How I Lost Over $400,000 on High Stakes Poker

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8 ай бұрын

In my first High Stakes Poker appearance I was kicked off the show. After winning my first bracelet, I finally got a second chance with Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, and other high stakes poker legends!
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For an insight on my first time playing on High Stakes Poker, and what it was like to be kicked off, please check out my original video on the topic below:
How I Got Kicked Off of High Stakes Poker: • How I Got Kicked Off o...
As a young poker player, High Stakes Poker was my favorite TV show (I had watched every single episode and high stakes poker hand, of course.)
When my first televised poker appearance ended with me being kicked off, I was disheartened - but also lucky enough to get another shot later (as mentioned in the video, I actually replaced Phil Ivey in this high stakes lineup!)
I returned to the high stakes live poker table to face poker legends like Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu aka Kid Poker, Doyle Brunson aka Texas Dolly, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow aka the Mouth, Bertrand Grospellier aka Elky, Lex Veldhuis, and last but not least - Tom Dwan!
I’d spent plenty of time playing against the best online poker players in the world at $200/$400, $300/$600, and even higher, so the stakes and I were no strangers.
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@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

If you're a tournament player, there's a sale on Run It Once's best MTT courses: galfond.link/MTTsale It's only here for the next 4 days so I wanted to lyk fast!

@bcvids14 8 ай бұрын

Use this comment to vote for Phil to be on Hustler Casino Live!

@berdyderg900 8 ай бұрын

Idk how anyone watches that shit more than once, it's just reality TV with cards

@bin1701 8 ай бұрын

I think galfond is not interested for that

@mitchellcongrove3413 8 ай бұрын

Please!!!!!!

@seamunke 8 ай бұрын

Bro poker is a social game. Of course it’s reality tv with cards lol

@Salsasports 8 ай бұрын

Would never happen. You think a bunch of donk fish wanna play with one of the best poker players in the world? Yaaaaa nope.

@chrissinatra1114 8 ай бұрын

Doyle “ I don’t wanna hurt anyone’s feelings, i don’t count chips for anybody “ 😂 Rest easy Godfather

@YaNeverLearn 8 ай бұрын

I think it's a fair question until Ele asks a second time, then I agree with Doyle they can just look lol

@insomnyteq 8 ай бұрын

i literally stopped beacuse of this episode.

@christianbache4074 8 ай бұрын

What i love the most about this is the raw honesty about the mistakes you made this session. For example the kind of entitlement tilt you had when thinking "i can just outplay these guys postflop" when you called the 4 bet with K5 off. Not so many players of your caliber is able to show that kind of humility-lots of respect for that attitude.

@santaclause3487 8 ай бұрын

Yea. Galfond seems like a stand up guy.

@mnguyenxiv 8 ай бұрын

Phil, -$400,000 was just a setup for implied odds at future HSP sessions 😂

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Haven’t cashed in quite yet 😂

@joshc7752 8 ай бұрын

Really love your videos Phil. Would love to see more live play from current times, PLO especially. Series with Jungleman was the best!

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@fredrikzels2637 8 ай бұрын

I remember watching this and thinking that you can't get a break. Alot of times you were just running super cold and that last hand with K5 and the case K comes is just so brutal. Always enjoy your content, you are a fantastic player and a better human being.

@jcompton3947 8 ай бұрын

I mean you hate to see Phil lose a ton of money, but watching Phil watch himself lose a ton of money *with a smile on his face* is gold

@ncinlv1507 8 ай бұрын

Your honesty is appreciated Phil, keep up the entertaining videos!

@CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd 6 ай бұрын

The realest poker KZfaqr out here….everyone else is a WANNA BE “PRO” or just a douchebag scammer you will always have my sub and likes 👍

@alyx5213 7 ай бұрын

I love these videos. Super interesting to get a candid review of your old games. Also a good reminder that everyone makes mistakes, which we can all learn from. Still kind of hurt from donking off a few min buy ins on a game I’m not familiar enough with, been trying to build my confidence and study before I play anything again. I could watch these all day long

@barthilhorst7551 8 ай бұрын

Very fun and informative to see you comment on your past self, thanks!

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@pace348 8 ай бұрын

What an overrated fish.

@TuanNguyen-yc4wz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for Video. I’m watching and support your Chanel 👍🇺🇸💰

@digitaldavid5633 8 ай бұрын

Enjoy your videos! Keep em up and enjoy your commentary and analysis

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@pace348 8 ай бұрын

What an overrated fish.

