THE APPT QUEENSTOWN SNOWFEST FINAL TABLE IS SET

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand – 21 players returned for Day 3 of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Queenstown Snowfest and after three and a half hours of play, we’re down to our final 9. The action was fast and furious from the get go, and we approached the money bubble in just oer 90 minutes. The unfortunate bubble boy was Russian PokerStars Qualifier Artur Prokhorov after he moved his short stack in with A-5 and lost to the J-7 of PokerStars Qualifier Hugh Cohen.

Some interesting stories have developed deep in this event, perhaps most notably that Hugh Cohen is the brother of last year’s ANZPT Queenstown champion Julian Cohen. If Hugh can pull off the win tomorrow, this will set a unique record in PokerStars main events.

2010 APPT Grand Final champion Jonathan Karamalikis will be looking to become the first duel APPT champion. He has his work cut out for him as he enters the final table 5th in chips.

Two PokerStars Freeroll Qualifiers cashed in Queenstown, with Gavin Vickers finishing in 12th place and John Waterman entering the final table in 7th chip position.

CASHES TO DATE

10th. Jackson Zheng, New Zealand (PokerStars Qualifier) – $7,720
11th. Charles Caris, Australia – $7,720
12th. Gavin Vickers, New Zealand (PokerStars Freeroll Qualifier) – $7,720
13th. Ryan Mckay, Australia (PokerStars Qualifier) – $6,000
14th. Ben Paurini, New Zealand – $6,000
15th. Cole Swannack, New Zealand – $6,000

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS

Marcel Schreiner, Germany – 591,500
Matty Yates, New Zealand – 523,000
Tom Grigg, Australia – 296,000
Daniel Laidlaw, Australia (PokerStars Qualifier) – 193,000
Carl Knox, New Zealand – 180,500
Jonathan Karamalikis, Australia (PokerStars Qualifier) – 174,000
John Waterman, New Zealand (PokerStars Freeroll Qualifier) – 153,500
Hugh Cohen, Australia (PokerStars Qualifier) – 146,500
Xiao Dong Xia, New Zealand – 107,500

APPT QUEENSTOWN SNOWFEST MAIN EVENT VITALS

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CLICK HERE for a recap of all the Day 3 action on the PokerStars Blog

The final table kicks off on Sunday at 12:30 PM (GMT+12). Play will continue until we crown a new Asia Pacific Poker Tour champion.

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Regards,

Luke Lichtenstein