Galfond Calls Costly River
Phil Galfond was in the cutoff and had called a raise to 5,000 from the player in the hijack with both the player in the button and the small blind following suit.
The flop came down and all three players decided to check, bringing the into play on the turn. At this time the small blind checked to the hijack who made a bet of 8,200, with Galfond being the only caller.
The river was the and the player in the hijack led out for 21,000. Galfond thought things over for some time before calling, but mucked when the hijack flipped over .
Galfond is down to 21,000 after losing that pot.