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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 biggest hand of the tournament has just taken place with Marcel Schreiner making a huge misstep to see his stack fall dramatically.
The action was started by Schreiner in middle position where he opened to 12,500. Play was then on Matt Yates on the button and he three-bet to 19,500. Schreiner then four-bet to 65,000 whereby Yates popped it to 116,00 with the five-bet.
The biggest pot of the day was already building and it was about to get bigger as Schreiner moved all-in for his monster 660,000 remaining chips. Yates looked a little pained but gave a bit of a shrug and made the call turning over . The whole table was then shocked to see Schreiner turn over , with the worry of aces gone for Yates.
The board would run out with barely a sweat by the turn for Schreiner, he took the massive hit to his stack and Yates becomes the first millionaire at the table.
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with no scare cards for Knox as he takes the double-up.
. Yates tavbled his 
and was looking like sending a chunk of his stack to Grigg.
on the turn gave Grigg a bit of a sweat with Yates needing a king to get his straight. The 
, but the 
. The whole table was then shocked to see Schreiner turn over 
with barely a sweat by the turn for Schreiner, he took the massive hit to his stack and Yates becomes the first millionaire at the table.