Level: 29
Blinds: 75,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 75,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
Anuj Sareen limped the small blind with the 5♦4♦ and Tome Dinh checked the Q♣7♦. They checked to the A♥10♥3♥6♣7♣ river on which Sareen's bet of 300,000 was called to win the pot with a straight.
Aidan Jacobs raised to 200,000 first to act with the A♥8♠ and was called three ways to a flop of 6♥5♦2♠. It was checked around and Steven Ratloff mucked his cards that were not shown on the reader.
The 7♥ came on the turn and Tome Dinh checked. Jacobs now bet 500,000 only to get check-raised to 1,000,000. Jacobs then pushed all-in. for 2,650,000 and was able to force a reluctant fold from Dinh.
After what seemed an eternity there was another all-in showdown. Reagan Naidoo had invested most of his short stack and was then all-in for the last few blinds on the J♥9♥8♥ flop get called by Aidan Jacobs.
Reagan Naidoo: 4♦4♠
Aidan Jacobs: A♦K♣
The 3♣ turn and A♠ river ended the run of Naidoo in sixth place and he takes home $9,100 for his efforts.
Anuj Sareen raised it up to 200,000 from the hijack with the 9♠7♠ to get called by Tome Dinh in the cutoff with A♠7♦ and Steven Radloff in the big blind with 4♥3♣.
The A♣5♦4♣ flop was checked by Radloff and Sareen bet 225,000. Dinh flat-called and Ratloff then raised to 800,000. Sareen let go of his bluff while Dinh called as they headed to the 8♥ turn. Radloff checked to the chip leader and Dinh fired a bet of only 400,000.
The seemingly semi-drunk Ratloff used plenty of table chatter before he called and missed upon improvement with the 8♦ river. Both checked and Dinh claimed the pot.
Table short stack Reagan Naidoo raised to 700,000 with the Q♠Q♥ but found no customer.
The action continued very slow and Anuj Sareen even limped the A♣K♠ on the button. Naidoo checked the 2♦2♣ in the big blind and they checked to the J♥8♣3♣K♦ turn on which Naidoo checked and Sareen bet 300,000 to win the pot.
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Chip leader tome Dinh limped the button with the A♥Q♥ and Reagan Naidoo did so from the small blind with the K♣8♦. Aidan Jacobs in the big blind raised to 460,000 and Dinh came along to the K♦Q♣5♦ flop on which Jacobs check-called for 450,000.
The A♣ turn paired up Jacobs but he was still in rough shape. Jacobs checked to Dinh who fired a bet of 650,000 and was called. The J♥ river was checked by both players and Dinh's two pair were bigger to extend his lead before the next 15- minute break. Here is how the field is stacking up after the break:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reagan Naidoo | South Africa | 1,100,000 | 11 |
| 3 | Aidan Jacobs | South Africa | 2,900,000 | 29 |
| 4 | Steven Radloff | South Africa | 4,400,000 | 44 |
| 5 | Cliton Taliwanth | South Africa | 2,800,000 | 28 |
| 6 | Anuj Sareen | United Kingdom | 3,000,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Tome Dinh | Vietnam | 11,000,000 | 110 |
First to act, Steven Radloff made it 160,000 to go with K♣Q♣ and was called by Cliton Taliwanth with the 6♠6♣ and tome Dinh on the button holding thje A♦2♦. Aidan Jacobs in the big blind found the 10♦10♣ and bumped it up to 800,000, forcing folds all around.
Dinh then became fancy with an open to 160,000 with the 10♥9♥. Jacobs three-bet to 480,000 on the button with Q♦J♠ but Dinh was having none of it and clicked it back to 960,000 in order to shut down Jacobs.
Anuj Sareen raised the button to 160,000 with the 9♠8♣ and Reagan Naidoo defended his 8♥6♣ from the big blind. They both made top pair on the 8♠5♥2♣ flop and Naidoo check-called for 250,000 as the A♠ turn made the board less fortunate.
Naidoo checked to Sareen who bet another 360,000 and Naidoo called.
On the J♣ river, Naidoo bet 400,000 and Sareen called after a few seconds of consideration to win a healthy boost to his stack with third pair and the superior kicker. Even Aidan Jacobs let out a loud "wowwww" in the table chat.