Peter Jorgne moved all in for 1,375,000 from under the gun and Aleksejs Ponakovs pondered momentarily in the big blind before deciding to call.
Peter Jorgne: A?9?
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 8?7?
Jorgne was the favorite but Ponakovs picked up an open-ender on the J?6?5? flop to bring the equities close to even. The 4? turn gave the Latvian the straight to lock up the hand and last year's runner-up left the feature table after the 3? completed the board.
Aleksejs Ponakovs looked down at A?3? on the button and raised to 575,000 on the button and Barny Boatman defended his big blind with Q?10?. Ponakovs was checked to by Boatman on the 5?7?A? flop, after which he made a bet of 350,000. Boatman quickly laid it down, shipping the pot to Ponakovs.
The next hand, David Kaufmann raised as first to act with J?7? before Ponakovs made the call from the cutoff with 6?6?. Boatman also came along from the small blind with A?J? and the trio went to a flop of 5?10?A?.
The action checked to Ponakovs, who made a bet of 450,000. Boatman made the call before Kaufmann folded his cards. Both players then checked the 5? turn and the Q? river completed the board. Two more checks followed and Boatman's top pair won the pot at showdown.
Barny Boatman raised to 400,000 from the cutoff holding 3?3?. David Kaufmann called from the big blind with 9?2?. Boatman made a set on the J?3?6? flop and action checked through to the 2? turn, giving Kaufmann bottom pair and he check-called for 400,000. The Q? completed the board and saw Kaufmann check-fold to a bet of 1,100,000.
Kaufmann limped in from the small blind with 8?5?, and Aleksejs Ponakovs checked in the big blind with the dominated 8?4?. Both players found an eight on the A?J?8? flop and checked their option. The 6? turn saw Kaufmann check-call for 250,000, bringing in the 3? river, which checked through to showdown, and the duo chopped it up.
The following hand, Ponakovs jammed from the small blind on short stack Peter Jorgne, who decided to fold his Q?2? from the big blind.
The action folded to Barny Boatman on the button, who raised to 400,000. Short stack Eric Afriat called in the big blind and a flop of 10?10?Q? was dealt.
Afriat checked to Boatman, who continued for 250,000. Afriat then jammed all in for 1,175,000 and a snap call followed from Boatman.
Eric Afriat: Q?8?
Barny Boatman: K?K?
Afriat's top pair turned some extra equity on the 8?, but the 2? river sealed his fate as Boatman's overpair held up.
Afriat gracefully took his exit in sixth place, being the first player to leave the final table on Day 6.
Barny Boatman opened to 400,000 from the cutoff with A?J? and folded out the button and the blinds.
David Kaufmann looked down at Q?9? in the small blind and limped in. Aleksejs Ponakovs made it 600,000 in the big blind with 8?5? and Kaufmann called. On the 10?6?3? flop, Kaufmann check-folded to a bet of 550,000.
Now on the button, Kaufmann raised to 400,000 with 10?9?. Ponakovs called with Q?J? before Peter Jorgne tossed his 9?4? into the muck. Both players paired up on the J?10?2? flop, and action checked through to the 8? turn. Ponakovs check-called for 800,000. The 9? river gave Ponakovs the straight, and he took in another pot after both players checked.
The following hand, Ponakovs clicked it to 400,000 with Q?9?. Jorgne and Boatman released their hands from the blinds.
Eric Afriat then got involved for the first time today and opened to 400,000 from under the gun with A?9?. Ponakovs flatted with the dominating A?J?. Neither player connected on the 10?8?2? flop but Afriat continued with the aggression with a bet of 250,000. Ponakovs made it 650,000 and Afriat ditched his cards.
