First "Galfond Challenge" Set To Start on Wednesday

Published on January 19th, 2020 5:08 pm EST

Update: January 25th, 2020 9:34 pm EST

Things are not going well for Galfond early in the challenge, as he is down €171,939.81 after a total of 2,508 hands.

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The very first "Galfond Challenge" is set to begin at 17:00 CET on Wednesday, January 22nd.

The stakes for the first "Challenge" will be €100/€200, and the game of choice will be Pot Limit Omaha.

There will be a total of 25,000 hands played in the challenge.

If Galfond is up at the end of the 25,000 hand challenge, he will receive an additional €100,000 to satisfy the terms of their side bet.

If "Venividi" is up at the end of the 25,000 hand challenge, he will receive an additional €200,000 from Galfond to satisfy the terms of their side bet.

The action will take place at Galfond's site, Run It Once Poker. The action will be streamed on Twitch.tv/RunItOncePoker, though no hole cards will be shown (at least initially).

Galfond and "Venividi" will be playing for four hours per day, five days a week until the challenge has been completed.

For everyone in North America, the 17:00 CET start time translates into 8 am PST/11 am EST.

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There is a line forming to play Galfond in the Challenge, including Bill Perkins, Brandon Adams and Daniel Cates. Galfond has promised to play all of them, one after another.

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"VeniVidi", who plays online as "VeniVidi1993", is a small favourite to win the Challenge, according to PokerShares.com. Here are the current betting odds as of this moment:

Phil Galfond, 2.08
"VeniVidi1993", 1.79

The odds have tightened quite a bit over recent days, as many people have been backing Galfond to win.

"VeniVidi" is a fantastic player, and this should be a great battle.

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