Lester Lays It Down
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No-Limit Hold'em
Jason Lester raised to 2,000 from middle position and Phil Galfond defended his big blind with a call. The flop came down 
and Galfond check-raised Lester's 3,000-chip bet to 8,700. Lester thought for a bit and made the call.
The turn was the 
and this time Galfond led out for 16,500. Lester again made the call. The river was the 
and Galfond bet 34,500. Lester thought... and thought... and thought some more. He collected the chips to call and just couldn't get himself to throw them in. Then he took the chip protecting his cards off and was about to throw his cards away before putting them back down. His tank took us almost all of the way to the break when he finally let go of his hand.
Lester preserves his stack of 155,000 while Galfond chips up to 235,000.