

High-Stakes Poker Action: Galfond's Challenge, Venividi1993's Marathon, and More
Phil Galfond will resume his challenge against Jungleman, playing 7,500 hands in PLO $100/$200 and streaming it on his channel. Venividi1993 has announced a marathon to build up from $66,000 to $1 million, focusing on PLO cash and MTTs on Sundays.
Venividi1993's first week results were disappointing: Cash: -$23,249, Tournaments: +$575, Rakeback: +$7,427, Rake: -$13,549, Hands played: 9,928, Current account: $46,144. Patrick Leonard is on the hunt for a grinder to play several $5 tournaments for him.
Eric Persson shared details about a $2k/$4k mix game he played with notable players like Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Scott Seiver, Brian Rast, and Chris Kruk. He mentioned sitting with $600k while others had $200-300k, with the biggest pot being $100k. Gabe Kaplan announced his retirement from commentary, with Nick Schulman taking his place in the remaining episodes of High Stakes Poker.
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