Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 in middle position and Ami Barer called in the small blind, as did big blind Owen Dodd.
The flop came Q♠10♥8♦ and Barer, holding A♦J♦, led out for 375,000 with his straight draw. Dodd folded A♥9♥, while Ponakovs tanked for a moment before also mucking J♥8♥.
David Kaufmann raised his button to 240,000 with K♥J♣ and Peter Jorgne defended the big blind with 8♦7♦.
The Q♠7♠2♥ flop was checked through before Kaufmann fired 440,000 on the 9♥ turn, after a second check from Jorgne.
Jorgne thought about it for a few seconds but eventually folded the best hand as Kaufmann raked in another pot.
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 with Q♣10♣ from early position and the action folded to Owen Dodd in the small blind, who shoved all in for 2,110,000 with A♣Q♦.
Ponakovs quickly folded and the pot was awarded to Dodd.
A few hands later, Dodd raised his A♦K♣ to 240,000 from the cutoff, receiving a call from David Kaufmann in the big blind, who played 8♠7♦. The flop came out 7♠9♠A♠ and both players checked.
Kaufmann then check-called Dodd's 250,000 bet on the 4♥ turn before the 10♣ river was knuckled down again. Dodd's Big Slick won at showdown and he chipped up further.
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 in early position before Eric Afriat moved all in for 1,975,000 in the small blind. Ponakovs quickly folded A♣3♣ and Afriat took the pot with K♠K♦.
"I won three hands today. Three hands I won them with kings. That's all I've won today, three hands. All of them with kings. Three hands in six hours," Afriat said.
"Actually, I had to share one. So I've won two-and-a-half hands," Afriat added.
Barny Boatman found K♠K♥ on the button and raised to 250,000. Ami Barer sat in the big blind and made the call with 9♠9♣
The Q♥2♣5♦ flop was checked by Barer, after which Boatman made a bet of 225,000. Barer flicked in a call and the 5♥ turn arrived.
Barer checked again and this time, Boatman checked behind. The river came the 3♦ and Barer led out for 340,000.
Boatman put in a big raise to 1,550,000, forcing Barer to muck his nines and shipping the pot to Boatman.
Eric Afriat raised to 240,000 in the hijack before David Kaufmann three-bet to 660,000 on the button with A♥Q♥. Afriat tanked for a moment and eventually gave up A♣J♥.
Kaufmann looked down at 9♠9♦ the next hand and raised to 240,000 in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and Kaufmann took the pot uncontested.
Kaufmann then picked up A♣J♣ and raised to 240,000 again, this time in the hijack. No one wanted to challenge the chip leader again and Kaufmann took his third consecutive pot.
Eric Afriat raised to 255,000 from the cutoff with Q♠J♦ and Sindre Hansen called on the button with A♠9♠.
Aleksejs Ponakovs then moved all in from the big blind with A♦3♠, covering both of the other players. Afriat quickly folded and Hansen eventually followed suit, shipping the pot to Ponakovs
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
David Kaufmann raised to 200,000 in early position before Peter Jorgne three-bet to 600,000 in middle position. Owen Dodd was in the small blind and used two time banks before moving all in for 1,005,000. Kaufmann folded, but Jorgne called to put Dodd at risk.
Owen Dodd: 9♠9♦
Peter Jorgne: 7♥7♣
Dodd had Jorgne dominated with his nines as the flop came K♦5♣6♦. The 8♠ turn gave Jorgne additional outs with a straight draw, but he missed the 2♠ river and Dodd doubled up at the start of the final table.
The remaining nine players are in their seats at the final table and action is back underway.
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