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High-stakes PLO crusher joins poker Twitter with a new handle
‘Venividi1993' and Phil Galfond engaged in one of poker's all-time greatest heads-up matches in the first round of the Galfond Challenge. The real-life identity of ‘Venividi1993' remains a mystery, but the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha has appeared to join Twitter under the handle @thevenividi1993.
Venividi now up over €260k in Galfond Challenge. Venividi stopped some of Phil Galfond's momentum in Day 30 of the Galfond Challenge on Thursday. It was a back and forth day where the lead switched ten times, but Venividi ultimately finished the day up €26,992.32, extending his lead to €260,616.44.
As the match between ‘Venividi1993' and Galfond played on throughout the early months of 2020, a couple of different Twitter accounts sprang up that looked like an official account from the mysterious nosebleed PLO specialist. None of those accounts were ever confirmed, however.
Phil Galfond vs. VeniVidi1993: The Show is Over. The first match of the Galfond Challenge was a rollercoaster for poker fans.At some point, Phil was €900k down and the question was whether he was throwing in the towel against VeniVidi1993. Professional poker player Phil Galfond has managed to recover from a €900,000 losing run in a heads up battle against online regular Venividi. Coin Rivet reported on Galfond's downswing in.
This time it appears that the new handle is the real deal. The @thevenividi1993 handle joined Twitter in July 2020, and since an initial post on July 28, the account has gained more than 3,000 followers.
Some of those followers include some of poker's biggest names and brands. Doug Polk, Run It Once Poker, Fried 'mynameiskarl' Meulders, Joey Ingram, Andrew Neeme, and Remko Rinkema represent just a few of the names following the new @thevenividi1993 account.
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- 'VeniVidi1993' is back in the news, and this time it isn't for blowing a $1 million lead in a heads-up challenge against Phil Galfond. The online poker pro — whose real name isn't publicly known — claims he was also banned from GGPoker for the sole reason that he's a winning player.
Phil Galfond himself, along with his wife Farah Galfond, both follow the @thevenividi1993 handle as well. The new Twitter account looks like a legitimate product of the real ‘Venividi1993', who's been offering glimpses into the world of high-stakes online poker.
‘Venividi1993' creates content for the people
One of the first posts on the @thevenividi1993 Twitter feed asks followers what kind of content they'd like to see on the account. 'Graphs' narrowly beat out 'Hand Histories,' 'Phil Galfond Challenge,' and 'My Onlyfans account' as the top choice.
My graph 1 year after turning pro. Good luck explaining to your friends and family that you should be winning north of a quarter million, but in fact are losing money at 19 years old #pokeronline#pokerpic.twitter.com/iXX4gsMS9d
— Venividi1993 (@thevenividi1993) August 6, 2020
Followers on the Twitter feed responded in disbelief, prompting ‘Venividi1993' to elaborate on the incredibly unlucky swing.
'Yeah these were the really tough days,' ‘Venividi1993' tweeted. 'Went broke and had to get myself a backer. These days the swings don't really impact my financial status, so it's way easier to cope with. Also tried to wire my brain early on to care about the process and EV more than net earnings.'
In another tweet, ‘Venividi1993' offered advice for aspiring poker pros:
How to make it in poker these days:
1. Don't do it
2. If you ignore point 1, seek the right guidance/mentor
3. Play micros/low stakes for practice, not BR building
4. Earn yourself a BR with your day job and hop into mid stakes when you/your mentor thinks you're ready
— Venividi1993 (@thevenividi1993) July 31, 2020
The tweet sparked a spirited discussion about the state of high-stakes poker, and the viability of poker as a career choice in the modern era. In a later tweet, ‘Venividi1993' invited fans to watch him take on Doug Polk in a heads-up match on the Winning Poker Network, with Polk returning to poker to warm up for an upcoming challenge against Daniel Negreanu.
‘Venividi1993' vs. Galfond ranks with the greatest heads-up matches in poker history
Phil Galfond extended the Galfond Challenge in promotion of his Run It Once Poker online platform. Galfond challenged all takers to 25,000-hand heads-up PLO matches, played at €100/€200 on Run It Once.
