Galfond admitted that choosing the highest stakes possible was a risky choice in learning a new game.
The price I've paid to begin learning these games has been pretty steep."
Galfond explained that at his stage in the poker world, he felt it was best for him to play the best competition and that only at the higher stakes would he respect the game and losses to accelerate his learning.Not to be forgotten is Galfond's strong PLO game. In recent PLO HU matches against Gus Hansen, Van Marcus and Scott "URnotINdanger2" he has been unstoppable, recently booking a $584,754 win in 2,195 hands.
It has been an impressive volume of play from Galfond who has had one of the lightest volume of play over the last year or so.
Galfond is also in the news, receiving Yahoo home page coverage no less, regarding his custom slide he had installed in his redone New York City two story condo.