South African Poker Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerNews Cup - South African Poker Open

02-10-2008 00:25 UTC+3

Tom VanDermeere: Bubble Player

Tom VanDermeere has left on the bubble. But the upside is, he gets a special prize from the tournament: R25,000, or $3,195 -- meaning VanDermeere gets his entire buy-in back.

02-09-2008 23:43 UTC+3

Still Hand for Hand

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Blinds have gone up, and we are still hand for hand. Nobody wants to leave in 19th place with this much South African rand on the line.

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

02-09-2008 23:42 UTC+3

Doreen Doubles Twice

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Doreen Mynhardt, the last woman standing in this event, goes all in for her last 60,000 or so. Karl Stark calls. Grant Ngot folds despite huge odds. Mynhardt shows {A-Diamonds}

and Stark has {10-Hearts}

. The board comes {4-Diamonds}

. Ngot folded 5-2, and would have made a straight on the turn to knock out Mynhardt (assuming he had been able to check the side down with Stark until the turn hit).

Then, several hands later, Mynhardt is all in again versus Ngot. Mynhardt has {A-Diamonds}

and Ngot has {4-Clubs}

. The board is {A-Spades}

and Mynhardt climbs back into contention.

02-09-2008 23:38 UTC+3

Unwise Decision?

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Jared Solomon, who started the post-dinner break with 322,000 in chips, lost a huge pot with set over set and seems to have tilted the rest off, busting him in 20th place. We are now hand for hand.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

02-09-2008 21:21 UTC+3

Dinner Break

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Players are on dinner break until 9 p.m., local time. That's GMT+2. In other words, just take EST and add seven hours.

02-09-2008 21:18 UTC+3

Alex Marchenko Out in 21st

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Alex Marchenko is all in, while his girlfriend Natalia Orlora (who busted earlier today) looks on from the rail. He has {A-Spades}

and his opponent has {10-Clubs}

. The board is {10-Spades}

and Marchenko leaves four spots from the money.

02-09-2008 21:16 UTC+3

Kramer vs. Kramer

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A player is all in for 71,500 and Darren Kramer considers. He is put on the clock and is still holding his cards when time expires. He turns over Q-10.

02-09-2008 21:03 UTC+3

Ace Brick

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Dennis Huntry raises to 50,000. Jared Solomon asks for a count, then goes all in. They jabber back and forth for awhile, trying to get a read. "I should go check with the Missus," says Huntry. "Are you allowed to do that?"

Eventually, he calls, showing {J-Hearts}

to Solomon's {A-Clubs}

. The board is {6-Clubs}

and Huntry doubles up to 250,000, knocking Solomon down to 275,000.