2024 SunBet GrandWest

SPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 SunBet GrandWest
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
975,280 ZAR
Event Info
Buy-in
15,000 ZAR
Prize Pool
6,350,400 ZAR
Entries
504
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
130
Players Left
20
Players Left 1 / 504
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Poonhath First Casualty of the Day

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Rajeev Poonhath
Rajeev Poonhath

A raising war broke out on the J87K turn on which Rajeev Poonhath jammed all-in for 25,500 when facing a squeeze to 18,500. Lee Thaver was his opponent, who needed a few seconds before making the call.

Rajeev Poonhath: KJ All in
Lee Thaver: JJ

Poonhath was somewhat perplexed and another player pointed out it was a slow roll. The river was the Q and that spelled the end for Poonhath.

Player Chips Progress
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Lee Thaver
70,000
30,000
30,000
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Rajeev Poonhath
Busted

Tags: Lee ThaverRajeev Poonhath

Grove Crashes Out After Tussle With Andritz

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Sheldon Grove
Sheldon Grove

Adrian Andritz check-called the 10876 turn for 6,900 against Sheldon Grove and then led the 3 river for 20,000. Grove called but mucked the 9 when Andritz revealed the KQ for the king-high flush.

Grove dropped to around 11,000 and lost those shortly after, though he will likely be back soon.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Andritz
62,000
18,000
18,000
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Sheldon Grove
Busted

Tags: Adrian AndritzSheldon Grove

Hoal Busts Solomon and Singh in Quick Succession

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Jono Hoal
Jono Hoal

Simon Solomon got his short stack in with the AK and had a classic flip against the QQ of Jonathan Hoal.

The board ran out 974J8 and that spelled the end for Solomon.

Soon after, Singh was flipping against Hoal in the following preflop contest.

Sugen Singh: AK All in
Jonathan Hoal: 1010

The J9523 board brought no help either and Hoal won the second flip in a row.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Hoal
115,000
60,000
60,000
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Simon Solomon
Busted
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Sugen Singh
Busted

Tags: Jonathan HoalSimon SolomonSugen Singh

Martin Busts Grove on the River

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Sheldon Grove jammed all-in the very first hand after his re-entry and was up against two opponents, a short stack and Clayton Martin.

Short stack: JJ All in
Sheldon Grove: 87 All in
Clayton Martin: AA

On the 852 flop, Grove said "I gonna need an eight or seven here" and received that wish with the 7 turn. A split pot was still possible since none of the trio had a spade in their hand. However, it was the A that fell on the river for Martin to score a double knockout.

Player Chips Progress
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Clayton Martin
90,000
54,000
54,000
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Sheldon Grove
Busted

Tags: Clayton MartinSheldon Grove

Kossew Claims Another Victim; Leblanc Chips Back Up

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On the river of a heads-up pot the board showed KJ104Q and Howard Lipman checked. Remy Leblanc pushed all-in and Lipman briefly glanced at his phone (no solvers involved, guaranteed) before he let go.

At the same time one table over, Werner Smit was spotted on his way to the rail. He had run the AK into Jedd Kossew, who looked him up with the AA and recorded another knockout.

Player Chips Progress
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Jedd Kossew
105,000
27,000
27,000
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Remy Leblanc
82,000
3,000
3,000
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Howard Lipman
10,300
26,700
26,700
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Werner Smit
Busted

Tags: Howard LipmanJedd KossewRemy LeblancWerner Smit

Grove Eliminated by Bittger

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 KQ against the 1010 of Stefan Bittger and failed to catch anything on the 643JA runout.

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

Tags: Sheldon GroveStefan Bittger

Hoal Eliminated by Rahme in Massive Pot

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Jonathan Hoal
Jonathan Hoal

Jonathan Hoal tangled with Joe Rahme and the latter defended out of the blinds to check-call the 765 flop. On the 7 turn, Rahme check-raised and instantly called the shove by Hoal to create a massive pot.

Jonathan Hoal: 98 All in
Joe Rahme: 77

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

Tags: Jedd KossewJoe RahmeJonathan Hoal

Kikia Sends Blom to the Rail

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Wesley Blom
Wesley Blom

"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 Q2 versus A7.

The 77284 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
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Clive Kikia
70,000
15,000
15,000
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Wesley Blom
Busted

Tags: Clive KikiaWesley Blom

"Sexy Piet" Eliminated by Jung

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

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 88 against the AA of Alan Jung and failed to get there on the J9432 board.

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

Tags: Alan JungPieter Terblanche

Smit Felted by Kavnat

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

The shorter stack of Martin Smit went into the middle with the A8 and he was pipped by Jaron Kavnat with the A10.

On a board of Q9945, 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
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Jaron Kavnat
153,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Wesley Blom za
Wesley Blom
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Martin Smit
Busted

Tags: Jaron KavnatMartin SmitMaureen BloechlingerWesley Blom