Aleksandr Gofman raised to 10 million with the and David Laka called with the to see a flop of . Laka checked and Gofman continued for 12 million before facing a check-raise to 42 million by Laka. Gofman quickly released his cards and Laka pulled away further.
Another button raise by Aleksandr Gofman was called by David Laka and the Spaniard check-raised the flop of with . Gofman had continued for 12 million with for top pair and called the raise to 34 million.
On the turn, Laka quickly bet 34 million and Gofman took more than two minutes to make up his mind. Laka called the clock and Gofman eventually moved all in to force a quick fold from Laka.
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raised to eight million with the on the button and Aleksandr Gofman called in the big blind with . On the flop, Gofman check-called a bet of five million before checking again the turn. Merzhvinskiy continued for another 19 million and Gofman called.
The on the river completed a backdoor straight for Merzhvinskiy and Gofman checked for the third street in a row. Merzhvinskiy fired a third barrel for 36 million and that won the pot.
After coming into today's play in the $1m-guaranteed with two of the shortest stacks, partypoker Sponsored Pro Anatoly Filatov and partypoker Main Event qualifier Daniel Clark btoh had work to do.
Anatoly Filatov was desperately short-stacked with 214,000, but he now has 4.9million chips with 10 players remaining. The average stack is 3.98m, with that equating to 39BB at the new blind level of 50,000/100,000.
Clark's rise to domination is even more impressive if you consider his poker CV. Having cashed just seven times in his poker career, with six of those results in 2017, Clark came into today's final day with 516,000 chips. He now has 8.65m and the chip lead in the room. He could win ten times his entire earnings from poker in one result if he takes it down for $266,800.
In a battle of the blinds, David Laka raised to 10 million with the and Aleksandr Gofman called in the big blind with . The flop came and Laka continued for 10 million, which Gofman called.
After the turn, Laka over-bet for 65 million and Gofman was once again in the think tank before starting to engage in table chat. Laka called the clock on him and Gofman just called to see the on the river. Laka bet 65,000 once again with his two pair and Gofman carefully checked his stack before moving all in for 265 million.
Laka smiled and said "You really tank with six seven?" The Spaniard gave it some thought and folded before the players were sent into a 15-minute break.