Phil Galfond Eliminated in 2nd Place ($744,841)

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Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #125: Phil Galfond raised to 250,000 on the button, Steve Sung called, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , Sung led out for 300,000, and Galfond folded.

Hand #126: Galfond received a walk.

Hand #127: Sung received a walk.

Hand #128: Sung raised to 240,000, Galfond moved all in for about 2.24 million, and Sung snap-called.

Galfond:
Sung:

The flop was a doozy: . Sung picked up bottom two pair, but Galfond had top pair, an open-ended straight draw, and a backdoor flush draw. The on the turn extinguished all hopes of a backdoor flush dor Galfond, and it was all over when the completed the board.