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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.