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The last couple of hands has seen no flops dealt here at the final table, with Marcel Schreiner getting a walk in the blinds one hand and Xiao Dong Xia getting a walk the very next.
A couple of hands later would see Hugh Cohen shove his relatively short-stack in the middle and all the players get out of the way as he took down the blinds and antes.
The players at the final table have been sent on their first ten minute break of the day.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
The players are back in their seats at the 2011 APPT Queenstown Main Event. Currently Hugh Cohen is the shortest stack at the table and will be looking to get a wriggle on as soon as possible.
The first hand back from the break and we had our second elimination, with PokerStars qualifier Hugh Cohen hitting the rail in 8th place.
Cohen was in the small blind when faced with a raise to 21,500 from Matt Yates in the hijack seat. Cohen decided now was his time to move all-in and he did just that, with Yates making the call.
Yates: 
Cohen: 
Cohen was looking good for a handy double-up when the board had ran out 
, but the 
on the river would deal the devastating blow to send Cohen home with NZD$12,860.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,138,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
Busted | |
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The next three hands after Hugh Cohen's elimination saw Tom Grigg, Matt Yates and Daniel Laidlaw all raise and all take down the blinds and antes.
The action started with a raise to 16,000 from Marcel Schreiner. Tom Grigg then three-bet to 34,500 before Yates popped it to 89,500. Schreiner got out of the way while Grigg made the call.
Flop: 
Grigg had 110,500 left behind and Yates led for 99,000 before Grigg put in the remainder of his chip. Yates snapped him off and watched as Grigg turned over 
. Yates tavbled his and was looking like sending a chunk of his stack to Grigg.
The 
on the turn gave Grigg a bit of a sweat with Yates needing a king to get his straight. The 
on the river was safe for Grigg as he took the double-up and sent Yates back under a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
935,000
-203,000
|
-203,000 |
|
427,500
242,500
|
242,500 |
The last two hands have seen Waterman take down the pot without going to a flop.
The first of these two hands saw Waterman three-bet Tom Grigg, who folded to the aggression of Waterman, while the very next hand saw Waterman open from the button and take down the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
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Carl Knox shoved his 83,000 in the middle from under the gun and managed one caller in Xiao Dong Xia from the button. Dong Xia shoved his stack over the top of Knox's and with the rest of the players out of the way it was a tournament life on the line.
Knox: 
Dong Xia:
The board ran out 
with no scare cards for Knox as he takes the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
115,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw opened to 16,000 from the cutoff seat and got calls from Tom Grigg in the small blind and Matt Yates in the big blind.
Tom Grigg would check in the dark as the 
flop was dealt out and with Yates also checking, the action was on Daniel Laidlaw and he fired out 28,000. Yates made the call before Grigg raised it up to 61,000. Grigg would lead on the turn and Yates made the call as the 
landed on the river.
When both players checked it would be Yates 
for two-pair that would see Grigg's cards enter the muck as Yates chips up to back over a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,145,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
270,000
-157,500
|
-157,500 |
