Hand #31: Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 4th Place ($485,200)

Photo:  Aleksejs Ponakovs

HAND #31  –  Jonathan Jaffe raises from the button to 115,000, Taylor von Kriegenbergh calls from the small blind, and Aleksejs Ponakovs moves all in from the big blind for about 1,055,000. Jaffe calls, and Von Kriegenbergh folds.

Ponakovs turns over , but he needs to improve to stay alive against Jaffe’s .

The board comes , , and Jaffe wins the pot with two pair, tens and nines, to eliminate Ponakovs in fourth place.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  5,235,000  (105 bb)
Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($485,200)

Photo:  Aleksejs Ponakovs