A preflop raising war resulted in an unknown player getting his stack of 12,000 in the middle and in dire straits against Alex Trevallion, who if you recall won the AU$25,000 Challenge last week and is at the currently-on-hiatus AU$100,000 Challenge final table.
Trevallion:
Opponent:
Trevallion had the goods, but the dealer made him work for it with the flop, which gave the at-risk player an open-ended straight draw. Fortunately for Trevallion, the board ran out the and to give him the knockout.
After the player in the cutoff seat raised to 700 and the player on the button reraised to 1,550, action fell on Ole Schemion in the small blind. The man who is the chip leader of the $100,000 Challenge that will recommence on Saturday four-bet to 4,150. From there, everyone folded, and Schemion won the pot.
Kosei Ichinose, from Japan, has recently joined the ranks of PokerStars Team Asia and the Main Event is his first tournament of the year. He's going well too, up to 51,000 after winning a pot with jacks.
He raised to 800 from under the gun and was called by a player in the next seat before the big bind squeezed up 3,100. Ichinose wad the only caller and every street of a board was checked to him by his opponent. On the river, Ichinose bet 4,800 and his opponent called with .
Brian Rast has been quietly building his stack here on Day 1c. Most recently he sent a shorty home by winning a race. Rast held the and was up against an opponent, who was in for roughly 7,000, holding the . The flop contained a jack, but it was alright for Rast as it also had a third five. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Rast climbed over 50K.
Meanwhile, we saw World Series of Poker bracelet winner and online pro Doug "WCGRider" Polk wandering the tournament floor.
"How goes it?" we inquired.
"Lost. I removed my my chips," Polk offered. "I removed all of them."
Rob Schiffbauer is coming off a 72nd-place finish in the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $20,580. He's looking to make it back-to-back main event cashes in this one, but his work will certainly be cut out for him after a failed bluff attempt saw him drop down to 8,000 in chips.
On the final board of and about 9,000 in the middle, Kitson Kho checked to Schiffbauer. Schiffbauer bet 5,100, and Kho went into the tank. After some deep thought, Kho made the call, and Schiffbauer turned over the for two pair. Kho showed the for a flush, and he won the pot.
"Nice call," complimented Schiffbauer to Kho after the hand.
With approximately 8,000 in the pot and a board reading , Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel bet 5,800 from the big blind into his opponent in the hijack. A call was made, and then the dealer burned one last time before putting out the river, which double-paired the board.
Seidel opted to check, and his opponent did the same. Seidel showed the for two pair with an ace kicker, but it was no good as the hijack held a bigger two pair with the .