@berdyderg900 8 ай бұрын

@@pace348post your graph

@pace348 8 ай бұрын

@@berdyderg900 post deez nutzz fanboy

@wendklenff133 8 ай бұрын

@@berdyderg900 i think it was sarcasm, post your humour ;)

@CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd 6 ай бұрын

11:24 “OH MY GOD CLAY AIKEN WENT FOR IT 🤦‍♂️ 😱 ” 😂😂😂😂

@ssiko52 8 ай бұрын

I remember watching this live, not knowing much about Phil, but was wondering how he was a winning poker player. He really punted hard.

@jakechadwick1878 8 ай бұрын

Crazy production on this one, so good!

@perplexed76 8 ай бұрын

2:40 Tom Dwan has just detected a big fish at table 😅 kappa kappa 🙃

@rajahferrier7475 8 ай бұрын

That full house fold was gangster

@uns70ppabl35 8 ай бұрын

Very entertaining video. Keep it up Phil!

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@Antzzz_Manzzz 8 ай бұрын

The honest take on these hands by Phil shows his character

@dacgours55 8 ай бұрын

Great content. People can justify any calls, I.e. the 9/7 vs Daniel. Cmon man!

@nickholmquist 8 ай бұрын

Phil, did have any read on elezra when he did that abrupt forceful raise w top two? Seemed confident and definite yet really wanting it to end now

@UberFubar75 2 ай бұрын

Nice that you're honest. I think you were starstruck mate. When you're at the felt you need to zone out of the knowledge that you're playing against big players. Play your game and nobody else's! You obviously have the knowledge, now apply it with focus and you'll be fine. Best of luck buddy.

@chiefcheeser 8 ай бұрын

Lol just remembered that time years ago on 2+2 when some guy called you Phil Gandolf. I'm disappointed that name never caught on! 😄

@showdown1324 8 ай бұрын

You know as they say in Germany: Geteiltes Leid ist halbes Leid, which means shared pain is half the pain. Great video as always, GG WP either way

@jaybingham3711 8 ай бұрын

Cool. Now get to work coming up with a saying or word that covers revelling in another's pain.

@showdown1324 8 ай бұрын

Cool. Now get to work coming up with better reading and comprehending skills.

@MaximusMerideus 8 ай бұрын

I was playing in this game from home and I was remember thinking how brilliant it was for Lex and Phil, players I didn't know anything about, to be playing on HSP. Yeah you dropped 400k but you were in the game, playing the best live poker had to offer on the most popular poker show and you were playing without fear. Skill, bankroll, and youth... You might of lost at poker that day but you sure were killing it at life- -PG for President-

@TuanNguyen-yc4wz 8 ай бұрын

Love your Commentator 👍😊💰

@miguelortega4930 8 ай бұрын

Loved this

@Eric-tj3tg 8 ай бұрын

Legit 1st?? Phil, at least you didn't NIT it up; lol. Thanks for the video, as they're always a good watch. Best to you.

@samuraijack1371 8 ай бұрын

It’s just crazy to see how all these pros from back then would considered fishes in todays game. Solvers have completely changed the game forever. It’s truly a sport now

@wayne9287 6 ай бұрын

It's partially true. Players are not divided by skills like any other sports. If you do good table selection you can play with bad players anyway no matter how the players has improved in general.

@AnonNA-qv9eo 5 ай бұрын

I remember watching this and rooting for you. Man that makes me feel old lol

@Labergemusic 8 ай бұрын

I feel like watching your channel is good for my mental health

@calpoker21 8 ай бұрын

these videos are so great

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@jaydee6361 8 ай бұрын

I dont ever count my chips for anybody.... what a fuckin LEGEND!

@garywu6488 8 ай бұрын

Would love to see reviews of poker after dark PLO 😃

@kakerandelin 8 ай бұрын

YES! Must've watched that week like 10 times back in the day lol

@T-Truth 8 ай бұрын

Can you comment on the statement Doyle made in your QQ hand. "I dont count my chips for anybody" why do you think he said that? Also interesting that people must ask for a chipcount all the time, but he choose to say something at that moment

@PhuPhillipTrinh 8 ай бұрын

love your content Phil! - Phil

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Phil!

@chanceneck8072 8 ай бұрын

I really love your analysis here. I completely agree. I'm only like 5 minutes into the video, but I love how you completely leave any ego out of this.

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@thedealermusic 8 ай бұрын

How did you know what sizes to bet certain hands / ranges etc back in those days? Did anyone have a decent plan pre-solver?

@webguy943 8 ай бұрын

I never use a solver n i crush villains. Dont need one

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

We were all guessing!

