Being just five spots off the money it's likely that players will start to pile pressure on opponents, using the tournament situation as leverage to obtain easy chips.
James Rann did just that to Corey Scott on the river in a hand. Scott went into an epic tank on the river before open folding a big hand.
Scott raised to 15,000 from under the gun and was only called by Rann in the cutoff. Both players checked the flop and Scott checked again on the turn. Rann bet 10,500 and Scott called before he quickly led out for 40,000 on the river. He had 140,000 chips behind and Rann raised enough to set him all in. Cue tank session where Scott was out of his seat a few times, rubbing his sweaty palms on the felt and generally looking pained.
He eventually folded showing for a rivered straight.
Alex Trevallion won the $25,000 Challenge, is on the final table of he $100,000 Challenge, and is still in the Main Event. So just who is this kid? Sarah pulls him aside to find out.
Players are now on a 15-minute break. They're just five from the money, so there's a good chance the bubble will burst in the coming level. Stay tuned.
Alex Trevallion's amazing week here in Melbourne is showing no signs of slowing down after he doubled through Rahul Byrraju.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 8,500 from under the gun and was called by Byrraju in the cutoff before Trevallion squeezed all in for 156,500 from the small blind. Gruissem tank folded to leave Byrraju to make the call.
Trevallion:
Byrraju:
The board ran a blank .
"Lucky boy!" said Gruissem to Trevallion, indicating he would've flopped set if he called.
Sarkiss Osalian was all in preflop for 47,000 with the . Jan Suchanek, the current chip leader, had the . After the board ran out , Osalian won the pot, and Suchanek dipped back to 1.05 million.
With just a few more eliminations to go until the money is reached, Jan Suchanek leads the way with a massive stack of 1.1 million in chips. Suchanek is no stranger to the top spot of the counts or tournament poker, as the current leader entered Day 3 in pole position and boasts over $630,000 in live tournament earnings.
Suchanek has several big results on his record, but his best finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event came back in 2007 when he took 22nd for AU$60,000.
Originally hailing from Canada, Suchanek now resides in New Zealand, which is a quick hop over from Melbourne. As the only player into seven figures right now, Suchanek is in a prime position to make an extremely deep run in this event. Last year, with a similar field size in the event, Day 3 finished with 36 players remaining and seven of them over a million in chips. The day is far from done here, and Suchanek already has more than four of them finished with on Day 3 last year.
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flop and Scott checked again on the 
turn. Rann bet 10,500 and Scott called before he quickly led out for 40,000 on the 
river. He had 140,000 chips behind and Rann raised enough to set him all in. Cue tank session where Scott was out of his seat a few times, rubbing his sweaty palms on the felt and generally looking pained.
for a rivered straight.
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. Jan Suchanek, the current chip leader, had the 
, Osalian won the pot, and Suchanek dipped back to 1.05 million.
but the latter made a flush on the 
board.
