SPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 SunBet Time Square

SPT Main Event

Day 2 Started

03-09-2024 09:29 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Lingenfelder	614,000

Elai Mazor	592,000
Jody Van Wyk	478,000

Danny Dayani	455,000
Stephen Courtney	450,000
Gavin Sardini	448,000
SM	438,000
Sugen Singh	425,000
Anand Kumar	420,000
Roy Bitton	406,000

Nick Sissou	371,000
Graham Savings	370,000

Menesh Keshav	368,000
Michael Gossayn	350,000
Jarred Solomon	344,000
Okkie Fourie	339,000
Edgar Antezana	339,000
Ronit Chamani	336,000
Gareth Kalil	333,000
Marko Nortje	313,000
Gary Citron	302,000
John van der Westhuizen	287,000
Darryl Shaff	284,000
Samuel Tebege	270,000
Huawei Sun	269,000

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Joe Rahme	South Africa	45,000	11
1	2	Norman Cherry	South Africa	189,000	47
1	3	Graham Savings	South Africa	370,000	93
1	4	Raymond van der Vyver	South Africa	199,000	50
1	5	Nick Sissou	South Africa	371,000	93
1	6	Jamie Vilela	South Africa	245,000	61
1	7	Chad Khoury	South Africa	243,000	61
1	8	Nabeel Khan	South Africa	63,000	16

10	1	Elai Mazor	France	592,000	148
10	2	Gareth Kalil	South Africa	333,000	83
10	3	Merwan Corront	France	160,000	40
10	4	Aleko Manganas	South Africa	211,000	53
10	5	Danny Dayani	South Africa	455,000	114
10	6	Brett Toker	South Africa	233,000	58
10	7	Huawei Sun	Botswana	269,000	67
10	8	Imran Bhojani	South Africa	216,000	54

11	1	Kushil Shah	South Africa	59,000	15
11	2	Moon Khan	South Africa	132,000	33
11	3	Kinesh Pather	South Africa	248,000	62
11	4	Kosta Kotsikaris	South Africa	130,000	33
11	5	Jody Van Wyk	South Africa	478,000	120
11	6	Ahmed Karrim	South Africa	150,000	38
11	7	Kade Ollewagen	South Africa	206,000	52
11	8	Teren Rumnundlall	South Africa	240,000	60

12	1	SM	South Africa	438,000	110
12	2	Jacobus de Nysschen	South Africa	207,000	52
12	3	Michael Gossayn	South Africa	350,000	88
12	4	Stephen Courtney	South Africa	450,000	113
12	5	Ricky Toker	South Africa	256,000	64
12	6	Menesh Keshav	South Africa	368,000	92
12	7	David Ng	Mauritius	101,000	25
12	8	Timothy Du Plessis	South Africa	91,000	23

13	1	Marko Nortje	South Africa	313,000	78
13	2	Samuel Tebege	Germany	270,000	68
13	3	Shannon Elizabeth	United States	114,000	29
13	4	MAJ	South Africa	213,000	53
13	5	John van der Westhuizen	South Africa	287,000	72
13	6	Marvin Torres	South Africa	246,000	62
13	7	Sugen Singh	South Africa	425,000	106
13	8	Jehan Richards	South Africa	207,000	52

14	1	Wouter Van Der Merwe	South Africa	97,000	24
14	2	Anand Kumar	South Africa	420,000	105
14	3	Mathew Ord-Hume	South Africa	193,000	48
14	4	Benjamin Lingenfelder	South Africa	614,000	154
14	5	Gideon Scheepers	South Africa	210,000	53
14	6	Keegan Pillay	South Africa	150,000	38
14	7	Joseph Stegers	South Africa	221,000	55
14	8	Alexi Alexandrou	South Africa	140,000	35

15	1	Harold Brooks	South Africa	205,000	51
15	2	Okkie Fourie	South Africa	339,000	85
15	3	Alvin Pillay	South Africa	160,000	40
15	4	Darryl Shaff	South Africa	284,000	71
15	5	Jedd Kossew	South Africa	120,000	30
15	6	Cliton Taliwanth	South Africa	79,000	20
15	7	Gary Citron	South Africa	302,000	76
15	8	Massimo Zanette	South Africa	151,000	38

16	1	Roy Bitton	South Africa	406,000	102
16	2	Tanith Rothman	South Africa	123,000	31
16	3	Greg Tucker	South Africa	88,000	22
16	4	Hennie Appel	South Africa	78,000	20
16	5	Joshua Liebenthal	South Africa	263,000	66
16	6	Jaco van der Westhuizen	South Africa	91,000	23
16	7	Ismal Abdoola	South Africa	77,000	19
16	8	Djordje Stojic	Serbia	95,000	24

17	1	Patrice Ah-Nien	Mauritius	194,000	49
17	2	Edgar Antezana	South Africa	339,000	85
17	3	Gavin Sardini	South Africa	448,000	112
17	4	Nahum Lum	South Africa	89,000	22
17	5	Ronit Chamani	South Africa	336,000	84
17	6	Nic Ioannoy	South Africa	236,000	59
17	7	Jarred Solomon	South Africa	344,000	86

The Race to the Money and Final Table on Day 2 of the SunBet Poker Tour Time Square Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

At noon local time, the 71 survivors out of a field of 418 entries return to their seats in the Time Square Casino in Pretoria to battle for a portion of the ZAR5,266,800 ($281,989) prize pool. That's how much is up for grabs in the 2024 SunBet Poker Tour Time Square Main Event, which features a buy-in of ZAR15,000 (~$790) buy-in.

