SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet GrandWest

11-27-2024 19:36 UTC+2

Van Huyssteen Eliminated After Clash With Lottering

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 19:42 UTC+2

Le Roux Takes a Chunk Off Jung

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Picking up the action on the 10♣9♣7♠2♠ turn, Divan Le Roux checked and then called a bet worth 13,000 by Alan Jung, He opted to lead the 10♠ river for 25,000 and Jung used two time banks before he called.

Le Roux tabled his K♠8♠ for a flush and Jung mucked his cards with plenty of disappointment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Divan Le Roux	118,000 58,000	58,000
Alan Jung	35,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Alan Jung Divan Le Roux

11-27-2024 19:46 UTC+2

Blom Jams Into Deveson

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Max Deveson opened to 3,000 and earned two callers including Wesley Blom in the next seat. On the A♦5♠5♦ flop, Deveson bet 3,000 when checked to and Blom was the only caller. That led to the J♦ turn on which Deveson checked, Blom moved all-in and forced a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Deveson	50,500 500	500
Wesley Blom	38,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Max Deveson Wesley Blom

11-27-2024 19:55 UTC+2

De Nysschen Scores a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The cards were all but rushed away and the pot was shipped to Jacobus de Nysschen in the big blind. His 7♦6♦ had flopped the bottom end of the straight on the 10♠9♣8♦ flop and held against Stefan Bittger, who went into the showdown with Q♣10♥ for top pair and a gutshot to the superior straight.

Earlier today, de Nysschen had mentioned that he had chipped up several times only to "get knocked back down".

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Bittger	199,000 1,000	1,000
Jacobus de Nysschen	68,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jacobus de Nysschen Stefan Bittger

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 20:09 UTC+2

Kossew On a Massive Stack

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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

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

11-27-2024 20:20 UTC+2

Cohen Sends Cazemier Packing

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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

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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 20:37 UTC+2

Cohen Triples; Horgan Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Justin Cohen had lost some of his chips and then got it in preflop to get called two ways. Among those was Colin Horgan, who bet the Q♠8♥5♠ flop for 12,000 to earn a call. Horgan jammed the 7♠ turn and was snapped off.

Justin Cohen: A♣A♠ All in
Colin Horgan: K♦Q♦ All in
Bigger Stack: 6♠6♦

Horgan was shocked to get called by worse but needed to dodge outs for the straight. He did so with the J♥ to double in the side pot while Cohen tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renier Britz	145,000 145,000	145,000
Colin Horgan	130,000 15,000	15,000

Justin Cohen (SA)	110,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Colin Horgan Justin Cohen (SA)