Few first names have a greater monitor document in poker than Phil.
Ivey, Hellmuth, Galfond, are three of the all-time greats. Sternheimer is an everyday within the excessive curler scene. And even trying again on the pre-Black Friday days of poker there was Laak and Gordon.
BetRivers has two of these names as ambassadors for the most recent on-line poker website in Pennsylvania, launching final fall. As a outcome, they determined to assist settle the controversy of which Phil was the very best.
The reply to that query, for now, is Hellmuth.
The website introduced Phil Hellmuth and Phil Galfond to Philadelphia for the “Battle for Phil-adelphia.” The two performed a pair of $5,000 freezeouts with stagnant blinds of $25-$50. Hellmuth swept Galfond, successful $10,000 off the youthful Phil within the course of.
Rush Street Loves Its Phils
Rush Street Interactive signed Hellmuth to an envoy position at the beginning of the 12 months. In March 2022, the corporate purchased the software program for what was then referred to as Run It Once Poker from Galfond.
Galfond’s on-line poker website was out there to non-U.S. gamers beginning in February 2019. But shuttered its operations in January 2022 after it failed to realize a big market share.
Now, the platform is obtainable to U.S. gamers in Pennsylvania beneath the BetRivers model title. 
BetRivers’ advertising marketing campaign leans exhausting into the pair of Phil’s on their roster. The firm’s on-line poker homepage options cartoon variations of the 2 professionals with the phrase “Home of the VIPs [Very Important Phils]” in between them.
The heads-up matches had been the fruits of 4 days of streaming from the 2 poker legends. Hellmuth streamed his on-line poker play on Wednesday and Friday earlier than Galfond streamed a session on Saturday.
On Sunday, the 2 squared off with Hellmuth netting a five-figure rating. The match was aired on Hellmuth’s and Galfond’s private social media channels, in addition to the BetRivers Twtich channel.
Cold Deck Goes Hellmuth’s Way To Seal The Match
The first match was a simple victory for Hellmuth. Everything went his approach and Galfond was by no means in a position to win any important pots.
However, the second match was outlined by a chilly deck that went to Hellmuth. Hellmuth limped on the button with 5
5
and $6,800 of the $10,000 in play in his stack. Galfond checked his choice within the huge blind with 3
2.
The flop was J52 and each gamers checked. The flip was the three. Galfond guess $66 and Hellmuth min-raised. Galfond known as.
The river was the three
and Galfond checked. Hellmuth guess $121 and Galfond raised to $928. Hellmuth three-bet to $2,693 and Galfond known as, leaving himself with simply $233 and fewer than 5 huge blinds.
Hellmuth completed him off shortly after. After the match, Hellmuth credited the victory to his taking part in type.
“I knew it was going to be a tough battle,” stated Hellmuth. “I just play this very unique style and I’ve been very lucky with it. I think I went 10-2 in the [PokerGO] studio playing against the world’s best players. So, it’s a very hard style to play because there’s regrets all the time. If you lose like three or four hands in a row because you slow-played, you’re like ‘I can’t take this anymore.’ So my style is so unique that it’s just very hard to play and so, you know, it requires some real patience and some real great laydowns here and there. You just have to get used to routinely get used to making these, what people used to say were world-class laydowns.”
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