SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet GrandWest

11-27-2024 18:18 UTC+2

Tate Eliminated by Kossew

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Toran Tate flopped a set of fours and turned a full house with 4♥4♠ on the board of A♣10♣4♦A♠K♥. That's usually a pretty strong hand. However, he busted as Jedd Kossew had him crushed all the way with the 10♥10♠ on the button to score another knockout.

Tate can return at a bargain as he was one of the winners of the Flipout SNG during the level, but that may not necessarily be much of a consolation right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Rahme	200,000 10,000	10,000
Jedd Kossew	125,000 40,000	40,000
Diane Walker	110,000 40,000	40,000

Toran Tate	Busted

Tags: Jedd Kossew Toran Tate

11-27-2024 19:24 UTC+2

Late Registration is Still Open

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

So far, a field of 116 entries has emerged and not many new faces emerged prior to or after the dinner break. Max Deveson, Divan Le Roux and Maxwell Young all jumped in with the latter two having busted the High Roller earlier today. Some assorted casualties can also be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Divan Le Roux	60,000 60,000	60,000
Max Deveson	50,000 50,000	50,000
Maxwell Young	42,600 42,600	42,600
Ruchir Severaj	Busted
Benji Berman	Busted
Sunelle Swart	Busted
Julie Ramos	Busted

11-27-2024 19:36 UTC+2

Van Huyssteen Eliminated After Clash With Lottering

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

Eban Lottering called a bet by Braam van Huyssteen and then got it in for 29,700 on the A♣8♥7♠9♥ turn to get snapped off.

Eban Lottering: J♠10♦ All in
Braam van Huyssteen: A♠K♠

The turned nut straight had locked up the double already ahead of the J♣ river. Van Huyssteen was left with fumes and busted shortly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gareth Fourie	165,000 70,000	70,000
Eban Lottering	70,000 41,000	41,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	65,000 5,000	5,000
Braam van Huyssteen	Busted

Tags: Braam van Huyssteen Eban Lottering

11-27-2024 20:05 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

Nico Du Toit was eliminated by Jon Persent while Clayton Martin ran into the K♣K♠ of Divan Le Roux to suffer the same fate.

Braam van Huyssteen re-entered after dinner and chipped up through the UK's Ben after he barreled on a board of 7♠4♠2♥6♥10♥ with the final bet worth 15,000. Ben folded and the pot was sent to van Huyssteen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Barnard	215,000 35,000	35,000
Divan Le Roux	185,000 67,000	67,000
Jedd Kossew	175,000 50,000	50,000
Gareth Fourie	170,000 5,000	5,000
Okkie Fourie	155,000 35,000	35,000
Jon Persent	130,000 52,600	52,600
Braam van Huyssteen	125,000 125,000	125,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	105,000 40,000	40,000
Remy Leblanc	93,000 11,000	11,000
Sheldon Grove	75,000 20,000	20,000
Gareth Duncan	65,000 5,000	5,000
Wessel Conradie	35,000 21,000	21,000
Nico Du Toit	Busted
Clayton Martin	Busted

Tags: Braam van Huyssteen Clayton Martin Divan Le Roux Jon Persent Nico Du Toit

11-27-2024 20:09 UTC+2

Kossew On a Massive Stack

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

The hero earlier on, Joe Rahme has lost a massive pot to Jedd Kossew who stormed to the top of the leaderboard by quite some margin at the end of the first level after dinner.

It was the most classic of setups with the K♣K♦ for Rahme and the A♦A♠ of Kossew that got the chips into the middle. The board ran out 7♥6♣2♠4♥3♥ and that spelled the end for Rahme. Kossew also won the next much smaller pot without showdown against Jon Persent to build his stack further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jedd Kossew	350,000 175,000	175,000
Jon Persent	115,000 15,000	15,000
Jehan Richards	40,000 40,000	40,000
Joe Rahme	Busted

Tags: Jedd Kossew Joe Rahme Jon Persent

11-27-2024 20:20 UTC+2

Cohen Sends Cazemier Packing

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

"I needed that one, now you have something to write about," Justin Cohen joked. He had a minor heart attack when Keenan Pienaar joked that there was a straight on the board but that didn't actually happen.

