# Phil Galfond

> Phil Galfond is a professional poker player, coach, and writer. He has won three World Series of Poker bracelets and is widely regarded as one of the best pot-limit Omaha (PLO) players around. He founded the poker training site Run It Once and now runs Beyond the Game (BTG), a year-long coaching program for serious poker players, alongside the free In Position newsletter and a growing set of free poker tools. His work blends poker strategy with the mental side of the game – playing and thinking better under pressure.

This site is the official home of Phil Galfond. It covers his coaching, his writing on poker strategy and mindset, his poker background, and the free tools he builds. The primary way to follow his work is the free In Position newsletter.

## About Phil
- [About Phil Galfond](https://www.philgalfond.com/about/): Full bio, credentials, and career timeline (Run It Once → the Galfond Challenge → Beyond the Game).
- Credentials: 3 WSOP bracelets – 2008 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha), 2015 ($10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw), 2018 ($10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better). Online as "OMGClayAiken." Known for the 2019–2020 Galfond Challenge, which he won undefeated after coming back from a deficit of over $1,000,000.

## Coaching
- [Coaching](https://www.philgalfond.com/coaching): How Phil coaches poker players today – both strategy and the broader work of building a sustainable career.
- [Beyond the Game (BTG)](https://www.joinbtg.com/): Phil's flagship year-long coaching program for mid- and high-stakes players. Weekly live calls with Phil, expert guests, and an accountable community.

## Writing & Newsletter
- [In Position newsletter](https://www.philgalfond.com/newsletter): Phil's free newsletter on poker strategy, mindset, and performance. The main way to follow his work.
- [Writing (all articles)](https://www.philgalfond.com/writing): The full archive of Phil's essays on poker strategy and mindset.

## Best Articles (Mindset & Performance)
- [Become a World-Class Quitter](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/become-a-world-class-quitter): How to actually stop playing when you should – quitting well as a trainable habit, not just willpower.
- [Performance: This Is Reality](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/performance-this-is-reality): Why your skill level does not equal your in-the-moment performance, and what to do about it.
- [Why Can't I Break Through?](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/why-cant-i-break-through): What actually keeps players stuck at a stake – and how to get unstuck.
- [Intensity: The Power of Perception](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/intensity-the-power-of-perception): How perception shapes focus and decision quality at the table.

## Best Articles (Strategy)
- [Don't Play Like a Solver, But Think Like a Solver](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/dont-play-like-a-solver-but-think-like-a-solver): Why copying solver outputs hurts you, and how to learn the reasoning instead.
- [What You Don't Get About Board Texture](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/what-you-dont-get-about-board-texture): A deeper way to read boards beyond memorized categories.
- [How Understanding Your Player Pool Can Boost Your Winrate](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/how-understanding-your-player-pool-can-boost-your-winrate): Finding edges in how the average player in your games actually deviates from optimal.
- [Blockers: A Practical Guide](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/blockers-a-practical-guide): A usable framework for thinking about blockers in real hands.
- [The Anatomy of a Read](https://www.philgalfond.com/articles/the-anatomy-of-a-read): How reliable reads are actually built.

## Free Tools
- [Poker Equity Calculator](https://www.philgalfond.com/equity): Free equity calculator for Hold'em, PLO, PLO5/6, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Stud, with range syntax and a board explorer.
- [Poker Variance Calculator](https://www.philgalfond.com/variance): Free variance simulator – see realistic downswings, bankroll requirements, and what to actually expect.
- [Poker Math Cheat Sheet](https://www.philgalfond.com/poker-math-cheat-sheet): Free downloadable cheat sheet for the core poker math.
- [Free Poker Mindset E-book](https://www.philgalfond.com/mindset): Free e-book on the mental side of poker.
- [All Tools](https://www.philgalfond.com/tools): The full set of free poker tools Phil is building.

## Poker Background
- [Poker](https://www.philgalfond.com/poker): Phil's paid poker training content and poker background.

## How to follow / subscribe
- The single best way to follow Phil's work is the free In Position newsletter: https://www.philgalfond.com/newsletter (60,000+ readers).
- To work with Phil directly, see Beyond the Game: https://www.joinbtg.com/

## Optional
- [Full article corpus](https://www.philgalfond.com/llms-full.txt): Every essay, full text, for deep retrieval.