Four starting flights have concluded in the past three days and the marquee tournament of South Africa's newest up and coming live poker series surpassed the ZAR5,000,000 guarantee. The biggest field emerged last night on Day 1c with 155 entries, and Benjamin "Guppie" Lingenfelder emerged as the new chip leader with 614,000 in chips. He is closely followed by Elai Mazor with 592,000 but they are the only two players with more than half a million in chips at their disposal.

Other notables in the overall top ten include Anand Kumar (420,000) and Roy Bitton (406,000) whereas Menesh Keshav (338,000) and Kinesh Pather (248,000) also have above-average stacks available as well.

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Benjamin Lingenfelder	South Africa	614,000	154
2	Elai Mazor	France	592,000	148
3	Jody Van Wyk	South Africa	478,000	120
4	Danny Dayani	South Africa	455,000	114
5	Stephen Courtney	South Africa	450,000	113
6	Gavin Sardini	South Africa	448,000	112
7	SM	South Africa	438,000	110
8	Sugen Singh	South Africa	425,000	106
9	Anand Kumar	South Africa	420,000	105
10	Roy Bitton	South Africa	406,000	102

Nic Ioannoy (236,000) and Shannon Elizabeth (114,000) advanced from Day 1a and tried their luck again on Day 1c to advance with a bigger stack but busted, thus taking over their initial stacks into Day 2.

The action kicks off at noon local time with 48 minutes left in level 13 at blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000, rolled back to when the fastest flight finished. With 71 players remaining and 53 spots paid, the opening stages will be dominated by the bubble period.

As of Day 2, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each and will remain that way until a winner has been crowned on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Besides the PokerNews live updates from the outer tables, there will also be live stream available on the Monster Jam Poker Tour YouTube and Twitch channels on a security delay of 30 minutes all the way to the final hand.

Tags: Anand Kumar Benjamin Lingenfelder Danny Dayani Elai Mazor Jody Van Wyk Kinesh Pather Menesh Keshav Nic Ioannoy Roy Bitton Shannon Elizabeth Stephen Courtney Sugen Singh

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

03-09-2024 12:07 UTC+2

Action on Day 2 Underway

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Please disregard the posted blinds as the roll back of two levels has its limitations in the structure. The blinds for the first 48 minutes are 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000.

03-09-2024 12:12 UTC+2

Du Plessis Doubles; Lum Busts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Timothy Du Plessis was the first player all in and at risk preflop with the K♣Q♣ and picked an unfortunate timing as Menesh Keshav looked him up with the A♠A♣.

Thanks to a board of J♥7♣2♣Q♠3♣, Du Plessis spiked the flush.

Nahum Lum was less fortunate, as his preflop shove with the A♣10♣ was called by Patrice Ah-Nien with the A♦A♠. The board ran out J♠8♥5♣6♦10♦ to knock out Lum.

Player	Chips	Progress
Menesh Keshav	280,000 -88,000	-88,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	280,000 86,000	86,000
Timothy Du Plessis	185,000 94,000	94,000
Nahum Lum	Busted

Tags: Menesh Keshav Patrice Ah-Nien Timothy Du Plessis Nahum Lum

03-09-2024 12:15 UTC+2

Huge Double for Sun Against Dayani

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Danny Dayani raised to 9,000 and was called by Huawei Sun as well as Imran Bhojani. Merwan Corront in the small blind then clicked it up to 40,000 and Dayani announced a reraise, splashing in 159,000. Sun moved all-in over the top of that and Bhojani joked "can I not play this hand, please?"

Corront asked for a count but folded while Dayani called with a shrug.

Huawei Sun: A♠A♥ All in
Danny Dayani: 10♥10♦

The board ran out 8♠4♥3♥2♥9♠ and Sun doubled for 269,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huawei Sun	570,000 301,000	301,000
Danny Dayani	280,000 -175,000	-175,000
Imran Bhojani	205,000 -11,000	-11,000
Merwan Corront	120,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Danny Dayani Huawei Sun Imran Bhojani Merwan Corront

03-09-2024 12:20 UTC+2

SM Adds Chips Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

"SM" picked up where he left yesterday with his aggressive play when he played a larger pot versus Ricky Toker. On the 9♦5♠4♥Q♥7♠ river, SM moved all-in and Toker sigh-folded, then told his father one table over "lost a big one".

In the meanwhile, Jaco van der Westhuizen was eliminated and explained that his nut flush draw as a short stack had missed over on table 17.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	540,000 102,000	102,000
Ricky Toker	150,000 -106,000	-106,000
Jaco van der Westhuizen	Busted

Tags: Jaco van der Westhuizen Ricky Toker SM

03-09-2024 12:24 UTC+2

Stojic Hits a Lucky Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

There was a raise to 15,000 out in front of Mathew Ord-Hume and in unter the gun and he then called the shove by Djordje Stojic in the small blind for 87,000.

Djordje Stojic: J♦J♠ All in
Mathew Ord-Hume: K♣K♥

The superior pair remained ahead on the 10♦9♠4♠ flop but the J♣ turn vaulted Stojic into the lead, the 8♠ river changed nothing anymore.