Jon SofenLilly Wolf
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Few have likely seen this coming, but Phil Galfond now has a YouTube channel. The almost universally popular poker pro launched his channel on September 25th and has already published his first 23 minute video.
Galfond, Owner of the Run it Once poker site, is not the stereotypical poker YouTuber. Sure, he’s eloquent, understands the game as well as anyone, and has an impeccable poker résumé, but he’s usually not one to bring up controversial issues in poker or attack other players.
But he does have the skills to teach the game of poker as effectively as anyone else, as demonstrated in his first video, “How I Handle Downswings”.
In the video, you’ll quickly find that he admires Winston Churchill as he uses a number of compelling Churchill quotes such as: B. “Never waste a good crisis”. He explains that this quote applies to poker because when things are going well it is easy to relax and believe that you will keep winning. But when something goes wrong, “we start to question it all”.
Why he’s getting into the YouTube game
Galfonds YouTube Channel is very young, but already has almost 2,000 subscribers, and his first video has already been viewed over 4,600 times. The former Full Tilt Poker Crusher, formerly known as “OMGClayAiken”, announced his newest hobby to the poker world. Then he explained why he is in this field.
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Of the Pot-Limit-Omaha-Superstar went on to explain that he is no longer as concerned about being a perfectionist as he was in the past, which is why it is now easier for him to start a YouTube channel.
“2021 was a very tough year for me personally. (I’m fine by the way). That did a couple of things that led me to start this channel. Starting from an emotional low, I found it easier to come to an agreement To face fears. How bad would it really be if I failed a little here? Wrote Galfond.
As for the content of his channel, Galfond said he’s already Videos with poker tips for beginners as well as short and long podcasts with other poker professionals planned and recorded.
“I have decided to publish 1 video per week for the time being. I would like to increase this frequency, but I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, which is what I always do!” Galfond tweeted.
Phil Galfond is widely considered to be one of the friendliest poker players in the world. It is rare for someone to say a bad word about them. But he’s also one of the toughest competitors in the game, taking on all the other players in the Galfond Challenge, an online high-stakes PLO competition, in which he currently leads 4-0.
During the poker boom era, he became famous for being by the username “OMGClayAiken” the Won nosebleed games on Full Tilt Poker. He then switched to the television poker scene and participated in popular shows such as “Poker After Dark” and “High Stakes Poker” part. As a tournament player, which is not his specialty, he has won nearly $ 3 million in live money. In 2019 he founded die Run it Once-Pokerseite. And now he’s a YouTube poker content creator. There isn’t much left for him to do in this game.
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