Galfond Beats Hansen And Emerges Top Poker Winner In March
In the month of March, Phil Galfond’s earnings went up higher than those of Gus Hansen’s. Since Hansen has been doing fairly well in 2011, this news might come as a surprise for everyone who has been ardently following Gus Hansen’s sheer supremacy in the online poker world in the last few months.
There is little doubt about the fact that Hansen has been the most prolific poker player this year; he was also the biggest earner in the months of January and February. March looked very promising for Hansen until the final day session against Phil “OMGClayAiken” when Galfond beat him and stole rank one.
Phil Galfond’s margin of winning was unbelievably thin at a mere $50,000, although, it was sufficient for the Cardrunner’s founder to overthrow Full Tilt Poker expert Gus Hansen a.k.a “the Great Dane. Considering that fact that he came into $1.1 million in 2011, Galfond’s month looks even more remarkable. He is not assured that he will make $600k this year.
Both Hansen and Galfond also ended up beating the likes of several other tremendously accomplished expert players the previous month. This includes fellow Full Tilt expert, Phil Ivey and online phenom Dan “jungleman12? Cates.
The sour losers in the month of March include popular names such as Viktor “Isildur1? Blom and Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who definitely top the loser’s category.
The month of March also accounts for some huge wins by Phil Galfond who stands at $1.75 million, Gus Hansen who stands at $1.7 million, and Phil Ivey who stands at $901,000. Gavin Cochrane stands at $816,000 and finally there is Dan Cates at $747,000.
Online poker fans may probably be shocked to see Phil Ivey’s rank because of the fact that he played less than 4500 hands in the Month of March, which is even lower than Blom.
