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Phil Galfond Moves?

<strong>Phil Galfond</strong>, one of the most respected and accomplished poker player and poker trainer has finally spoken after the Black Friday. He wrote a blog post on his coaching website, <em>BlueFirePoker</em>. He considers moving out of the U.S.
author-picture Admin - 2011. April 29.

Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond

A few days ago, Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond posted an article entitled "What do we do now?" on his blog, because as he said, a lot of people have gone to him for answers and his opinion, but in reality, he doesn't know any better than most players out there. He tried to provide some guidance to fellow players, whose income was mostly poker-based, on what to do next. As he puts it:

"I think your decision about what to do next is very dependant on your situation.  If you can afford to, I think the best course of action is to just relax for a month or two (maybe coach or do something else productive), and see if anything becomes more clear."

He also suggested that he might try another way of getting by: he considers leaving the country.

"To the people considering leaving the country... I think it's a very viable option, and one I'm considering myself.  Make sure you do your research with regards to immigration laws, bank laws, rent, casinos (if you want to play live), etc.  One thing that is an important question I've been asking myself is:  Do I want to move somewhere and do nothing but work for maybe 6 months, or do I want to move somewhere (that might be more expensive) and have a life and a great experience to look back on.  I'm leaning towards the latter, if I do end up moving, but like I said before, the decision depends on your situation"

But he adds one more important thing, which gained a lot of attention from the poker community recently:

"One thing that is very important:  Do not bank on online poker becoming legal soon."

He explains that he thinks online poker will eventually be legalized in the United States, but not soon, because in nature it is a slow process. If you are interested in the whole article, you can read it in its entirety following this link.

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