News in Brief

Super High Rollers Ole Schemion and Philipp Gruissem have joined the party late. Gruissem failed to make the final table in yesterday's $100,000 Challenge whereas his countryman heads into Saturday's final as the chip leader.
Dani Stern is almost back to starting stack after winning a small pot off Alex Lynskey. Stern check-called a 900 flop bet before they checked the rest of the way. The board rested as and Stern's beat Lynskey's .
Russell Thomas is also almost back to starting stack. He called a 1,125 bet on a flop before his opponent check-folded to his 1,650 bet on the turn.