2008 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Day: 3
Galfond's Hero Call
Galfond turned up ... no clubs... and won the pot with two pair. And for the first time in what seemed like hours, the crowd went wild.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 0
Updated Chip Counts
Adam Hourani 450,000
Adam Hourani Doubles Through Phil Galfond
Hourani
Galfond
The flop was . Galfond needs a non-heart seven to win. The turn was the , no help for Galfond. The river was the and Hourani doubled up to 1,000,000
Whittling Him Down
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond Wins Event #28 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys), Adam Hourani Eliminated in 2nd Place ($493,748)
Hourani
Galfond
"Phil is in bad shape here" deadpanned the Tournament Director.
However, the turn was the making Galfond two pair and giving him the lead. The river was the and after three and a half hours of heads up play, OMG, we have a champion!
Phil Galfond takes home his first WSOP bracelet and $817,781. Adam Hourani is our runner up and earns $493,748.
Congratulations to Phil Galfond, Champion of Event No. 28 ($817,781)
And what a final nine it was. Our final table featured several poker luminaries, including Johnny Chan, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and David Benyamine. Of those, Chan emerged at one point as the chip leader, but a couple of damaging hands erased his big stack. Benyamine made the final three, but couldn't overcome a sizable chip deficit, and he, too, fell by the wayside.
Left standing were online stars Adam "the_houdini" Hourani and Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, both of whom can be found playing high stakes PLO on Full Tilt (along with Benyamine and other big name pros). When heads-up began, Galfond enjoyed a 3-to-2 chip advantange, and while he never lost his lead Hourani proved a worthy adversary, battling for well over one hundred hands before Galfond finally took the last of his chips.
When asked afterwards whether he felt intimidated amid so many high profile pros, Galfond replied with a mix of humility and confidence. "I felt blessed to be here, but I didn't feel outmatched," answered Galfond. "I wasn't afraid. I just wanted to play my best game."
That he did. Congratulations to Phil Galfond for capturing his first WSOP bracelet. And thanks to everyone for following the coverage.
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Day 3 Completed