@danield8094 8 ай бұрын

"That's a lot, right?" lol

@jeremiahmiller4640 4 ай бұрын

Your one of the few poker players I really root for

@krlldn2562 2 ай бұрын

11:00 Nah mate, checking flop and raising turn is classic Tx

@berdyderg900 8 ай бұрын

Really love that the only time we even see a bet smallwr than 1/2 is specifically with KK on K99. Unreal how soft these games used to be 😅

@iamhorcruxer 8 ай бұрын

For as active as you were that was a good fold with that full house. Eli with that bet (check, I don’t have anything) big river bet, yea that jus never looks like a bluff even tho plenty of people will snap that lol

@user-uy6sx6lh3f 8 ай бұрын

Great Phil ❤

@robertwarneck6464 8 ай бұрын

I remember watching this and it felt like you were playing not the normal Phil style. Almost like you were told to play crazy by production.

@francescoiadicicco1266 8 ай бұрын

I bet pot that they did.

@moaf2padventures757 8 ай бұрын

ive always loved the part where you like semi-proudly say "i have a full house" and daniel and benyamine just start tooling on you.

@etherjoe505 8 ай бұрын

Nice !! Seems like a good dude.

@adrianoalves20 8 ай бұрын

Missed your videos Phil! Holy moly 430k! HOw much was your roll back then? $ 4 mi or sth?

@Duzykutas 8 ай бұрын

10 million at least id say

@PhilGalfond 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Honestly, I don’t remember. My guess is $3m 😃

@motocross2127 8 ай бұрын

How did you deal with that kind of loss and still be able to play in the future? I’d be so tilted and disappointed

@cwaddle 8 ай бұрын

The play with 10, 2 is a mystery

@lance862 8 ай бұрын

I'm a little confused about Doyle saying he doesn't count his chips for anybody; someone could just ask the dealer and the dealer would have to count and tell them so it seems to only serve to slow down the action.

@kizzyle5989 8 ай бұрын

It’s a way for people to get information from you. How fast are you counting ?? Are your hands shaking ?? Is your voice high ?? Anything to gain data to determine if they put more chips in or not.

@georgwurth6614 8 ай бұрын

lol love it, 15min of just straight up nonsense punts from the GOAT himself. hahaha so cool to see, he is human after all

@rajahferrier7475 8 ай бұрын

Sometimes you're the nail, sometimes you're the hammer.

@davidfong7848 8 ай бұрын

I've been playing poker for about as long as you have and I think it's funny how even the best players at the time were so terrible compared to our understanding of the game now. Not talking about you obv

@JayakrishnanNairOmana 8 ай бұрын

4:03 That is a stupid raise by DB. There is no flush draw out there. It is the board to just call. However Elezra's raise on the flop in the first hand was a good one since there was a FD.

@cjparsons6748 8 ай бұрын

You obviously know very little

@JayakrishnanNairOmana 8 ай бұрын

@@cjparsons6748 what qualifies you to say that? If someone like Phil said it, I would accept it since he is qualified to do so. What is YOUR qualification to belittle me?

@Bumder 8 ай бұрын

@@JayakrishnanNairOmanawhat is your qualification to be little Doyle Brunson 😂???

@JayakrishnanNairOmana 8 ай бұрын

@@Bumder You have multiple accounts, alright. But show me why you had a right to attack me ad hominem on my comment? You show your credentials first. What is your hendon mob?

@PokrPro21 8 ай бұрын

@@JayakrishnanNairOmanaDo you defecate on the public streets of India while you're walking to your weekly poker game?

@wormholewest 8 ай бұрын

This is rough

@ms-wf2ym 7 ай бұрын

"If you look at the other players and see no fish, you are the fish" did you see a fish at the table this day, phil?

@iamhorcruxer 8 ай бұрын

Mike Matusow with that “David Benyamine ladies and gentlemen” after he scoops the pot 😒 hate when people say dumb, unnecessary shit after someone wins the pot, like he had top 2 wasn’t even bluffing when he raised, guy can’t call $60k more unless he’s playing bad or ahead, so yea he won the pot pretty easily he don’t need you to celebrate for him

@user-zd7un6dh6c 8 ай бұрын

Dude what hands are you playing bro

@Pokerfarhang 8 ай бұрын

legend

@eun974 8 ай бұрын

Legend.

@pace348 8 ай бұрын

What an overrated fish.

@MichaelBennett1 8 ай бұрын

Nothing quite like running into boat after boat against aggressive players.

@keithlintt 5 ай бұрын

i wouldn't call these mistakes. If you play perfect gto poker you wont' get invited so you had to "donk off" so you get invite which is exactly what you did.

@NunoSobrinho-jw8ek 4 ай бұрын

How did u fold that king on the last hand lol, like he would never have QQ there, there was only AA,KK or 9x that beat you

@elasmojones 8 ай бұрын

Gotto love it when you play aggressive and find yourself betting into the nuts all the time. Happens to the worst of us.

