Hand #8: Max Steinberg raised to 25,000, Isaac Hagerling defended, and the flop fell . Hagerling checked, Steinberg fired out 32,000, and Hagerling check-raised to 100,000. Steinberg called. Both players knuckled on the turn () and the river (), and Hagerling won with for aces and tens.

Hand #9: Hagerling raised to 36,000, and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #10: Steinberg raised to 25,000, and Hagerling folded.