Michael Mariakis led out for 900 from under the gun, before a player in middle position raised to 2,550. The big blind made the call and Mariakis called also.
On the flop of , the big blind checked along with Mariakis, to see their opponent throw out of a bet of 5,500. The big blind got out of the way, before Mariakis raised to 15,500.
Several minutes in the tank went by before Mike King called time, to see the pressure back on the raiser. With eight seconds left, he moved all in, and committed the remaining 22,600 in his stack.
Mariakis sighed for only a moment before calling the extra 12,600 to see his opponent table .
"Why'd you tank for so long?" asked Mariakis, as he tabled .
The and finished off the board as Mariakis falls to 26,300 after spending the majority of the day on top of the leaderboard.
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Tony Hachem won't be adding another result to his impressive record here!
Without doubt, this last level has been the Leo Boxell and Tony Hachem hour!
Consequently it is no surprise that one of them would fall to another to continue their joint domination of this past fifty-five minutes.
Leo Boxell opened to 800 from under the gun only to see the action folded round to Tony Hachem in the small blind. Hachem committed his final 3,700 and once the big blind passed, Boxell made the call.
Boxell:
Hachem:
Always known for getting his money in with the best of it; Hachem again saw the last of his chips enter the pot with a heavy advantage over Boxell's suited ace.
The flop was the worst that Hachem could have seen without relinquishing his lead in the hand as it gave Boxell now ten additional outs to go along with his three aces.
Unfortunately for the Team PokerStars Pro Australia member, the dealer would drop the on the turn to complete Boxell's flush and force Hachem to collect his belongings in preparation to exit the tournament area.
The meaningless landed on the river to reinforce Hachem's exit as he quietly made his way from the tournament floor while Boxell climbed to 14,000 in chips.
For someone that carries his heart on his sleeve, Hachem will be unable to add to his impressive record here in New Zealand that features six cashes over the past three years and four final tables.
Damien Wong entered the pot on the button with a raise to 800 and Leo Boxell made the call from the big blind to see a flop fall and both players check.
The turn of the saw Wong fire out a 1,000-chip bet which was check-called by Boxell as the peeled off on the river and Wong's 3,000-chip bet check-called by Boxell.
Wong tabled his for a turned full house to scoop the pot and move to 38,800 as Boxell continues to slide; now down to 9,700 in chips.
With the action folding round to the small blind, he moved all in for roughly 10,000 to put Andrew Middleditch to a decision for his last 4,000.
Eventually Middleditch made the call to put himself at risk holding to be up against .
Unfortunately for the New Zealander, the board ran out to see Middleditch unable to replicate his form for the New Zealand Poker Championships where he captured the South Island Championships and final tabled the Main Event.
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, the big blind checked along with Mariakis, to see their opponent throw out of a bet of 5,500. The big blind got out of the way, before Mariakis raised to 15,500.
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finished off the board as Mariakis falls to 26,300 after spending the majority of the day on top of the leaderboard.
flop was the worst that Hachem could have seen without relinquishing his lead in the hand as it gave Boxell now ten additional outs to go along with his three aces.
on the turn to complete Boxell's flush and force Hachem to collect his belongings in preparation to exit the tournament area.
landed on the river to reinforce Hachem's exit as he quietly made his way from the tournament floor while Boxell climbed to 14,000 in chips.
saw Wong fire out a 1,000-chip bet which was check-called by Boxell as the 
peeled off on the river and Wong's 3,000-chip bet check-called by Boxell.
for a turned full house to scoop the pot and move to 38,800 as Boxell continues to slide; now down to 9,700 in chips.
flop.
on the river to see Boxell's opponent table his winning 
to collect the pot and send Boxell down to 14,800 in chips.
to be up against 
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