Education
Galfond is originally from North Potomac, Maryland and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Galfond is originally from North Potomac, Maryland and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Due to his success as a high-stakes online player, he appeared on multiple seasons of GSN"s High Stakes He is currently the owner and a trainer on poker training site Run lieutenant Once. Live poker
= Tournaments As of August 2015, Galfond"s total live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000. His nine cashes at the WSOP account for $1,705,999 of those winnings.
World Series of
He defeated Adam Hourani during heads-up play.
The final table featured a number of well known professional players including Philosophy Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Kirill Gerasimov, Johnny Chan, David Benyamine, Brian Rast as well as online star Adam "houdini" Hourani. At the 2013 WSOP Galfond finished second in the $25,000 Number Limit Hold"em six handed event for $744,841.
World Tour
Galfond finished in 70th place in the 2008 $25,000 buy-in World Tour Number Limit Hold"em Championship Event, earning $39,570. Other notable tournaments
Galfond finished in 18th place at the 2006 World Series of Circuit event in Grand Casino Tunica, earning $22,895.
Online poker
According to Galfond, he chose “OMGClayAiken” as the antithesis of the “macho” screen names that are prevalent in online poker in hopes that other players would be embarrassed to lose to him.
Due to the legal actions against online poker that took place on April 15, 2011 in the United States known as Black Friday, Galfond moved to Vancouver, Canada so he could continue to play poker online. In February 2013, Galfond"s all-time online earnings on Full Tilt came to over $10,000,000. Galfond has been involved with poker training site Blue Fire Training sites
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