Noah Schwartz joins the Remko Report to talk about winning, what was at the time, the largest online poker tournament ever, competing in super high rollers, and living life to the fullest.
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Mike McDonald and Terence Clee were involved in a pot on the flop of 
. Clee checked, and McDonald bet 25,000. Clee came back with a check-raise to 90,000, and then McDonald went into the tank, studying Clee's every move under his microscopic stare.
Eventually, McDonald moved all in, and Clee instantly asked for a count. Once received, Clee called with the 
. McDonald was on the ropes with the 
.
The turn was the 
to vault McDonald into the lead with a better two pair. The river was the 
, and that meant McDonald would win the hand.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
440,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
Raiden Kan has moved up to around 1.6million after he eliminated Panayotis Flourentzou.
The action folded around to Flourentzou on the button and he moved all in for his last 145,000. Kan was in the small blind and made the call.
Flourentzou: 
Kan: 
The board ran 
to see Kan off in 35th spot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Action folded around to Alex Trevallion on the button and he shoved all in for roughly 145,000. Manny Stavropoulos then moved all in over the top, and Gregory Day called off from the big blind for 78,000.
Trevallion: 
Stavropoulos: 
Day: 
All three players held an ace, which meant it came down to the kicker. Stavropoulos was best in that department, and he paired it on the 
flop to strengthen his position. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Day became the 34th-place finisher while Trevallion bowed out in 33rd.
It's been a good week for Trevallion, who won the AU$25,000 Challenge for AU$645,150 and final tabled the AU$100,000, which will conclude on Saturday.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado |
After Tyrone Liu was eliminated from the tournament in 32nd place, Toan Ngoc Nguyen followed him out the door in 31st.
Nguyen's elimination came after he three-bet jammed for 235,000 or so from the button over the 22,000 open of Tony Hachem, who was in the cutoff. Hachem made the call and it was off to the races.
Hachem: 
Nguyen:
The 
flop kept Hachem in the lead, but the turn made things interesting as Nguyen picked up a spade draw. The 
river actually gave Nguyen the flush, but it was the one spade he didn't want to see as it improve Hachem to sevens full of threes.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
Eliminado |
Andrew Chen just catapulted to over 1.2 million in chips thanks to a big double up through Jan Suchanek.
When we arrived at the table, Chen was reraising to 200,000 over the 90,000 that Jan Suchanek had out in front of him. Suchanek then moved all in, and Chen called to put his entire 602,000 in chips on the line. He held the 
, and Suchanek had the 
.
The 
board kept Chen's kings in front, and he shot himself up towards the top of the leaderboard. Suchanek was knocked back to 750,000 in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,240,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
750,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Gerald Karlic is back up to 980,000 after getting Grant Levy to pay off when he had two pair.
He opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Levy peeled from the big blind to see a 
flop. Karlic continued for 23,000 and Levy check-called. Both players checked the turn before Karlic went for more value on the 
river by betting 72,000. Levy check-called and mucked when Karlic opened .
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
450,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
The clock has been paused and each table will play two more hands before play ends for the day.
From the hijack seat, Ami Barer raised to 20,000. Jan Suchanek reraised on the button to 55,000, and then the two players in the blinds folded. Barer moved all in for 262,000, and Suchanek tank-called.
Suchanek had the for two over cards against the 
for the at-risk defending champion. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Barer doubled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | Michael Pedley | Australia | 538,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Manny Stavropoulos | Australia | 410,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Calvin Ho | Hong Kong | 720,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Tony Hachem | Australia | 409,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Brian Rast | USA | 1,156,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Stevan Chew | Australia | 355,000 |
| 11 | 1 | Lita Hsu | Chinese Taipei | 261,000 |
| 11 | 2 | James Rann | United Kingdom | 684,000 |
| 11 | 3 | David Longmate | United Kingdom | 465,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Lennart Uphoff | Germany | 796,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Joel Douaglin | New Caledonia | 765,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Jan Suchanek | New Zealand | 657,000 |
| 25 | 1 | Jonathan Roy | Canada | 467,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Grant Levy | Australia | 471,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Alex Lynskey | Australia | 671,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Anthony Legg | Australia | 482,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 1,085,000 |
| 25 | 6 | Ryan Yu | Canada | 640,000 |
| 28 | 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 867,000 |
| 28 | 2 | Jesse Mckenzie | Australia | 487,000 |
| 28 | 3 | Mike Mcdonald | Canada | 160,000 |
| 28 | 4 | Ami Barer | Canada | 443,000 |
| 28 | 5 | Sarkiss Osalian | Australia | 382,000 |
| 28 | 6 | Jannis Bräuer | Austria | 334,000 |
| 31 | 1 | Raiden Kan | Macau | 1,775,000 |
| 31 | 2 | Andrew Chen | Canada | 1,165,000 |
| 31 | 3 | Terence Clee | Australia | 750,000 |
| 31 | 4 | Richard Lyndaker | Australia | 993,000 |
| 31 | 5 | Phil Ivey | USA | 439,000 |
| 31 | 6 | Dominic Coombe | Australia | 670,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,775,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
1,165,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
1,156,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,085,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
943,000
563,000
|
563,000 |
|
796,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
765,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
750,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
720,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
684,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
671,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
670,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
657,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
640,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
567,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
||
|
537,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
487,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
482,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
471,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
467,000 | |
|
465,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
443,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
||
|
439,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
||
|
|
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
409,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
