2026 African Poker Championship Tanzania
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With some 24,800 in the middle, Ryan James and Aidan Jacobs checked the A♥7♠6♠ flop to the 7♥ turn. They invested another 13,000 now and the 3♦ river was checked. Jacobs tabled his A♦9♣ to win the pot and James said "tricky tricky" in the table chat.
The next fireworks over on table two unfolded on a flop of Q♦7♦6♣ when Panayiotis Giannakopoulos check-jammed into a bet of 15,000 by Gavin Sardini. The latter reluctantly called and they flipped over the cards.
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos: K♦8♦
Gavin Sardini: Q♠J♠
The Q♥ turn took away some outs for Giannakopoulos and he had to re-enter after the 3♣ river.
Several players entered as of lately and Pu Zhang re-entered after busting not long ago. Theuns Prinsloo may have to do just that soon after he got a four-bet shove through but remained a short stack. Rajeev Poonhath raise-folded 3,000 to a wager of 18,100.
There are now 64 total entries for Day 1c with 54 players remaining.
On the Q♠8♣3♦7♠ turn, Dmitri Hadjipaschali on the button bumped it up to 18,500 and Jay Kamli called. Kamli then bet the 8♥ river for 15,000 and Hadjipaschali raised to 52,000 in order to force out his opponent.
Level: 4
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Harold Brooks was all-in with the K♣Q♥ and up against the A♣K♦ of Dan Zvonaru. Both players connected with the A♦Q♣9♣7♦8♦ board and Brooks re-entered into table two. Panayiotis Giannakopoulos was gone from there, re-entered and got the very same seat.
There are now 58 entries in total with 52 players remaining as the action continues to heat up in the third and final starting day, which has already become the largest of them all.
The fireworks unfolded on a flop of 7♥6♠2♠ when Sami Matar was all-in from the button against Ak Ak and both fired verbal dabs at each other.
Sami Matar: 8♠4♠
Ak Ak: 6♣6♦
Ak Ak wished his opponent to hit the flush with the 7♠ which would given him an unbeatable full house. Matar said the flush would come on the river when he bricked the J♥ turn but the Q♦ river was another blank.
"Thank you ... please come again but not this table," Ak Ak grinned.
With 13,500 in the middle to the K♦J♦8♦ flop, Alvin Pillay ended up all-in and at risk for 40,800 with the 7♦4♦ for the flopped flush.
Dan Zvonaru needed the board to pair with his J♣J♠ but the 3♠ turn and 2♣ river were both blanks.