On the past weekend, the finale of the $125,000 PartyPoker Premier League VI was held. Jonathan Duhamel, Daniel Cates, Sam Trickett and Antonio Esfandiari from Group A, as well as Tobias Reinkemeier, Dan Shak, Talal Shakerchi and Jennifer Tilly from Group B made it to the final table, with Esfandiari and Tilly gaining their seats in heads-up qualifying rounds. The starting stacks were distributed according to point accumulated in the group matches:
Seat 1: Dan Shak – 390,000
Seat 2: Daniel Cates – 340,000
Seat 3: Jennifer Tilly – 190,000
Seat 4: Tobias Reinkemeier – 460,000
Seat 5: Talal Shakerchi – 280,000
Seat 6: Jonathan Duhamel – 420,000
Seat 7: Antonio Esfandiari – 230,000
Seat 8: Sam Trickett – 270,000
Shakerchi was out first, going all-in with A-8 and running into Esfandiari’s call with A-J for a better kicker. The latter soon eliminated Tilly as well, who opened with pocket tens, the Big One champion 3-bet all-in on K-Q, Tilly called and the board showed a K with neutral cards.
Even though starting in the lead, Reinkemeier was out in 6th place: he continued to lose chips until going all-in on the 4-7-6 flop with K-7. Duhamel called with a 5-3 for a straight. Cates folded his Q-7 and the turn and the river came neutral.
Next it was ‘jungleman’s’ turn, who got railed with pocket sevens against Shak’s fours that improved to a set on the flop. Duhamel, while taking the lead by Level 7 (4,000/10,000/20,000), first shoved with A-2 on Tirckett’s 40,000 open and met the Brit’s A-Q, then went all-in again on a Q-9-J-5 board with 9-5 two pairs against Shak’s J-9 top two pairs. Three players were left:
Sam Trickett – 1,123,000
Dan Shak – 959,000
Antonio Esfandiari – 458,000
Shortstack Esfandiari was out to give way for the other two to play heads-up: he shoved on pocket nines against Shak’s A-2 hand, which improved to a pair of aces on the river.
Dan Shak – 1,709,000
Sam Trickett – 871,000
In the heads-up, Trickett managed to take the lead, then he lost it to take back again by the time the key hand of the match came: on a
2 8 
A T 7 board and with a pot of 200,000, Shak overshoved with 1,650,000, making the Brit tank for about 10 minutes (he even commented on never having had to think so much on a poker decision before). Eventually, Trickett called with T 
2 two pairs to se Shak showing Q 4 for a flush.
Dan Shak
Tirckett was left with 78,000 in chips and was out in the next hand. Dan Shak won the PartyPoker Premier League VI champion’s title and the $450,000 first prize.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Dan Shak – $450,000
2nd: Sam Trickett – $200,000
3rd: Antonio Esfandiari – $150,000
4th: Jonathan Duhamel – $125,000
5th: Daniel "Jungleman" Cates – $100,000
6th: Tobias Reinkemeier – $70,000
7th: Jennifer Tilly – $60,000
8th: Talal Shakerchi – $45,000
Seat 1: Dan Shak – 390,000
Seat 2: Daniel Cates – 340,000
Seat 3: Jennifer Tilly – 190,000
Seat 4: Tobias Reinkemeier – 460,000
Seat 5: Talal Shakerchi – 280,000
Seat 6: Jonathan Duhamel – 420,000
Seat 7: Antonio Esfandiari – 230,000
Seat 8: Sam Trickett – 270,000
Shakerchi was out first, going all-in with A-8 and running into Esfandiari’s call with A-J for a better kicker. The latter soon eliminated Tilly as well, who opened with pocket tens, the Big One champion 3-bet all-in on K-Q, Tilly called and the board showed a K with neutral cards.
Even though starting in the lead, Reinkemeier was out in 6th place: he continued to lose chips until going all-in on the 4-7-6 flop with K-7. Duhamel called with a 5-3 for a straight. Cates folded his Q-7 and the turn and the river came neutral.
Next it was ‘jungleman’s’ turn, who got railed with pocket sevens against Shak’s fours that improved to a set on the flop. Duhamel, while taking the lead by Level 7 (4,000/10,000/20,000), first shoved with A-2 on Tirckett’s 40,000 open and met the Brit’s A-Q, then went all-in again on a Q-9-J-5 board with 9-5 two pairs against Shak’s J-9 top two pairs. Three players were left:
Sam Trickett – 1,123,000
Dan Shak – 959,000
Antonio Esfandiari – 458,000
Shortstack Esfandiari was out to give way for the other two to play heads-up: he shoved on pocket nines against Shak’s A-2 hand, which improved to a pair of aces on the river.
Dan Shak – 1,709,000
Sam Trickett – 871,000
In the heads-up, Trickett managed to take the lead, then he lost it to take back again by the time the key hand of the match came: on a
2 8 A T 7 board and with a pot of 200,000, Shak overshoved with 1,650,000, making the Brit tank for about 10 minutes (he even commented on never having had to think so much on a poker decision before). Eventually, Trickett called with T 2 two pairs to se Shak showing Q 4 for a flush.Dan Shak
Tirckett was left with 78,000 in chips and was out in the next hand. Dan Shak won the PartyPoker Premier League VI champion’s title and the $450,000 first prize.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Dan Shak – $450,000
2nd: Sam Trickett – $200,000
3rd: Antonio Esfandiari – $150,000
4th: Jonathan Duhamel – $125,000
5th: Daniel "Jungleman" Cates – $100,000
6th: Tobias Reinkemeier – $70,000
7th: Jennifer Tilly – $60,000
8th: Talal Shakerchi – $45,000
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