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 0:00 3:30 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