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.
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. Stern check-called a bet of 75,000, and both players checked on the turn (
) and the river (
).
for king-high, scooping the pot.
, Sung checked, and Chidwick continued for 125,000. Both Galfond and Sung called.
turned, and the 
completed the board. Sung led out for 250,000, and both Galfond and Chidwick folded.
. Sung fired out 55,000, and only Stern called.
, Stern check-called another 135,000, and the 
for aces and jacks.
, then check-folded to another 315,000 when the 
turned.
turned.
for a pair of sixes. Galfond had that beat with 
. Both players checked.