"The wind back will make them fly out," APPT President Danny McDonagh just said about rolling the binds back so that the tournament average is right around 40 big blind.
So far nobody has been flying, neither out or into the pot as we've seen merely small hands in the first half an hour of the final table. A few short stacks still remain however, so this could change any moment.
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Haggart raises to 35,000 from under the gun +1 and his only caller is Sam Cohen from middle position. Haggart bet 50,000 on the flop of 
and Cohen called.
Both players checked the 
turn. A 
came on the river and Haggart checked to Cohen who checked back, turning over 
. Haggart turned over the 
saying "my trap didn't work". Cohen's reply: "nope".
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The tournament is now on a dinner break until 7:10 p.m. local time, so for another 25 minutes.
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosaku Akashi | Japan | 209,000 |
| 2 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 512,000 |
| 3 | Makoto Yoshimichi | Japan | 371,000 |
| 4 | Christian Haggart | Canada | 779,000 |
| 5 | Shinya Umano | Japan | 389,000 |
| 6 | Keiichiro Sugimoto | Japan | 396,000 |
| 7 | Sam Cohen | United States | 1,294,000 |
| 8 | John Marshall | United States | 739,000 |
| 9 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 323,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,294,000 | |
|
779,000 | 389,000 |
|
739,000 | 14,000 |
|
512,000 | -48,000 |
|
396,000 | 134,000 |
|
389,000 | -151,000 |
|
371,000 | 199,000 |
|
323,000 | -327,000 |
|
209,000 | -81,000 |
The money went all in preflop between Jeffrey Holbrook, holding 
against Sam Cohen who had 
. The players were off to the races and it was Cohen that would emerge victorious when the board ran out 
. Cohen had Holbrook covered which means he hit the rail as the 10th-place finisher.
With Holbrook's elimination, the players will be drawing seats for the final table. We will be back shortly with the new table draw and some chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,294,000 | 579,000 |
|
Busted |
We're still with 10 after Sam Cohen just managed to hit a really nice card to stay alive in this event. Kosaku Akashi raised to 45,000 and Cohen responded by moving all in from the small blind for 354,000 and Akashi called rather quickly.
Akashi: 
Cohen: 
Cohen was looking for help and got it right away on the 
flop. The turn brought the and the river the 
which secured the hand for Cohen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
715,000 | 180,000 |
|
|
290,000 | -95,000 |
The action folded to Kosaku Akashi on the button who raised to 45,000. Chane Kampanatsanyakorn came along from the small blind, as did Christian Haggart from the big.
The flop came 
and Kampanatsanyakorn checked over to Haggart who bet 50,000. Akashi folded and Kampanatsanyakorn raised to 300,000. Haggart immediately went all in and Kampanatsanyakorn made the call with a bit of hesitation.
When the hands were turned over Kampanatsanyakorn was freerolling with his 
against Haggart's 
. Obviously, Haggart was not happy to see what he was up against. Luckily for him, he faded a spade when the 
turn and 
river came.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
