PHIL GALFOND

AGE: 22

SCREEN NAMES: OMGCLAYAIKEN, JMAN28, MRSWEETS

LIVES: MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA

FAVOURITE GAME: NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM

If you’re looking for shooting stars in the online world of high-stakes poker players, then Phil ‘Jman’ Galfond is a name you will no doubt stumble across.

The 22-year old from Wisconsin regularly plays the best players in the world at the $ 50/$ 100 to $ 200/$ 400 no-limit hold’em tables. In fact, such is Galfond’s recognition throughout the online ranks that his Full Tilt alias, ‘OMGClayAiken’, attracts legions of online railbirds. And, such fame has led to him being given a seat on the next series of High Stakes Poker.

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