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.
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.
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".
"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.
The action folded to Kosaku Akashi who moved all in for his final 129,000. Makoto Yoshimichi went all in behind him for 245,000 and that was followed by the all in of Shinya Umano, who had both of them covered.
Akashi:
Yoshimichi:
Umano:
The board came and Umano eliminates two players from the tournament and is now sitting a slightly above average stack.
John Marshall raised under the gun and Sam Cohen called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Cohen checked to her opponent who bet 38,000.
Cohen decided to check-raise up to 92,000 and Marshall went into the tank. After a while Marshall put out a three-bet to 187,000 and now it was Cohen who went deep into the tank.
After about 90 seconds she folded and Marshall edged that much closer to the million-chip mark.
flop. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
which secured the hand for Cohen.
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. 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.
and Cohen called.
saying "my trap didn't work". Cohen's reply: "nope".
and Cohen checked to her opponent who bet 38,000.