Life Outside Poker: Farah Galfond on Days of Our Lives, Balancing Poker & Family

Connor Richards
Editor & Live Reporter U.S.
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Hosts:
Connor Richards @CRichards1995
Guests:
Farah Galfond

Life Outside Poker w/ Connor Richards is a new podcast for PokerNews that focuses on poker players with successful careers and lives outside of poker.

For the first episode, Connor Richards spoke with soap opera actress and high-stakes poker player Farah Fath Galfond, who talked about her acting career spanning more than a decade, first discovering poker in Atlantic City and balancing poker with raising a family.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the hourlong interview with Farah Galfond by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Time Stamps

 TIMETOPIC
 0:00Intro
 1:00Growing up in Kentucky and early acting career
 4:35Days of Our Lives audition
 6:10Mimi Lockhart storylines
 7:48Losing yourself in character
 10:30Deciding to leave Days of Our Lives
 13:15Moving to New York
 14:45First getting into poker
 15:43Playing poker in Atlantic City
 17:50One Life canceled and moving back to LA
 18:48Seeing Phil on High Stakes Poker
 19:20Connecting with Phil on Twitter
 21:20Acting as a craft
 27:25Learning from Phil
 30:24What kind of father is Phil?
 32:50High stakes tenure, moving up to $2k/$4k
 34:25Balancing poker with being a mother
 36:10Transitioning to tournaments
 39:34Being numb to losing money
 40:25Making comeback in Galfond Challenge
 43:02Differences between Vegas, LA & Atlantic City poker scenes
 46:25Raising the next generation of poker players
 49:00Living in Vegas
 53:35Period of your life you get nostalgic for
 56:00Advice for your younger self
 57:24Something that makes you hopeful
 58:24Favorite life lesson from poker
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Connor Richards
Editor & Live Reporter U.S.

Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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