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.
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.
We made our way over to check on Philipp "Philbort" Gruissem, who of course is everyone's favorite lovable German, and as luck would have it he was playing a hand.
In it there was 3,700 in the middle and a flop of when both the small and big blind checked to a player in middle position, who bet 1,000. Gruissem proceeded to raise to 3,300 from the hijack, both blinds folded, and the bettor got out of the way. Ship a small one to Philbort!
Kitty Kuo's stack is hovering around the 20,000-mark as she tries to get something going.
In one pot, she made it heads up to the river of a board. She checked to her opponent who bet 5,000 and opened pocket threes after she called. Her was good.
The very next hand she opened to 1,000 from the hijack and called after the button bet 2,500. Both players checked the flop before she check-folded to a 3,000 bet on the turn.
Erik Seidel may well have made the final table of the AU$100,000 Challenge but that doesn't mean he gets an easy pass to coast through the Main Event. It (seemingly) hasn't been an easy ride for him so far but he just won a small pot to get back up to 15,000.
He was in the small blind and called a 900 raise from the cutoff. Both players checked the flop before Seidel led for 1,000 and 2,000 on the turn and river. His opponent called both times and mucked upon seeing the great man's for two pair.
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.
board. She checked to her opponent who bet 5,000 and opened pocket threes after she called. Her 
was good.
turn.
for the rivered win.
flop before Seidel led for 1,000 and 2,000 on the 
turn and river. His opponent called both times and mucked upon seeing the great man's 
for two pair.