@sjwgenius7347 8 ай бұрын

Tbf these games don’t really need 9 rocks there nitting up whole night

@shesnahlaboo4744 8 ай бұрын

HEY I’M BORED, LET ME DIG FOR SOMETHING I DID 15 YEARS AGO 😂

@santaclause3487 8 ай бұрын

Remember when Polk went on that rant about Ben Tollerene, that was hilarious. he went on about how Ben would complain about taking pieces of Galfond. Idk why I just remembered that. Doug can be such a Karen. Complaining about stupid stuff like Ben sitting him and using his strategy he taught him in short stack lol.

@untouchable360x 8 ай бұрын

"Life is not how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and get up over and over again."

@HDsharp 3 ай бұрын

This feels like betting on black 5 times in a row while red as already come in 10 times in a row. Just a bad run.

@travisalias3475 6 ай бұрын

Not sure y benjamin raised….shoulda flat called hahaha

@chanceneck8072 8 ай бұрын

Happens to the best.

@iamhorcruxer 8 ай бұрын

You shoulda called with that flush draw gettin 2 to 1. It was coming. Someone called me with a flush draw gettin worse odds and hit so there’s no way you was gonna 🧱 that draw. Win that pot and it might change your whole life

@dmitriyaleksandrovich5024 5 ай бұрын

Tilt....

@jaybingham3711 8 ай бұрын

So this is essentially along the lines of paying a shit-ton of cash to have lunch with Buffett. You go there willingly obligating yourself to play super loose...accepting the high likelihood of it tending you toward -EV (game-wise)...for the pleasure of playing high stakes with some big names. Still, there's a small chance the deck hits you. I think I can understand that as a valid justification. But the 400k loss (or whatever actual piece of it you have) certainly would need to represent only a tiny fraction of overall net worth.

@SoSo-li6dn 8 ай бұрын

"You will stop caring what other people think of you when you realise how seldom they do" - table image is perhaps the most over rated aspect of poker and most of the time players are not thinking of you as a tight guy who would never bluff.

@essohgeedee9617 8 ай бұрын

Pressure to play hands never works in your favour

@SuperMentalMicky 8 ай бұрын

RIP Doyle

@antzooma 8 ай бұрын

Matusow's fold cracks me up lol

@derekluna7700 8 ай бұрын

play like this nowadays and you get crushed at 25nl zone on ignition lmao

@Tmr2-q7w 8 ай бұрын

@berdyderg900 8 ай бұрын

Post your graph

@derekluna7700 8 ай бұрын

@@berdyderg900 i tried, youtube or phil keeps deleting it xd im like 7.5bb/100 on zone for this sample atm.

@Tmr2-q7w 8 ай бұрын

@@derekluna7700 stop the 🧢 you can't post graph on youtube anyway

@CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd 6 ай бұрын

Just wanted to say I lost all my money in 1/3 destroyed my bankroll, played while sleepy, made my stack up to 2 grand, lost it, went on tilt with zero sleep, and in a terrible mood…lost everything in my bankroll….i hate poker KZfaqrs, but now just watching your videos, besides poker…PHIL YOUR A GOOD DUDE MAN

@willjames5243 8 ай бұрын

It takes a big man to take his viewers back through this cringey performance

@jackominty3633 8 ай бұрын

Would I have changed anything? 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆

@BrokenHill56 8 ай бұрын

Don't worry, its only money. We have all lost the rent money bro.

@Jolly-Green-Steve 8 ай бұрын

Your play in this session reminds me of my filthy drunk and on tilt 1/2 days back in the day. Pure Kamikaze poker that makes zero strategical sense.

@Mr.Weed420 8 ай бұрын

Bro I’ve been playing poker my entire life and you are thinking too much at the table. You need to loosen up and be present. And I don’t mean play loose. You do that well enough. K 5 off 🤦‍♂️

@GHE-bv1pf Ай бұрын

You were thinking too much in high stakes poker. All these players were underbluffing and you could get away with overfolding but you still decided to make calls.

@Alexandertygreat 8 ай бұрын

Lol they do not want phil on HSL, he will only extract money out that game. He isnt a full ring monkey like Polk

@Duzykutas 8 ай бұрын

Phil is obv a great player, but he played pretty bad on this season of HSP.

@maxlee2079 8 ай бұрын

you played bad

@dreamtherapytv 8 ай бұрын

Use this comment to vote for a heads up match Phil and Gman

@tsuki5298 7 ай бұрын

he played like shit

@justinkarp15 8 ай бұрын

Geez. Criticism for not dusting all your money to other people. Shocker. Lose your ass? Of course you get welcomed back.. Sometimes I hate the poker construct