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‘Venividi1993' was the first to take on Galfond, with the entire match streamed on the Run It Once Twitch channel. The match took 39 sessions to complete, with ‘Venividi1993' taking a commanding lead of more than €900,000 through the first 10,000 hands played.
Galfond staged one of poker's all-time greatest comebacks in the final 15,000 hands of the challenge, however, with the match coming down to the final few hands. Galfond still trailed with less than 100 hands remaining.
Galfond found a victory in the final stretch, however, coming away with a +€1,671.58 advantage at the end of a match that kept the poker community riveted.
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The Galfond Challenge could not be off to a worse start for its eponym.
After seven sessions of play, Phil Galfond is stuck €379,073.77 to online mystery grinder 'Venividi1993'. They've played 4,760 of a planned 25,000 hands at €100/€200 pot-limit Omaha. That means Galfond has lost at a frightening rate of nearly €80 or four big blinds per hand.
Here's a look at how things have gone so far:
Day 1
Things started promisingly enough for Galfond on Jan. 22 when the two players took seats at two tables on Run It Once Poker. The legend leapt out to an early lead as he won the first stack of the match in a four-bet pot, getting there with top pair and a flush draw against naked aces.
However, Galfond got a taste of the pain to come about half an hour later. He flopped fives full of jacks but didn't have an out in the deck as Venividi had flopped quads. He raked in Galfond's stack on the river.
About two hours in, Venividi exceeded €100,000 on one of the tables after continually siphoning chips from Galfond in pot after pot. Galfond made a bit of a comeback and they took a break then reset the stacks for a final hour.
That hour went poorly for Galfond as he lost several stacks, ending things by bluffing off a stack with a missed combo draw into Venividi's trips and straight blockers.
Hands Played: 655
Results: Venividi1993 +€72,572.68
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Day 2
Galfond began the second session by stacking Venividi again, this time turning top set of aces and holding when Venividi semi-bluffed all in with a pair and a combo draw.
After Venividi evened things out, Galfond took down the biggest pot to date in the session when he found himself with in a four-bet pot, having flopped. Unfortunately for Galfond, he was up against for top two and diamonds. Galfond managed to find a on the turn and fade the river to rake in €52K.
Venividi battled right back with a €54K pot when he sucked out on Galfond's bare aces with a flush draw, and he took command after their first break going up as high as +€40,000.
After the final break, Galfond worked his way back into the lead, jumping ahead when his aces held up against the nut wrap on a flop in a four-bet pot.
However, Venividi took down the last big pot of the session when they stuck in nearly all the money preflop, Galfond's against . Venividi flopped a pair and a straight draw on and he turned the to secure the pot with a straight and reduce Galfond to a small win.
Hands Played: 715
Results: Galfond +€2,615.26
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Day 3
Day 3 proved a rough one for Galfond despite it being the shortest yet.
The first hour saw Galfond lose several stacks as Venividi pumped up to nearly €100,000 on one table thanks to rivering set over set and also making a boat against Galfond's aces. Galfond fought back before break when he induced with a small bet on , calling a shove with after timing down. Venividi had the nut blocker and shipped over a stack before break.
Venividi was up a solid but unspectacular €23K just before the second break, but he began his surge there as he got three streets from Galfond for a €54K pot on . Galfond called pot on the river and lost to with an unknown hand.
He continued to run Galfond through the ringer over the final 40 minutes or so and booked a large win. Galfond attributed the loss to playing his C-game while Venividi played his A-game.
Hands Played: 557
Results: Venividi +€84,437.52
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Day 4
Day 4 began well for Galfond as he held a solid profit for most of the first hour or so. In the biggest pot the two played, Venividi had such a strong draw with on that he was even money heading to the river against Galfond's set of fours. A brick river sent a pot worth just shy of €56,000 to Galfond.
However, the two played a pot of almost €60,000 after that. Venividi check-raised nearly all of his stack holding on . Galfond held for queens up and the flush draw and missed. Still, he held a small lead going to break.
