It has been an issue in poker overall – and in online poker especially – for decades. How do you ensure that those who cheat in the game are punished fully for the transgressions that a person, a team, or a group has committed? Long there has been discussion about the subject, but not much… Read more »
The logical move Two months ago, Phil Galfond’s Run It Once online poker room dealt its final international hand. Last week, Galfond announced that his site is one huge step closer to dealing its first hand in the United States, as he sold it to Rush Street Interactive (RSI) for $5.7 million. Of that total,… Read more »
From busto to robusto? Run It Once Poker, the online poker room founded by former poker pro Phil Galfond, has packed in its global operations. As of 2:00am CET on Monday, January 3, games in progress could no longer be joined. Eight hours later, all games were shut down. That’s the bad news. The good… Read more »
The second heads-up challenge went significantly more smoothly for Phil Galfond than did the first one. On Tuesday, Galfond wrapped up his challenge against Ioannis “ActionFreak” Kontonatsios, coming out on top with a €114,765.66 profit. It was a similar setup to the one against VeniVidi1993, just shortly and for higher stakes. The game was €150/€300… Read more »
It was the oracle Kevin Garnett who once said, “Anything is possiblllllle!!!”* On Sunday, self-described “washed-up poker pro” and founder of the Run It Once online poker room, Phil Galfond, completed his comeback in the first match-up of the Galfond Challenge. Down €900,240.17 after the February 9th session, Galfond nailed down the win with fewer… Read more »
Dan Smith, fifth on the all-time poker tournament money list, announced on Monday that he has launched an initiative through his Double Up Drive organization to raise money for households in the Las Vegas area that are most at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, he has teamed up with Phil Galfond,… Read more »
I hope Phil Galfond is attracting a lot of traffic to his online poker room, Run It Once, as the result of the Galfond Challenge, because he needs to generate a lot of rake for the beating he is taking so far. There is still a long way to go against VeniVidi1993 and several more… Read more »
Former poker pro and founder of the online poker site RunItOnce.eu (RIO), Phil Galfond, has confirmed two opponents for his heads-up challenge. The first is Bill Perkins, while the second is poker pro and coach, Fernando “JNandez87” Habegger. Galfond issued the challenge via the RIO blog last month. He split it into two variations. The… Read more »
Phil Galfond, the founder of the young online poker room Run It Once Poker (RIO) and former high stakes poker pro, issued a challenge yesterday to all comers. Posting on the Run It Once blog, Galfond is looking for people to take him on in high stakes heads-up matches. The challenge outline Galfond has a… Read more »
It had been a while since we heard from Phil Galfond about his new online poker site, Run It Once. The site finally went live in February and he gave an update in April, but for the most part, it has been radio silence since. Nothing wrong with that – it’s just how it is.… Read more »
Poker pro Phil Galfond still has yet to launch his online poker site, Run It Once, but he did post another update on Monday, this time explaining one way in which Run It Once intends to reward players. This is not the main rewards program, but it certainly an interesting one. The program, called “streamR”… Read more »
