Aidan Jacobs was all-in for 7,600 against a fellow short stack one seat over and at risk holding the 8♠8♥ versus J♦J♣.
The 8♦2♦2♥ flop saw Jacobs vault out of his chair and he then celebrated when the 6♣ turn as well as 7♥ river confirmed another double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 |
In a preflop four-bet pot with 15,500 in the middle to the 5♠4♦2♠ flop, there were 8,000 chips out in front of Alvin Pillay. Didier Mery then check-raised to 20,000 and Pillay needed two time bank extensions before folding.
Pillay inquired if his opponent had aces, then kings, then queens.
Mery smiled back and said he wasn't going to reveal it.
Pillay grabbed a T-500 chip as possible bribe and Mery jokingly took two T-5,000 chips out of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
95,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
75,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
Busted |
It remains unclear when the chips went into the middle, but the former big stack of Ben had been cut well short as he doubled table neighbour Matthew Whitelaw in a rather big pot.
On a board of 10♣7♣3♥Q♠9♦, the A♠K♠ of Ben had missed a turned gutshot and Whitelaw joined the bigger stacks with the A♥A♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
26,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
145,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
105,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
95,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
75,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
75,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
55,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
47,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
45,000 | |
|
25,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
An open raise to 1,600 was in the middle by Panayiotis Giannakopoulos, who then got out of the way when Renier Britz was all-in for 20,200 and an even shorter stack called.
The player at risk had Q♥J♦ while Britz was ahead with the A♥J♣. Neither player connected on the 7♣6♦3♠7♠K♠ and Nadav Mazor sighed "trips" while Britz raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
42,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Russel Wheatley raised to 3,000 and earned two callers behind him in Gavin Sardini and Matthew Whitelaw. Wheatley bet the 10♣6♦2♠ flop for 6,000 to get called only by Sardini, then bet the 10♥ turn for 15,000 and jammed the 8♦ river. Sardini called it down with the J♣J♥ and crashed out against the K♣K♥ of Wheatley.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Busted |
Two players limped in including Mariette Language and Harold Brooks then simply pushed all-in out of the blinds, forcing out everyone.
One hand later, Sugen Singh opened to 1,700 and David Ng three-bet to 4,100. It folded back to Singh and he asked Ng if he would fold his hand if he called it exactly.
"I fold a nice hand," Singh said and exposed the A♣10♥. Singh then negotiated to expose one card after claiming Ng's hand to be ace-jack. He peeled the J♥ and grinned, added "the other is an ace". Sure enough, the A♥ was also flipped over as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
78,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
68,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
The live stream action in the tournament area continues as the final table of the ZAR 50,000 High Roller is trying to play down to a winner. Early casualties came in hot and fast, and there are only three players still in contention. These happen to be Joey Weissman, Troy McTeer and Mario Fata who have a small rail at their disposal.
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in ZAR) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,028,000 | $56,405 | ||
| 2 | 750,000 | $41,505 | ||
| 3 | 550,000 | $30,437 | ||
| 4 | Ciro Koncke | Mozambique | 375,000 | $20,752 |
| 5 | Cliton Taliwanth | South Africa | 250,000 | $13,835 |
| 6 | Stephen Courtney | South Africa | 200,000 | $11,068 |
| 7 | Rachid Amamou | Switzerland | 150,000 | $8,301 |
| 8 | Gilbert Tin Fook | Mauritius | 125,000 | $6,917 |
| 9 | Giovanni Zanette | South Africa | 100,000 | $5,534 |
| Bubble | Jonathan Woolley | Prize Pool | 3,528,000 | $195,238 |
Three ways to the 10♣9♣6♣J♥ turn, Marko Nortje bet out of the small blind for 3,000. Terry Brookes and Saurabh Gulati called. They checked the K♦ on the river and Nortje announced a jack. "See how I win this pot," he told table neighbour Cliton Taliwanth, who glanced back at the board and saw Nortje scoop the pot with the J♠7♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
37,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
