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The last Queenstown local remaining in the field is Fergus Spary and for a moment, it was looking like he could be going home, as he got his stack all in on a 
flop. Fortunately for Spary he held for a flopped set, while his opponent, Ken Demlakian, held just 
. Spary had plenty of outs, but the turn and river bricked off and Spary raked in the double up.
Ricky Kroesen is pretty happy with his new table after winning a couple of recent big pots. Both times it was against Ivan Zalac who recalled to us that Kroesen made a full house with pocket queens against Zalac’s straight, before Kroesen made two pair to better Zalac’s pocket sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
70,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
It's getting to clutch stages of the tournament and so when Billy Argyros held 
and had Joel Feldman all in holding 
, it was a good time for him to add a fair chunk of chips to his stack. That's from Argyros' point of view, so of course, if we take it from Feldman's point of view, then Feldman was looking for an all-important double-up to survive.
Fortunately for Feldman luck would favour him this time, with the 
board giving Feldman enough to double up to around 68,000. After that hand, Argyros has just under 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
19,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
David Allan was in middle position when he raised it up to 4,000. Tatjana Zizic called a couple of spots to his left and Yvo Molin and Jonathan Dangio called out of the blinds. All four players then checked the 
flop and it was on to the 
turn.
Molin led for 6,500 here and Dangio got out of the way. Allan made the call, at which point Zizic shoved all in for around 23,000. Molin quickly folded and so too did Allan as Zizic raked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Here is how some of the players currently doing a short while before the final level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
158,000 | |
|
|
115,000 | |
|
105,000 | |
|
96,000 | |
|
|
88,000 | |
|
82,000 | |
|
68,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
49,000 | |
|
48,000 | |
|
45,000 | |
|
45,000 | |
|
42,000 | |
|
||
|
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000 | |
|
29,000 | |
Michael Kanaan has just made a remarkable fold, and we have no idea if it was correct. At the moment, the only person who knows is Matt Wakeman, with the two playing out a fascinating recent pot.
Wakeman started it off with a raise to 3,300. Kanaan three-bet to 6,500 and Wakeman splashed out a call to see a flop of 
.
Wakeman was first to act, and rather than check to the preflop aggressor, he decided to lead out with a bet of 7,700. Kanaan took a moment and matched the bet as the appeared on the turn to put three spades on board. Wakeman took another look at his hole cards before betting again, this time for 11,400.
Kanaan thought for a few moments but didn’t take too long to decide to fold.
We had to do a double take when he flashed 
to the table as the rockets hit the muck. Wakeman’s jaw dropped as he offered Kanaan the opportunity to see his own cards if he wanted to. Unfortunately for us, Kanaan declined.
A huge fold by Kanaan avoids a big clash, as Wakeman chips up to 62,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
62,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Laurynas Levinskas is one of the few international players in the field, but he won't be the one to take the Snowfest crown offshore, as he has recently been eliminated. We missed the action, but Levinskas was busy getting his stack all in holding 
on a 
flop which housed two diamonds. Levinskas was up against Ken Demlakian, who held . The turn and river bricked out and Demlakian raked in another pot, while Levinskas was sent home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Nurlan Boobekov finished Day 1c as the end-of-day chip leader. Ken Demlakian finished Day 1b in the same position. Demlakian has now eliminated Boobekov late here on Day 2.
Boobekov was all in preflop holding 
against Demlakian's . When the 
flop was dealt, Boobekov was looking good to double up, but the and the 
river had other ideas, ensuring Demlakian raked in the pot and Boobekov was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Busted |
The remaining players are back at the tables for another two levels. In a couple of hour's time, Day 2 will be over and the chips will be bagged up.
