When John Waterman shoved all-in for 145,000 in the small blind and Marcel Schreiner made the call from the big blind, Waterman would say, "nice call," as he tabled his . Schreiner would have and we were looking set to eliminate our 4th place finisher.
That was until the turn card was dealt and the board read with Waterman needing any nine, any six, any seven or any diamond to stay alive.
The on the river would be enough to keep Waterman alive with the double and the final table continues with four remaining.
The action was folded to John Waterman in the small blind and he raised to 32,000. Marcel Schreiner made the call from the big blind and the flop was dealt.
Waterman led for 43,000 on the flop and Schreiner made the call to watch as the came on the turn. When both players checked, the hit the river. Waterman decided to bet again, making it 56,000. Schreiner tanked before making the call.
The of Schreiner would be good enough to trump the of Waterman, with the kicker of Schreiner sending Waterman's cards into the muck.
Marcel Schriener started the action with a raise to 33,000 from the cutoff and he received a call from both Matt Yates and John Waterman in the blinds.
Flop:
The action was checked to Schreiner and he threw out 43,000. Yates made the call, while Waterman got out of the way as the was dealt on the turn. The second deuce would see the players check as the hit the river.
When Yates threw out 62,000 it would be enough to send Schreiner's cards into the muck as Yates gethers some momentum to take the chip lead.
The last 130 hands of this final table have featured a lot of excitement. Hands 131 -138 however would see the excitement hit rock bottom when all eight hands were either raised by one player and he would take the blinds and antes or the players would get a walk in the blinds.
The play was folded to Marcel Schreiner in the small blind and he raised to 36,000 and Carl Knox in the big blind made the call from the big blind.
The hit the flop and both players opted to check as the came on the turn, another check would see the land on the river and the players would again check.
Knox tabled his and took down the pot when Schreiner said, "Fives," and he flung his cards into the muck.
Matt Yates and Marcel Schreiner are the two biggest stacks here at the 2011 APPT Queenstown final table and Matt Yates has just shown that he wont be pushed around by Schreiner.
Matt Yates opened to 25,000 from the cutoff and Schreiner three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind. The play was back on Yates and he thought for a moment before four-betting to 173,000. Schreiner folded and sent the pot to Yates.
The five hands after John Waterman went on his rampage saw nothing of much avail occur, with no flops being dealt. The last hand though would see a pot finally head in the opposite direction of Waterman.
Action started when Waterman opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and Matt Yates made the call from the big blind. The on the flop would see checks from both players as the hit the turn.
On the turn Yates would check and Waterman fired out 45,000. A check-raise was then made by Yates as he made it 105,000 for Waterman to continue. Waterman let go of his hand and the pot was sent to Yates.
John Waterman has gone on a run of taking down big hands, with his stack now sitting extremely healthy after sitting as the short stack for a majority of four-handed play.
The action started with a raise to 26,000 from Waterman in the small blind. Marcel Schreiner was in the big blind when he made the call and the would be dealt on the flop. Waterman led for 26,000 and Schreiner made the call as the hit the turn. A check from Waterman would see Schreiner become the aggressor, throwing out 35,00- in chips. At this point Waterman opted for the check-raise, making it 90,000 to Schreiner.
Schreiner would decide to slide his cards into the muck and Waterman took down yet another pot.
John Waterman had his tournament life on the line going up against the of Matt Yates and with a flop showing .
While the of Waterman was in front of Yates' hand at the moment, there would be a big flush draw sweat for Yates as we were getting close to eliminating another player.
The turn and river came with the and the and with that Waterman dodged all the diamonds and took the double-up.
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. Schreiner would have 
and we were looking set to eliminate our 4th place finisher.
with Waterman needing any nine, any six, any seven or any diamond to stay alive.
on the river would be enough to keep Waterman alive with the double and the final table continues with four remaining.
hit the river. Waterman decided to bet again, making it 56,000. Schreiner tanked before making the call.
of Schreiner would be good enough to trump the 
was dealt on the turn. The second deuce would see the players check as the 
hit the river.
hit the flop and both players opted to check as the 
came on the turn, another check would see the 
hit the turn.
would be dealt on the flop. Waterman led for 26,000 and Schreiner made the call as the 
of Waterman was in front of Yates' hand at the moment, there would be a big flush draw sweat for Yates as we were getting close to eliminating another player.
and with that Waterman dodged all the diamonds and took the double-up.