Phil Galfond(credit: GSN)
His first name is Phil. He comes from Madison, Wisconsin....and he has a World Series of Poker bracelet. Can you guess his last name? No, it's not Hellmuth! Phil Galfond, a 23 year old cash game specialist, who might be better known to Tourneyblog readers by his online handle OMGClayAiken, has his first World Series of Poker title. Ironically, the other Phil from Madisown, WI – yes, Hellmuth, this time, was at the final table. So too were Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu and John Juanda.
As Galfond admitted, “it was such a tough final table lineup.” After a marathon heads-up match-up with Adam Hourani of East Lansing, Michigan that lasted more than 100 hands, Galfond emerged victorious in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy Event.
Here are the final results:
1) Phil Galfond - $817,781
2) Adam Hourani - $493,748
3) David Benyamine - $316,307
4) Johnny Chan - $246,874
5) Kirill Gerasimov - $192,870
6) John Juanda - $154,296
7) Daniel Negreanu - $123,437
8) Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - $100,292
9) Brian Rast - $84,863
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