SPT Main Event Day 1b | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-07-2024 20:13 UTC+2

Corront Out During the Dinner Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

All tables were empty already but one as "SM" and Merwan Corront tangled in a larger pot to the 6♠2♦2♥10♦ turn. Some 95,000 were in the middle and SM moved all-in with the slightly covering stack. Corront had around 60,000 behind and went deep into the tank, investing multiple time bank extensions while actively chatting with his opponent.

"Can you beat a six?" SM eventually asked and Corront needed another minute before he called.

Merwan Corront: A♣J♠ All in
SM: Q♠10♠

No ace or jack but the 3♦ fell on the river and Corront was eliminated - seven minutes into the ongoing dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	225,000 140,000	140,000
Merwan Corront	Busted

Tags: Merwan Corront SM

03-07-2024 20:06 UTC+2

Dinner Break on Day 1b Underway

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Upon completion of level nine, the 22 remaining players out of 71 entries have been sent on a scheduled 45-minute dinner break. They will return at approximately 8.50 p.m. local time when one further level of re-entries and late registration awaits.

03-07-2024 20:00 UTC+2

Another Four-Way Showdown Underway

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

"NT" was all-in preflop from the hijack, Nic Ioannoy did so from the cutoff for 45,500 before Ahmed Karrim in the small blind looked them all up with the superior stack. The big blind also called all-in for fewer chips.

Big Blind: A♥10♣ All in
Nic Ioannoy: 7♣5♠ All in
"NT": K♥Q♥ All in
Ahmed Karrim: A♣5♥

The 9♦8♥2♥8♣6♦ runout gave Ioannoy a straight and the big blind was eliminated. "NT" lost the side pot to Karrim and then won the blind flip satellite to jump back into the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	185,000 10,000	10,000
Nic Ioannoy	175,000 115,000	115,000
NT	40,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nic Ioannoy NT

03-07-2024 19:51 UTC+2

May the Flipping Commence

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Local regular Nadeem aka "NT" promised to flip it in the first hand after joining table seven and did so after a raise to 4,000 by Ahmed Karrim, a call by Nick Sissou on the button and the call of Nic Ioannoy in the small blind.

Before his turn to act, he had peeked at his cards high for the rail and joked "it is also my birthday". The shove was then for 38,500 and Karrim called, Sissou called all-in for fewer and Ioannoy also came along to make it a four-way pot.

On the Q♣J♣8♥ flop, Ioannoy jammed and Karrim folded.

NT: 7♠4♠ All in
Nick Sissou: 9♥7♥ All in
Nic Ioannoy: 8♦3♦

The 10♠ turn and Q♥ river gave Sissou a quadruple up while NT busted. He then re-entered and got it in the very next hand with Q♦J♣ against the Q♣10♣ of Ioannoy. On a board of Q♥10♥3♦6♣J♠, NT binked the superior two pair on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	175,000 -20,000	-20,000
Nick Sissou	105,000 60,000	60,000
NT	85,000 85,000	85,000
Nic Ioannoy	60,000 -4,000	-4,000

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nic Ioannoy Nick Sissou NT

03-07-2024 19:44 UTC+2

Woolf Beats Ng in Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Joining the action on the K♣9♣9♥2♠ turn, David Ng bet 8,000 out of the big blind. Adam Woolf called in the hijack and the 7♠ then fell on the river. Ng bet another 11,500 and Woolf let his shot clock run down to four seconds before he called.

Ng mucked his cards and Woolf showed the 10♥10♦ before collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ng	178,000 -17,000	-17,000
Adam Woolf	105,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Adam Woolf David Ng

03-07-2024 19:37 UTC+2

Antezana Doesn't Chase; He Already Has It

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Alvin Pillay fired a second barrel for 8,000 on the K♥5♣2♠4♥ turn and Edgar Antezana in the big blind check-called. The river brought the J♥ and Pillay checked behind this time.

Antezana showed his K♦2♦ for kings and deuces to win the pot.

"I thought you were chasing something," Pillay replied and Antezana shook his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgar Antezana	255,000 115,000	115,000
Alvin Pillay	185,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Alvin Pillay Edgar Antezana

03-07-2024 19:30 UTC+2

Flips; Dips and Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Day 1b of the Main Event has seen a field of 67 entries emerge thus far in the penultimate level of the late registration and last level prior to the scheduled dinner break. Only 23 players remain across three tables while the room is now filling up for the ten seat satellite, which currently features some 43 entries.

Furthermore, a one table flip satellite is also available on demand and Okkie Fourie has already won two seats despite still playing with a shorter stack on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Okkie Fourie	36,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Okkie Fourie

03-07-2024 19:22 UTC+2

Ioannoy Cracks Kings for a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Having finished in fourth place in the ZAR50,000 High Roller, Nic Ioannoy entered Day 1b of the Main Event and his first bullet came to a quick end. He bought back in and then got it in preflop against the red-hot running Ahmed Karrim.

Nic Ioannoy: A♠7♠ All in
Ahmed Karrim: K♣K♦

The board ran out A♥7♦6♣9♣7♣ and Ioannoy made a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	195,000 -30,000	-30,000
Nic Ioannoy	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nic Ioannoy

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

03-07-2024 19:12 UTC+2

Gani Gone in Cruel Fashion

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

"SM" joked towards Muaaz Gani that he wanted him to hit a king when they got the chips in preflop. That's exactly what happened when Gani was all-in with the K♦K♣ and SM only had the A♣Q♥. The K♥J♣4♥ flop provided the top set, but the 3♠ turn and 10♦ river gave SM broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	85,000 85,000	85,000
Gareth Kalil	Busted
Muaaz Gani	Busted
Henk Wiese	Busted
Tanith Rothman	Busted

Tags: Gani Gone Muaaz Gani