Long story short, Janno Cazemier got it in with K♥J♥ which flopped a flush draw on 10♣7♥5♥ and was up against Q♦Q♣. The 7♦ turn and 9♣ river bricked off and Cohen raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Cohen (SA)	75,000 39,800	39,800
Keenan Pienaar	14,000 66,000	66,000
Janno Cazemier	Busted

Tags: Janno Cazemier Justin Cohen (SA)Keenan Pienaar

11-27-2024 20:30 UTC+2

Blom Out and Back In With a Bad Beat Story to Tell

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

Wesley Blom from under the gun clashed with Max Deveson in the big blind and they got the chips in after the K♠7♥5♥J♣ turn. Blom's A♦A♠ needed help as Deveson had that beat holding the K♦J♦ and the 4♠ river was a blank.

The table was short handed after Deveson had apparently cleaned up, and he also won the next hand by three-betting an open raise by Diane Walker. She folded and was shown the K♦. "What's the other card?" Walker asked and Deveson replied "also a king" without showing.

Blom re-entered to table 11 that itself also had lost several players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaron Kavnat	215,000 62,000	62,000
Max Deveson	205,000 154,500	154,500
Wesley Blom	40,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Diane Walker Max Deveson Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 21:00 UTC+2

Le Roux Goes Runner Runner for a Knockout

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

A short stack got it in preflop and Divan Le Roux went all-in over the top to force out Wesley Blom.

The at-risk player showed Q♦10♦ and Le Roux flipped holding the 9♥9♠ for the underpair. The pair fell behind on the J♦10♣6♦ flop, picked up a gutshot on the 7♣ turn and got there with the 8♣ river.

Blom sighed, mentioned he had folded the K♣Q♣ and declared "I would have called you," pointing to the player next to him that had just busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Divan Le Roux	240,000 55,000	55,000
Wesley Blom	42,000 2,000	2,000
Keenan Pienaar	Busted
Gareth Duncan	Busted
Ben Young (SA)	Busted

Tags: Divan Le Roux Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 21:38 UTC+2

Szymonowicz Eliminated by Le Roux

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Wesley Blom raised to 4,500 from under the gun and Lissa Szymonowicz then three-bet to 12,000 in the cutoff. Out of the small blind, table chip leader Divan Le Roux squeezed to 140,000 and Christopher Dean in the big blind jokingly asked how much Le Roux had started with, used a time bank and folded.

Blom also folded and then flipped over his A♣Q♣ for a moment when Szymonowicz called all-in.

Lissa Szymonowicz: 7♦7♠ All in
Divan Le Roux: A♦K♣

The K♦5♥4♠6♣10♥ board improved Le Roux and Szymonowicz joked "I gonna win it back on blackjack now".

Player	Chips	Progress
Divan Le Roux	275,000 35,000	35,000
Jon Persent	160,000 45,000	45,000
Wesley Blom	75,000 5,000	5,000
Christopher Dean	60,000 22,500	22,500
Lissa Szymonowicz	Busted

Tags: Christopher Dean Divan Le Roux Lissa Szymonowicz Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 21:47 UTC+2

Karrim Loses Two All-Ins; Wins One

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Diane Walker, Ahmed Karrim and Max Deveson limped in. Jehan Richards jammed for 27,000 in the small blind and Karrim was the only caller.

"I have aces," Karrim declared with a sheepish smile on the face. Richards showed his A♥3♥ first and Karrim then exposed the 3♦3♠. "I know you had a three, so it's like aces," he said.

"The hearts will come," Richards replied and the table burst out in laughter when the flop fell K♥J♦4♥. Karrim was hiding the runout from Richards as the rest of the table gasped to build up suspension. The 2♦ turn brought a gutshot and the 5♠ indeed came on the river.

Marc Grune then got it in against Karrim with A♣6♣ versus A♠7♠. They were chopping until the Q♦10♥8♠A♥ turn but the 6♥ river gave Grune the double, too.

Karrim then sucked out with 7♥6♣ against the 10♦9♣ of Alan Jung on a board of Q♠J♠4♣6♠3♥ and avoided losing a third all-in showdown in a row. Jung was left short and busted thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Deveson	180,000 30,000	30,000
Diane Walker	125,000 35,000	35,000

Ahmed Karrim	70,000 31,000	31,000

Jehan Richards	65,000 25,000	25,000
Marc Grune	50,000 14,000	14,000
Alan Jung	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Alan Jung Diane Walker Jehan Richards Marc Grune Max Deveson