# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-galfond
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:37:59.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-galfond"
name: "Phil Galfond"
slug: "phil-galfond"
description: "Phil Galfond is an American professional poker player. Galfond won three World Series of Poker bracelets, in the $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event in 2008, the $10,000 no-limit 2-7 single draw championship in 2015 and the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship in 2018. Due to his success as a high-stakes online player, he appeared on multiple seasons of GSN's High Stakes Poker."
tagline: "American poker player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_Galfond.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1985-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.28
  momentum:             3.739837398373983
  historical:           7.060372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/philgalfond"
    handle:    "philgalfond"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/phil.galfond/"
    handle:    "phil.galfond"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.philgalfond.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "פיל גלפונד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Galfond"
    title: "Phil Galfond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump