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2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Snowfest
Buy-in
2,700 NZD
Entries
127
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Yates Cracks A Million
It has been a while since Matt Yates has had a million in chips, but he finally managed to crack the number again after this hand played out.
Yates raised to 46,000 from the button and John Waterman made the call from the small blind. The 
flop would see Waterman check and Yates fire out 76,000. Waterman then tanked before popping it to 152,000. Yates made the call and the two players would slow the action down as they checked on the 
turn and the 
river.
Yates: 
Waterman 
The pair of sixes for Yates would be too strong for the fives of Waterman, as the pot pushed towards Yates and his stack increased to over a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,030,000 | 180,000 |
|
550,000 | -300,000 |
Yates Takes
The action started with a raise to 43,000 from the button. Marcel Schreiner called from the big blind and the two players would go to a flop.
The 
landed on the flop and Schreiner check-called a 54,000 chip bet from Yates. The 
on the turn would see a check from both players as the 
landed on the river.
Schreiner again checked and this time Yates made it 77,000. Schreiner tanked before eventually deciding to fold and sent the pot to Yates.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000 | -115,000 |
|
|
850,000 |
Slow Down At Three
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
The first two hands of three-handed play began saw Marcel Schreiner take down a few pots, first picking up the blinds and antes and then taking down a pot against John Waterman on a flop showing 
, after Schreiner raised preflop and c-bet on the flop.
The next few hands after that would see more blinds and antes swapped with Matt Yates and Waterman even getting walks in their blinds.
Carl Knox Eliminated in 4th Place (NZD$29,145)
Carl Knox came back from the dinner break, presumably, with a full stomach and a fresh mind ready to make a run at a victory here at the 2011 APPT Queenstown Main Event. When he woke up with 
on the button on the first hand back, he saw this as his opportunity for a quick double-up and shoved his stack all-in from the button.
Before the rail even realized that play was back under way at all, John Waterman had called the all-in and the two would turn their hands over with a tournament life on the line.
Waterman tabled 
and Knox would have to doge some bullets and it wasn't until the river on a board showing 
that Knox would see his tournament life end in 4th place for a NZD$29,145 score.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000 | 152,000 |
|
Busted |
Back From Dinner
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
The players are back from their dinner break and ready for action!
Blinds are at 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 chip ante.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
Dinner Break Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
840,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
703,000 | -182,000 |
|
|
698,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
126,000 | -30,000 |
Dinner Break
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The four players remaining in the 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Main Event have just been sent on a half an hour dinner break.
Carl Knocked Back
John Waterman has continued his impressive run of cards, managing to chip-up from the short-stack all the way to holding a dangerous amount of chips.
The action started when Carl Knox raised to 32,000 from the button. Waterman was in the big blind when he popped it to 116,000. Knox then moved all-in and Waterman snap-called.
Waterman tabled 
, going into the hand dominated by the of Knox.
The flop showing 
would make Knox sweat, but it wasn't the straight he would have to worry about as the peeled off on the turn and when the river bricked, the pair for Waterman would give him the pot and leave Knox crippled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000 | 422,000 |
|
|
156,000 | -364,000 |