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Phil Galfond Talks Challenge & Being Down $900,000

02.20.2020 - By Joey IngramPlay

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Phil Galfond joins the podcast today to talk being down $900k in Match 1 of the Galfond Challenge against Veni Vedi on Run It Once Poker. We will ask Phil all the questions that so many of you out there want to know about. 

TIMESTAMPS 0:003:30 How does Phil feel about the challenge?? 5:12 Why not end the first match?? 7:30 Will time off make a difference in the results?? 8:30 Does Phil think he has an edge?? 11:53 At what point does Phil quit the match?? 15:24 If I think he is better, I will quit.... 22:52 What has made the match so tough?? (Pattern Recognition) 27:00 Why did Phil choose Veni as first opponent?? 32:50 Has Run It Once Poker traffic grown?? 34:20 Free $10 on RIO Poker now 37:50 When will RIO Poker make money? 39:00 Possible bankroll challenge for myself on RIO Poker 42:20 Do you think Veni is cheating? 47:00 Luke Schwartz comments 51:30 Thoughts being down $400,000 53:00 How has Phil's wife Farah handled challenge? 58:53 Adam Levitan question on God Mode... 59:30 Downswing piece of advice  1:04:40 When will challenge resume? 1:09:00 Dealing with criticism 1:11:30 Does Phil have all his own action?? 1:13:30 When will MTTs be on RIO Poker? 1:18:00 Aussie Matt story 1:21:00 RIO NEW PLO Product Vision

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