Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2024 SunBet Time Square
SPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 SunBet Time Square
Buy-in
15,000 ZAR
Prize Pool
5,266,800 ZAR
Entries
418
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
105
Players Left
16
Just a Casual Five-Way All-In Showdown
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
David Olivier jammed for 21,500 from under the gun and so did Rajeev Poonhath with a near identical stack from one seat over. Theuns Prinsloo called before Chris Gower in the small blind as well as Gideon Scheepers in the big blind also got their short stacks into the middle. Scheepers was the bigger stack for 37,000 and Prinsloo called to put four players at risk near the end of the registration period.
David Olivier: A♠Q♥
Chris Gower: 8♦8♣
Gideon Scheepers: 9♣9♥
Rajeev Poonhath: A♦K♣
Theuns Prinsloo: A♥K♦
The board ran out 10♣8♠7♦6♥3♠ and Scheepers turned a straight to more than quadruple up. Poonhath had him covered by a single chip and survived the next all-in showdown, while Gower and Olivier were eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
145,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
3,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Khoury Keeps Adding Chips
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Chad Khoury checked out of the big blind and then called a bet worth 10,000 by Gary Citron with the flop reading A♣Q♣8♠. The same action for the same amount repeated on the 7♣ turn before Khoury led the 6♠ river for 10,000.
Citron called and mucked his 9♣6♣ when Khoury revealed J♣2♣ for the superior flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Sardini Gets No Value
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Danny Dayani raised to 5,000 first to act and received two callers in Gavin Sardini and Sven Strommes out of the blinds.
They checked the 6♥3♠2♦ flop, as well as the 5♦ turn. Sardini bet the 7♦ river for 10,000 and Strommes sigh-folded, Dayani also let go.
"The board got worse and worse for me, I was hoping you bet Danny," Sardini said as he flashed the 3♣3♥ for a flopped set.
"You are unreadable to me," Strommes replied. The former big stack has plummeted to fewer than the starting stack while Sardini is among the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
41,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
35,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Bedford Beats Prinsloo in Showdown
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Chris Gower saw his stack reduced below the starting stack when early chip leader Theuns Prinsloo bet for 21,000 on the 9♣8♥3♠3♣ turn. "That good, eh? ... I fold," Gower announced and Rajeev Poonhath joked "I think my eight was good."
"Which eight?" Prinsloo replied and flashed the 8♣.
One hand later, Prinsloo didn't fire the 10♠9♥5♠4♣8♥ river against Thomas Bedford and showed the 8♣7♥ as last aggressor for a missed straight draw and rivered third pair. It was no good, as Bedford had the 10♦8♦ for two pair.
Prinsloo has been involved in many of the hands but the most recent ones saw his stack reduced somewhat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
160,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
35,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Small Pot for Elizabeth
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The frantic action prior to the dinner break has slowed down and there aren't as many big pots anymore. One of the latest three-way pots brought no betting action on the 8♦6♠3♣2♥ turn and 9♠ river for Alvin Pillay in the small bind as well as Patrice Ah-Nien in the big blind to check.
Shannon Elizabeth checked behind on the button and Pillay tabled the 5♣2♣ for bottom pair. Ah-Nien mucked but Elizabeth won the pot with 10♣9♣ for a pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
171,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
95,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Ollewagen Reduces the Field By One
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Kade Ollewagen checked the 10♥9♦8♠5♣ turn out of the big blind and the under-the-gun player then jammed for 34,000. The 25-second shot clock of Ollewagen ran down to zero and he used one time bank extension before coming along with the covering stack.
The short stack revealed the K♠J♦ for two overcards and a gutshot, while Ollewagen was ahead with Q♦10♦ and held one of the straight outs. Nothing changed with the 5♠ river for Ollewagen to win the pot with a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Assorted Counts and Casualties on Day 1a
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
190,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
175,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
92,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
80,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
75,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
70,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
25,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Break and One More Level to Register
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Level nine has concluded with 39 players out of 101 entries remaining. The T-100 chips are raced off during the 15-minute break and one more level of late registration is available when the cards go back in the air.