Joey Gargiulo Makes a Mistake Against Kristen Foxen That May Have Saved His Tournament

Photo:  Joey Gargiulo

Kristen Foxen raises from the button to 130,000, and Joey Gargiulo calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , Gargiulo checks, Foxen bets 85,000, and Gargiulo calls.

The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card is the , Gargiulo bets 125,000, and Foxen raises to 450,000. Gargiulo misinterprets it as a call and briefly turns over his cards — — before somebody points out that he had been raised. Gargiulo asks Foxen if she had seen his hand, and she admits that she had.

So Gargiulo simply calls the 450,000 with his for trip sixes. But Foxen shows to win the pot with a full house, threes full of sixes.

Gargiulo’s mistake may have saved him some chips, because his implication is that he might have reraised if he hadn’t prematurely showed his cards.

Kristen Foxen  –  3,550,000  (59 bb)
Joey Gargiulo  – 1,000,000  (17 bb)