SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet Time Square

08-08-2024 02:05 UTC+2

KM Soars to the Lead; Brooks Jams Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a four-way min-raised pot without any action to the K♠J♦2♣10♣4♣ river, Gareth Kalil checked and Wesley Wiegand bet 30,000. Patrice Ah-Nien folded before KM asked for the bet size and raised to 80,000 after using one time bank.

Kalil got out of the way and Wiegand declared "I am not slow rolling you" before he also used a time bank extension as well, suspecting to see the nut flush on the other side of the table. Eventually, Wiegand called and KM indeed tabled the A♣7♣.

"Queen-high flush," Wiegand replied but didn't show his cards when KM asked.

Over on the other table, Harold Brooks got two shoves through. The second time was against Alvin Pillay, who had opened to 15,000 and then folded the A♣Q♦. Brooks flashed his J♥10♥ before collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
KM	455,000 175,000	175,000

Wesley Wiegand	230,000 145,000	145,000
Harold Brooks	230,000 120,000	120,000
Alvin Pillay	190,000 10,000	10,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	180,000 15,000	15,000
Gareth Kalil	155,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Alvin Pillay Gareth Kalil Harold Brooks KM Patrice Ah-Nien Wesley Wiegand

08-08-2024 01:53 UTC+2

Ah-Nien Stops the Downfall

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Patrice Ah-Nien raised to 10,000 and was called by Gareth Kalil in the small blind. Wesley Wiegand in the big blind asked for Ah-Nien's stack size and then came along to the K♣6♥5♦ flop. It checked to Ah-Nien and he bet 18,000, only Kalil called.

After the A♥ turn, Ah-Nien bet another 20,000 for Kalil to check-call and they checked the 8♠ on the river.

Kalil announced a king and then mucked the K♦10♠ with a lot of frustration when Ah-Nien had him pipped with the A♦4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Wiegand	375,000 35,000	35,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	195,000 75,000	75,000
Gareth Kalil	125,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Gareth Kalil Patrice Ah-Nien Wesley Wiegand

08-08-2024 01:46 UTC+2

Appel Sent to the Rail by Solomons

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Alvin Pillay raised to 14,000, then got out of the way when Hennie Appel jammed the cutoff for 125,000 and Banks Solomons called on the button. "I would have had a decision," Pillay said as he mucked the A♠J♥ face-up.

Hennie Appel: A♦6♥ All in
Banks Solomons: J♠J♣

None of the two remaining aces came on the 10♣9♣2♠4♠7♣ runout to reduce the field to the last 12 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Banks Solomons	385,000 115,000	115,000
Alvin Pillay	200,000 25,000	25,000
Hennie Appel	Busted

Tags: Alvin Pillay Banks Solomons Hennie Appel

08-08-2024 01:40 UTC+2

Brooks Jams Twice; October Once

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following a button raise by Harold Brooks and a big blind call by Quintin Heather-Clark, they checked to the J♥6♥4♥6♠A♠ river. Heather-Clark checked and then folded when Brooks jammed. Brooks got another shove through shortly after.

Over on the other table, Caleb October jammed for around the size of the pot into chip leader Wesley Wiegand on the K♥10♣5♣Q♥5♥ river and got through with it.

Gareth Kalil then check-raised the Q♠5♥4♠ flop from 15,000 to 35,000 and Patrice Ah-Nien folded once more to fall further behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Wiegand	410,000 35,000	35,000
Quintin Heather-Clark	240,000 10,000	10,000
Mariette Language	190,000 15,000	15,000
Caleb October	175,000 55,000	55,000
Gareth Kalil	165,000 25,000	25,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	120,000 100,000	100,000
Harold Brooks	110,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Caleb October Gareth Kalil Harold Brooks Patrice Ah-Nien Quintin Heather-Clark Wesley Wiegand

08-08-2024 01:32 UTC+2

Language Takes a Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three ways to a flop of 7♦5♥2♥, the action checked to Mariette Language and she bet 25,000. While Alvin Pillay was in the tank, Harold Brooks didn't notice that Pillay still had cards available and folded out of turn already.

Pillay eventually folded and briefly flashed the 3♣3♦, Language later mentioned in the table chat she had pocket nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvin Pillay	225,000 55,000	55,000
Mariette Language	205,000 25,000	25,000
Harold Brooks	75,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Alvin Pillay Harold Brooks Mariette Language

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-08-2024 01:24 UTC+2

Kalil Doubles Through Brooks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Just before the blinds had gone up, Harold Brooks raised to 12,000. Melissa Kalil and Hennie Appel called out of the blinds and checked the J♥10♦3♣ flop. Brooks continued for 25,000 and Kalil pushed all-in for 95,000 to force out Appel. Brooks called for around half of his stack effectively.

Melissa Kalil: K♣Q♣ All in
Harold Brooks: K♥J♠

The top pair remained ahead on the 6♥ turn but Kalil got there with the A♦ river to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melissa Kalil	225,000 115,000	115,000
Hennie Appel	170,000 10,000	10,000
Harold Brooks	95,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Harold Brooks Hennie Appel Melissa Kalil

08-08-2024 01:20 UTC+2

Heather-Clark Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Three ways to the Q♠J♣10♠ flop, it checked to Harold Brooks on the button and he bet 16,000. Quintin Heather-Clark check-called from the big blind and Banks Solomons also called in the cutoff. The 9♠ turn was checked to Brooks again and he bet 21,000.

Heather-Clark check-raised all-in and forced two folds, flashing the 7♠3♠ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Banks Solomons	270,000 10,000	10,000
Quintin Heather-Clark	230,000 70,000	70,000
Harold Brooks	180,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Banks Solomons Harold Brooks Quintin Heather-Clark

08-08-2024 01:15 UTC+2

Wiegand Continues to Lead Late on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 8♦7♠5♣, Wesley Wiegand checked and Patrice Ah-Nien then bet 12,000. Wiegand check-raised to 36,000 and took down the pot without resistance.

While Wiegand leads the way, several players have very similar stack sizes at their disposal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Wiegand	375,000 25,000	25,000
Banks Solomons	280,000 10,000	10,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	220,000 20,000	20,000
Gareth Kalil	190,000 20,000	20,000
Hennie Appel	180,000 5,000	5,000
Mariette Language	180,000 70,000	70,000
Alvin Pillay	170,000 35,000	35,000
Quintin Heather-Clark	160,000 45,000	45,000
Melissa Kalil	110,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Patrice Ah-Nien Wesley Wiegand

08-08-2024 01:09 UTC+2

Wiegand Beats KM in Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

While the hand was going on, Wesley Wiegand and KM were talking about previous unfoldings on the table with KM insisting Wiegand had tilted another player on the table previously Wiegand replied that he had had only 60k behind in a particular hand with the nut flush draw.

"You called for one card ... just don't flush me," KM declared when he then bet the Q♣6♥2♥4♦ turn for 17,000, before Wiegand called. KM gritted his teeth and checked the 4♥ river when the flush was possible.

Wiegand checked behind and KM announced king-high, but never showed his cards as he mucked to the 10♠10♥ of Wiegand.