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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.
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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An anguished Daren Yoon after bricking out against Lance Climo
In a battle of the blinds, Daren Yoon bumped it from the small blind with Lance Climo smooth-calling from the big.
On a flop, Yoon fired out 1,100 only to have Climo make it 3,300. Yoon three-bet to 10,000 and Yoon made the call before moving his last 27,000 in when the landed on the turn. Climo made the call to put the Australian at risk.
Yoon:
Climo:
With Yoon holding a pair and a flush draw against Climo's superior pair, he would unfortunately see the land on the river to miss his fourteen-outer and render him crippled as Climo soars to 51,900 in chips.
Yoon would finally see his tournament come to a close when his was run down by an opponent's as a king spike on the river.
With a raise to 1,100 from the cutoff, Julius Colman three-bet to 3,200 and found a caller in the small blind as the original raiser folded.
The flop was checked through to see the land on the turn and Colman fire out 5,000 with his opponent check-calling before the landed on the river and Colman's 5,000-chip bet was again check-called.
Colman tabled his for top pair to best his opponent's as Colman moved to 52,000 in chips.
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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.
, 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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and 
finished off the board as Mariakis falls to 26,300 after spending the majority of the day on top of the leaderboard.
flop, Yoon fired out 1,100 only to have Climo make it 3,300. Yoon three-bet to 10,000 and Yoon made the call before moving his last 27,000 in when the 
landed on the turn. Climo made the call to put the Australian at risk.
land on the river to miss his fourteen-outer and render him crippled as Climo soars to 51,900 in chips.
was run down by an opponent's 
flop was checked through to see the 
landed on the river and Colman's 5,000-chip bet was again check-called.
for top pair to best his opponent's 
flop only to have Dodds make it 2,200 to go.
on the turn only to have Dodds instantly move all in for roughly 8,000.