After Phil Galfond defeated “Venividi1993” following a long, drawn-out heads-up pot-limit Omaha match that lasted the better part of three months, the Run It Once Poker boss has wasted no time getting his other challenges rolling.
Not only has he begun to play Bill Perkins in an on-and-off match revolving around Perkins’ schedule, he commenced playing online PLO star “ActionFreak” on Monday.
Regarded by many pundits as Galfond’s toughest challenge, ActionFreak agreed to play 15,000 hands of €150/€300 PLO, accepting a side bet of equal odds for €150,000.
A planned Monday session was cut short by connection issues, but a full session went to down on Tuesday. While Galfond opened up a wide lead of more than €200,000, ActionFreak ultimately evened things up for a small loss that left him up €7,500 overall.
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Day 1 & 2
Though Day 1 was cut short, a couple of significant pots still were played. Galfond three-bet preflop in one hand and ActionFreak called before calling another €1,781 on 
. Galfond barreled bigger with a pot-sized wager of €8,962 on the 
, and ActionFreak called again for a 
river. Galfond piled the last €16,555, and ActionFreak tanked awhile before calling with 
for just one pair. It was good, though, as Galfond had 
for a whiffed draw and just a pair of sixes.
After 145 hands played, they stopped due to the technical issues with ActionFreak up €11.1K.
Day 2 would see Galfond win a €76K pot early on. ActionFreak three-bet it preflop and barreled off on 
. Galfond was lying in wait on the river after making the nuts with 
. ActionFreak had 
for aces up. Then, with €8,098 in the pot, Galfond potted in position on 
. The river was a and Galfond shoved for €19,799. ActionFreak called fairly quickly with 
for sixes full, but Galfond had 
for kings full.
ActionFreak dropped another stack shortly after. He three-bet it preflop and was called, then his continuation-bet of €2,915 was met with a call on 
. The turn was a and ActionFreak check-raised almost all in, with Galfond obliging for €35,274 and an €81K pot.
Galfond: 
ActionFreak:
ActionFreak needed help with top two and diamonds against a straight, but the wasn’t enough. They took a break after about 225 hands with Galfond up just over six figures.
Galfond again got lucky when ActionFreak got a check-raise in for nearly all of his chips holding top set on the turn. Galfond called with a wrap plus flush draw and hit a straight on the river, collecting ActionFreak’s last €12K for another €60K pot. Galfond soon found himself up €202,000.
ActionFreak cut into that number when he cracked Galfond’s aces in a four-bet pot. A coordinated board of 
put Galfond on the defensive as he checked back the flop and called one-third pot on the turn, but he couldn’t find the fold button on the river when ActionFreak shoved for €19,840 into €26K. After a long tank, Galfond called with 
, losing to 
for a backdoor straight.
Galfond blasted off another stack after break as he tripled off on , shoving river for €23K, just under pot. ActionFreak had a dreamy bluff catcher and called with 
for a flush.
After ActionFreak bluffed off a stack of his own into Galfond’s full house, the biggest pot of the session was played. Galfond put in a four-bet from the button, and with €16,199 in the middle, he potted a 
flop. ActionFreak shoved for €40,118, and Galfond called, bringing the pot to €96,436. Galfond had flopped well with 
, but ActionFreak had him in rough shape with and turned him dead.
Still, things looked rosy for Galfond when he was up €170K after 700 hands were in the books. It was all ActionFreak from there, though. He stacked Galfond by check-raising with nut flush draw and a gutter, hitting his flush and potting turn and river. A further bluff catch by Galfond was unsuccessful, while his own bluff was caught, and suddenly, ActionFreak was only down €39K.
Galfond briefly dropped into the negative before recovering a little bit down the stretch to post a small win, though he remained down overall.
Hands Played: 1017
Results: ActionFreak +€7,529.49
Full session video, part 1
source https://casinonewsblogger.com/galfond-challenge-actionfreak-takes-slim-early-lead/
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