Galfond wins third WSOP gold bracelet

Phil Galfond is the most recent bracelet recipient at the 49th annual World Series of Poker, winning his third piece of WSOP gold and $567,788. The 33-year-old conquered Event 60: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, which encompassed a total of 237 players and took three days to complete.

Michael McKenna was Galfond's final opponent. A large pot was scooped by Galfond early on in heads-up action, giving him a nice chip advantage. From there, Galfond slowly whittled down McKenna's stack. After beginning Day 3 as the outright chip leader, McKenna was left as the runner up, walking away with $350,922 for his deep run.

Returning to the winner's circle, Galfond added a third WSOP gold bracelet to his collection. The poker pro's debut bracelet manifested during 2008 in a PLO Rebuy Event and his second was won in the No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship of 2015. Galfond now has two bracelets stemming from Pot-Limit Omaha, but the recent was his first in the realm of Hi-Lo.

“I’ve basically never played PLO8 online. There is a mix game I’ve been playing live for two and a half years, 12 games, and one of them is PLO8... So, I’ve played a little bit," Galfond explained "Honestly, I don’t think it helped me very much… So, I was figuring out as I went. I think I definitely ended the tournament a better tournament PLO8 player than I started.”