Phil Galfond Crushes Viktor Blom For $1 MillionHowever, Swede Still Up $4 Million To Start 2013 |
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After about a $5-million upswing to start the year on Full Tilt Poker software, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was decimated Sunday by Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond to the tune of $1 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB.
Blom had dominated Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky — online poker’s biggest winner last year — in the early stages of 2013 and had actually won some against Galfond recently, but Sunday spelled disaster for the 22-year-old Swedish poker professional.
Over about a couple thousand hands, Galfond put an end to the latest successes of Blom’s relentless aggression. One of the biggest hands of the session was at $200-$400 PLO.
Blom had the button and raised to $1,200. Galfond three-bet to $3,600. Blom called.
The flop came 8
5
2
, and Galfond fired $4,248. Blom bumped it up to $12,400, and Galfond just called. The 4 landed on the turn.
Galfond checked to his opponent, who bet $23,600. Galfond requested “time” before eventually shoving for $94,247.50. Blom quickly called the all-in bet.
Galfond exposed the 6 4 8 7, which had coolered Blom’s 10
6 3 2. The river brought a meaningless K, and Galfond raked in the $220,494.50 pot.
The two continued to battle until Blom eventually decided to call it quits.
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Comments
John49
4 months ago
How is this a cooler? Galfond had the best hand, Blom raised him and hit a gutshot while Galfond hit a OESD. Never draw to second best...this goes double for Omaha.
archimedes11
4 months ago
It's a cooler, not a suckout. Getting it in in omaha without the nuts is risky, sure. But when you're playing HU against one of the best players in the world, you can't exactly go around making hero folds either. There was obv dynamic to take into consideration.
SpencerTracey
4 months ago
John49 - Galfond had a wrap, not OESD - big difference.