The cards of Dietrich Fast were already in the muck and the German grabbed his belongings while his stack and the one of Yury Zinkevich were counted. The latter had his still tabled along with the boarding showing , and Nick Solomos confirmed "ace queen versus ace king" in table chat.
In a battle of the blinds the flop showed and Jack Salter bet 2,200. Jack Sinclair in the big blind raised to 7,000 and Salter called. Both players checked the turn and Salter also checked the turn. Sinclair bet 5,000 and Salter's check-shove did the trick to force a fold from the 2017 WSOP Main Event 8th place finisher.
Fedor Holz has three cashes in Australia; a sixth and third in the $100,000 Challenge in 2016 & 2017, and a fifth place finish in last year's Main Event. Holz is one of the latest players to join the field of the $25,000 Challenge, and his chipped up somewhat in the first ten minutes or so.
Holz opened to 4,500 and Killian Kramer defended his big blind. Kramer checked the flop to Holz who continued for 2,700. Kramer folded.
Picking up the action on the flop of , [Removed:17] checked out of the big blind and Lili Kiletto bet 13,000 into a pot of around 18,000, which Yan called. The fell on the turn and Yan checked once more, Kiletto immediately moved all in.
Yan sighed, but eventually called it off on his second bullet.
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Lily Kiletto:
The was not among the cards to help Kiletto and her stack was more than halved, as Yan doubled for 75,600.
Kenny Hallaert was all in and at risk preflop with the and table neighbor Jordan Westmorland turned over the . The board came and Hallaert doubled up in style with quads.
Some late entries into the $25,000 Challenge include Pete Chen and Lily Kiletto, while Dylan Wilkerson has been flying under the radar.
The second bullet of Jan-Eric Schwippert appears to run smoothly thus far and he just sent fellow German Paul Hoefer to the rail. After defending his big blind, Schwippert ended up shoving the river of a board .
With some 22,000 in the middle, Hoefer had 35,000 behind and called it off after giving it some thought. Schwippert rolled over for trips and Hoefer mucked before heading to the rail.
Chance Kornuth held but would have to come from behind to double up against Dietrich Fast's .
There was an Ace on the flop and although the came on the turn giving Fast extra outs, there was to be no comeback as the river was dealt. Kornuth doubled to around 60,000.
Meanwhile Daniel Neilson raised to 3,200 and [Removed:17] three-bet to 10,000. Neilson called and the flop came . Neilson check-called a bet of 7,400 but check-folded on the turn to a bet of 18,000.
giving Higgs a set. The river was the 
and Higgs doubled up.
still tabled along with the boarding showing 
, and Nick Solomos confirmed "ace queen versus ace king" in table chat.
and Jack Salter bet 2,200. Jack Sinclair in the big blind raised to 7,000 and Salter called. Both players checked the 
turn and Salter also checked the 
turn. Sinclair bet 5,000 and Salter's check-shove did the trick to force a fold from the 2017 WSOP Main Event 8th place finisher.
flop to Holz who continued for 2,700. Kramer folded.
, [Removed:17] checked out of the big blind and Lili Kiletto bet 13,000 into a pot of around 18,000, which Yan called. The 
fell on the turn and Yan checked once more, Kiletto immediately moved all in.
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. The board came 
before heading to the rail.
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