SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet GrandWest

11-27-2024 20:09 UTC+2

Kossew On a Massive Stack

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 20:05 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

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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 19:36 UTC+2

Van Huyssteen Eliminated After Clash With Lottering

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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 19:24 UTC+2

Late Registration is Still Open

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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 18:18 UTC+2

Tate Eliminated by Kossew

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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 18:04 UTC+2

Smit Felted by Kavnat

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The shorter stack of Martin Smit went into the middle with the A♥8♣ and he was pipped by Jaron Kavnat with the A♠10♦.

On a board of Q♠9♥9♦4♣5♠, the kicker played and Smit headed out of the tournament area.

The table features Wesley Blom again, who had won a flipout SNG with a rivered set of kings. As fate would have it, he beat Maureen Bloechlinger to the ticket who had been in the lead prior with two pair. Yesterday, Blom had knocked out Bloechlinger on the final day of The Hendon Mob Challenge.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaron Kavnat	153,000 2,000	2,000
Wesley Blom	40,000 40,000	40,000
Martin Smit	Busted

Tags: Jaron Kavnat Martin Smit Maureen Bloechlinger Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 17:48 UTC+2

"Sexy Piet" Eliminated by Jung

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Over on table 11, two players have been eliminated and the last one of them was Pieter "Sexy Piet" Terblanche in his colourful hoodie.

He got it in with 8♦8♣ against the A♠A♥ of Alan Jung and failed to get there on the J♦9♣4♥3♥2♦ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Jung	88,000 13,000	13,000
Pieter Terblanche	Busted
Monica Rosie	Busted

Tags: Alan Jung Pieter Terblanche

11-27-2024 17:25 UTC+2

Kikia Sends Blom to the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

"I even called out your hand ... how do you call a three-bet with eight three of hearts?" Wesley Blom asked Clive Kikia after he had just been eliminated. That comment must have been referring to a previous hand in which he apparently folded, because Blom's last chips went in post flop with Q♦2♦ versus A♣7♠.

The 7♣7♥2♣8♥4♣ board brought no joy to Blom, but he will certainly try again either today or in one of the other three remaining flights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clive Kikia	70,000 15,000	15,000
Wesley Blom	Busted

Tags: Clive Kikia Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 17:18 UTC+2

Hoal Eliminated by Rahme in Massive Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jonathan Hoal tangled with Joe Rahme and the latter defended out of the blinds to check-call the 7♦6♦5♠ flop. On the 7♣ turn, Rahme check-raised and instantly called the shove by Hoal to create a massive pot.

Jonathan Hoal: 9♥8♥ All in
Joe Rahme: 7♠7♥

Rahme's turned quads had Hoal drawing dead to make the 10♥ river a formality.

"How do you raise and get all the chips in ... is that in your book?" fellow big stack Jedd Kossew asked with a smirk on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Rahme	190,000 125,000	125,000
Jedd Kossew	165,000 45,000	45,000
Lissa Szymonowicz	55,000 15,000	15,000
Lee Thaver	55,000
Nico Du Toit	35,000 3,000	3,000
Toran Tate	20,000 20,000	20,000
Jonathan Hoal	Busted
Werner Smit	Busted

Tags: Jedd Kossew Joe Rahme Jonathan Hoal

11-27-2024 17:10 UTC+2

Grove Eliminated by Bittger

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sheldon Grove was spotted on his way out of the tournament area after his last flip didn't come with the desired result. He was all-in with K♣Q♣ against the 10♥10♦ of Stefan Bittger and failed to catch anything on the 6♠4♠3♥J♠A♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Bittger	65,000 10,000	10,000
Sheldon Grove	Busted

Tags: Sheldon Grove Stefan Bittger