Venividi coolered Galfond right away after the break when he rivered a straight versus Galfond's top set of aces. However, Galfond recovered and actually moved up as high as +€53,000 after winning a four-bet pot one one table and stacking Venividi with set over set on the other.
Venividi, though, closed strong over the final 30 minutes and won a series of medium and large pots to book a win of just under a buy-in.
Hands Played: 581
Results: Venividi +€17,544.87
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Day 5
A nightmare session unfolded for Galfond on Day 5 as he nearly doubled his losses despite being substantially stuck already.
Things got off to a rough start for Galfond as he lost several stacks early before the stream cut out, most notably hitting the nut flush on the turn only to have Venividi pick up top boat. Galfond potted the river with on and then called off getting a large price only to be shown .
About two hours in, Galfond lost several stacks in quick session. First, he bluffed off into Venividi's top set on the river, with Venividi picking him off while also holding a blocker to the nut straight. Then, Galfond turned a full house with on . Venividi had for a better boat and stacked his foe again. Galfond found himself in a €200,000 hole.
Galfond mounted a comeback after the break as he collected several stacks of his own. One swingy hand saw Galfond flop top two and a straight draw with on . Venividi held for bottom pair and the nut draw. He got there with an turn for higher two pair, but Galfond made his straight on the river.
However, he faded a bit to the finish once again and wound up staring at nearly eight buy-ins of red ink.
Hands Played: 726
Results: Venividi +€155,063.52
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Day 6
Day 6 saw Galfond take the first huge pot, worth $56,664. The two players had massive hands on the board. Galfond had for both flush draws and the nuts, while Venividi had for two pair and a combo draw. A rolled off to keep Galfond best.
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Venividi stacked Galfond right back in a four-bet pot when his aces held against Galfond's queens with a gutter, and Venividi worked his way into a decent lead around €50,000 before the two played an enormous pot about three hours in.
Both players started with more than €40,000 in a three-bet pot as hit the board. Galfond led small with a quarter-pot bet and Venividi called. On the turn, Galfond bet small again with €1,350 into €5,400. Venividi raised to €9,448 and Galfond called, checking the . Venividi bet about half pot with €12,390 and Galfond shoved. Venividi called with for top set and the second nuts on the river, but Galfond had for the nuts. He dragged just under €82K.
The lead swung back to Venividi heading into the final stretch, but this time it was Galfond finishing strong. He held with the nut straight on the turn against top two and a flush draw then coolered Venividi with top set against second set.
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After dragging the final pot, a four-bet affair, Galfond wound up even on the day.
Hands Played: 703
Results: Venividi +€13.31
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Day 7
The longest session yet played came on Thursday, as the two crushers battled across 823 hands.
About an hour in, the two players were close to even when Venividi collected stacks on each table. On one, Galfond bluffed all in on the river with a missed straight draw and a single heart blocker. Venividi picked him off with a ten-high flush. On the other, stacks went in on in a single-raised pot. Each player had a huge hand, but Venividi's got there against top set.
Galfond then dropped another stack in a four-bet pot when his couldn't hold on against , with Venividi locked it up with a turned flush.
Venividi pushed his edge up to €110K heading into the second break. Galfond would slowly recover some in the following hands, but he was unable to land a killshot for a huge swing as Venividi opted to break the tables any time the players hit 200 big blinds effective.
Galfond hit a high point of -€42K but had to settle for medium-sized loss a bit deeper.
Hands Played: 823
Results: Venividi +€52,057.13
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Outlook After First Seven Days
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Despite the horrid results, Galfond remained at least a little upbeat.
'Even if I'm significant underdog, it's a pretty improbable run,' he said after the sixth session. 'I shouldn't be losing that much per hand even if I'm outclassed badly.'
He reported on Twitter the chances of such a rough run are in the ballpark of 5% likelihood, showing a graph of the damage thus far:
As requested, graph of the #GalfondChallenge to date with red & blue lines added.
— Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond)Veni Vidi Poker Name
In another tweet, he acknowledged victory is unlikely despite the challenge being less than 20% finished. He said his new goal is simply to win the hands going forward:
Another losing day for me in the first #GalfondChallenge.
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