An Aussie Millions update with Sean O’Reilly, Jonas Mackoff, Ryan Dodge and Alex Trevallion picking up victories as the series reaches the point where the top dogs start setting up their kennels.

There are no places to hide in and around the dirty green baize: no white poodles, no ninjas, and no sharks. It’s the place where stars are revealed, and the Aussie Millions has just seen one shining brighter than most.

The name of Alex Trevallion is not a familiar one, but after he topped a field of impressive names in the $25,000 Challenge, that may well change.

104 players entered the event, and after 30-players commenced the final day of action (19 from Day 1 and 11 late entrants), it was Trevallion who headed into the final table with the chip lead.

He would need it as well.

Pratyush Buddiga, Stephen Chidwick, Steve O’ Dwyer, and Tobias Reinkemeier, just four of the big names that made it through to the final phase. It was going to be tough, but according to the PokerAsiaPacific blog, Trevallion always seemed confident.

This confidence comes from an impressive online career that sees him regularly beating people up at the $25/50 tables. But this was different gravy. He would never have experienced anything quite like this before.