Hand #6: Phil Galfond raised to 55,000 from the cutoff, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 151,000 on the button, and Max Lehmanski cold four-bet shoved in the big blind. Both Galfond and Shorr folded.
Hand #7: Shorr bumped it up to 55,000 in the cutoff, Dani Stern called in the big blind, and the dealer spread . Stern check-called a bet of 75,000, and both players checked on the turn () and the river ().
Hand #14: Shannon Shorr raised to 54,000 in the cutoff, Steve Sung called on the button, and Dani Stern defended his big blind. Stern and Shorr both checked when the flop fell . Sung fired out 55,000, and only Stern called.
The turn was the , Stern check-called another 135,000, and the completed the board. Stern checked a third and final time, Sung fired out 375,000, and Stern called.
Sung showed for queens and jacks, but it was no good against Stern's for aces and jacks.
Hand #17: Dani Stern raised to 66,000 in the cutoff, Phil Galfond defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Galfond checked, Stern fired out 92,000, and Galfond reached for chips, check-raising to 255,000.
Hand #20: Phil Galfond raised to 70,000 in the cutoff, Max Lehmanski defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Lehmanski check-called a bet of 80,000, then check-called another 160,000 from Galfond when the turned.
The completed the board, both players checked, and Lehmanski showed for a pair of sixes. Galfond had that beat with for a pair of tens, and is now close to three million chips.
There were no flops in hands 21-26 of the unofficial final table, and chip leader Phil Galfond took down half of them. He also received the first walk of the unofficial final table.