SPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 SunBet Time Square

08-08-2024 13:32 UTC+2

Smith Among the Early Exits

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Peter Smith reraised to massive 17,000 on the 10♠3♠2♦ flop and David Ng, who had made it 7,500 to go, eventually called.

Smith then jammed for around 7,900 on the 9♦ turn and Ng came along.

"Do you have a pair?" Smith asked and showed his 4♦4♥. Ng had the superior pocket pair in 8♦8♥ and the 3♥ river knocked out Smith.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ng	115,000 59,000	59,000
Peter Smith	Busted

Tags: David Ng Peter Smith

08-08-2024 13:21 UTC+2

New Entries and a Bustout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Anand Kumar saw his first entry in the tournament come up very short-lived as he was knocked out by Marko Nortje. His seat was almost immediately filled by Cliton Taliwanth and the bubble boy of the last SPT Main Event here in Pretoria, Imran Bhojani, has also entered Day 1b as well.

Last but not least, Giovanni Zanette is now involved in the action, too. Only a few weeks ago, the South African finished in 33rd place in the 2024 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas and that propelled him into fourth place on the all-time money list of South Africa.

Johan De Graaff avoided a re-entry for now when he doubled his short stack of 7,600 with A♦K♦ versus 6♦5♦ on a board of A♥10♠5♣9♥K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	83,000 83,000	83,000
Imran Bhojani	40,000 40,000	40,000

Giovanni Zanette	40,000

Cliton Taliwanth	40,000 40,000	40,000
Johan De Graaff	17,000 9,500	9,500
Anand Kumar	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Cliton Taliwanth Giovanni Zannette Imran Bhojani Johan De Graaff Marko Nortje

08-08-2024 13:11 UTC+2

Early Pictures From Day 1b

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Christian Zetzsche

08-08-2024 13:09 UTC+2

De Graff Under Pressure

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With the turn showing 6♥5♦5♥A♥, Venesen Naidoo bet 1,700 and was called by the table short stack Johan De Graaff. That led them to the 8♥ on the river on which Naidoo bet 9,000. De Graaff had fewer than that behind and sigh-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Venesen Naidoo	48,000 8,000	8,000
Johan De Graaff	7,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Johan De Graaff Venesen Naidoo

08-08-2024 13:07 UTC+2

The Field is Growing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

A fourth table is now open with up to 30 players in the mix. Anand Kumar and Okkie Fourie both drew table seven and the action is underway over there now as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diane Walker	40,000
Fabio Cornelli	40,000
Okkie Fourie	40,000 40,000	40,000
Anand Kumar	40,000

Tags: Okkie Fourie Anand Kumar

08-08-2024 12:57 UTC+2

Juma Adds More Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Johan De Graaff lost a big portion to his stack very early on as Stephen Courtney jumped up on the leaderboard.

Hafiz Juma then won a three-way pot when he check-called a bet worth 1,600 on the 7♥5♦3♥7♣Q♣ river against button aggressor Henk Wiese. The latter briefly flashed his cards but could not beat the 10♣5♣ of Juma.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Courtney	64,000 24,000	24,000
Hafiz Juma	50,000 5,000	5,000
Chandra Deib	42,000 42,000	42,000
Henk Wiese	35,000 35,000	35,000
Johan De Graaff	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Hafiz Juma Henk Wiese Johan De Graaff Stephen Courtney

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

08-08-2024 12:47 UTC+2

Latest Batch of Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanith Rothman	40,000 40,000	40,000
Huawei Sun	40,000 40,000	40,000
Stephen Courtney	40,000 40,000	40,000
Venesen Naidoo	40,000 40,000	40,000
Tariro Vanderlinden	40,000 40,000	40,000

08-08-2024 12:41 UTC+2

Vilela Takes From Singh

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Multi-ways to the 9♦9♥7♥ flop, Jamie Vilela in the cutoff bet 2,000 and Sugen Singh called on the button. The action repeated for the same 2,000 on the J♣ turn before they checked the 4♦ on the river. Vilela exposed the J♦J♠ for jacks full and Singh revealed A♥2♥ for the missed the nut flush draw.

"Why don't you hit the flush, you gonna pay me," Vilela grinned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Vilela	45,000

Sugen Singh	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Jamie Vilela Sugen Singh

08-08-2024 12:36 UTC+2

Rahme Chips Up With Aggression

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways to the K♦10♣6♦J♦ turn, David Ng bet 2,700 out of the big blind. Joe Rahme then bumped it up to 10,000 from the next seat and forced two folds, as the button also got out of the way.

Rahme exposed his A♦J♥ for second pair, gutshot broadway and nut flush draw. Ng mashed one of his cards together with Rahme's jacks and grinned "I folded a set of jacks" (but only had one jack).

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ng	56,000 16,000	16,000
Joe Rahme	45,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: David Ng Joe Rahme