Hand #23: Dani Stern raised to 100,000 in the cutoff, Phil Galfond defended his big blind, and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Galfond checked again, Stern fired out 125,000, and Galfond folded.
Hand #24: Richard Lyndaker moved all in for 410,000 in the cutoff, Galfond called out of the small blind, and Steve Sung re-shoved for 2.355 million from the big blind. Galfond tanked for a bit, then folded.
Sung:
Lyndaker:
Lyndaker was dominated, and couldn't catch up as the board ran out . He will earn $178,261 for sixth place, while Sung is up to 3.2 million chips.
Hand #19: Richard Lyndaker moved all in from the hijack, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Phil Galfond raised to 100,000 in the cutoff, Dani Stern defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , the two checked again, and the completed the board. Stern check-called a bet of 110,000 from Galfond, then mucked when Galfond showed for a pair of queens.
Hand #21: Stephen Chidwick raised to 100,000 from under the gun, Stern three-bet to 300,000 out of the small blind, and Chidwick called. The flop fell , Stern led out for 230,000, and Chidwick folded.
Hand #22: Galfond was first to act, and raised to 100,000. Max Lehmanski three-bet to 260,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Galfond, who tanked for two minutes before calling. The flop came , Galfond immediately checked, Lehmanski fired out 215,000
Hand #15: Stephen Chidwick was first to act, and raised to 80,000. Max Lehmanski three-bet to 190,000 on the button, and the action folded back to Chidwick, who folded as well.
Hand #16: Steve Sung raised to 105,000 in the hijack seat, Chidwick defended his big blind, and the flop came . Chidwick checked, Sung continued for 150,000, and Chidwick called. The turn brought the , Chidwick checked a second time, and Sung fired out 375,000. Chidwick folded.
Hand #17: Dani Stern raised to 90,000 in the cutoff seat, Chidwick three-bet to 225,000 out of the small blind, and Phil Galfond moved all in from the big blind. Stern quickly folded, and Chidwick snap-called for 1.24 million.
Galfond:
Chidwick:
Chidwick was in great shape to double, and remained ahead when the flop fell . Galfond did pick up two backdoor draws, however, as back-to-back hearts or back-to-back straight cards could eliminate Chidwick.
The on the turn was a brick, and a meaningless completed the board, doubling Chidwick to 2.6 million chips.
Galfond still has more chips than when the official final table began.
Hand #18: Lehmanski raised to 90,000 from under the gun, Stern three-bet to 205,000 on his direct left, and Sung cold four-bet to 500,000 out of the big blind. Both Lehmanski and Stern folded.
Hand #9: A short-stacked Richard Lyndaker received a walk.
Hand #10: Phil Galfond was first to act, and he raised to 90,000. No one called.
Hand #11: Galfond received a walk.
Hand #12: Max Lehmanski opened to 90,000 from under the gun. Dani Stern called on his direct left, the rest of the players folded, and the dealer fanned . Both players checked, and the turn brought the . Lehmanski led out for 130,000, Stern called, and the completed the board. Lehmanski knuckled once again, Stern fired out 245,000, and Lehmanski folded.
Hand #13: Galfond min-raised to 80,000 on the button, Lehmanski defended from the big blind, and the German checked when the flop fell . Galfond continued for 90,000, and Lehmanski folded.
Hand #14: Galfond raised to 80,000 in the cutoff, Steve Sung called on the button, and Stern three-bet to 330,000 out of the big blind. Both Galfond and Sung folded.
Hand #5: Stephen Chidwick completed from the small blind, Phil Galfond checked his option, and the flop came down . Chidwick led out for 60,000, Galfond called, and the turn brought the . Chidwick slowed down, checking to Galfond who fired out 90,000. Chidwick folded.
Hand #6: Max Lehmanski was first to act, and he raised to 90,000. No one called.
Hand #7: The action folded to Galfond, who raised to 80,000 on the button. Both blinds released, and Galfond picked up the pot.
Hand #8: Chidwick raised to 90,000 in the hijack seat, Galfond three-bet to 225,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Chidwick, who called. The dealer spread , both players checked, and the turn was the . Chidwick checked again, Galfond bet 245,000, and Chidwick check-raised to 575,000. Galfond tanked for two minutes before calling.
The completed the board, both players checked, and Galfond took down the pot with .
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. The turn was the 
, Galfond checked again, Stern fired out 125,000, and Galfond folded.
. He will earn $178,261 for sixth place, while Sung is up to 3.2 million chips.
completed the board. Stern check-called a bet of 110,000 from Galfond, then mucked when Galfond showed 
for a pair of queens.
, Stern led out for 230,000, and Chidwick folded.
, Galfond immediately checked, Lehmanski fired out 215,000
. Chidwick checked, Sung continued for 150,000, and Chidwick called. The turn brought the 
, Chidwick checked a second time, and Sung fired out 375,000. Chidwick folded.
. Galfond did pick up two backdoor draws, however, as back-to-back hearts or back-to-back straight cards could eliminate Chidwick.
completed the board, doubling Chidwick to 2.6 million chips.
. Lehmanski led out for 130,000, Stern called, and the 
. Galfond continued for 90,000, and Lehmanski folded.
. Chidwick led out for 60,000, Galfond called, and the turn brought the 
. Chidwick slowed down, checking to Galfond who fired out 90,000. Chidwick folded.
.