The biggest pot in March from the high stakes online poker world came yesterday in a vicious match between Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom.
The action began with Galfond ($120,000) raising the button to $1,600. Blom ($200,000) three-bet to $5,400, and Galfond made the call. The flop fell J
3
2.
Blom fired $7,200, and Galfond just called.
The 7
landed on the turn.
Blom barreled again, this time for $16,800. Galfond made it $75,600. Blom elected to put the Maryland native all-in for around $32,000 more. Galfond, of course, made the call.
The cards were tabled, and Blom held the A A K Q, while Galfond exposed the J
9 7 4. Blom had the commanding lead on the flop, but the turn gave Galfond two pair. According to Card Player’s pot-limit Omaha odds calculator, Galfond’s hand holds about 65 percent of the time. The pair elected to run it twice, however.
The first river was the Q, which was safe for Galfond. The second river brought 10 — also a card that was not what the Swede needed.
Galfond raked in the massive $240,000 hand.
Despite losing that hand (also the sixth largest so far in 2014), Bloom managed to be up around $300,000 when the match against Galfond was over, according to HighstakesDB.
As of Monday, Blom was up around $1 million on 2014, while Galfond was in the hole nearly $1.2 million. Their match together this weekend reportedly lasted 12 hours.
They were playing four tables of $300-$600.
