| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
7,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
40,000 | |
|
||
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
17,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
Busted |
Table five has come into play after Hennie Appel, Nic Ioannoy, and Karolis Domarkas entered the fray. They were joined by a slate of notables all moved to the new table with early big stacks Stephen Courtney and Giovanni Zanette holding the largest tallies.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
With some 5,500 in the middle to the 8♣6♣5♥ flop, Jehan Richards checked and Marko Nortje bet 2,600 from the cutoff. Richards called and checked again the J♠ turn before calling a second barrel worth 8,000.
Following the Q♠ river, Richards checked the third time and Nortje moved forward his stack of T-5,000 chips. Richards instantly called all-in and Nortje told him "you win" before showing his 9♥4♥ for a bluff gone wrong. Richards had flopped the straight with 9♣7♣ to double for 17,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
29,700
53,300
|
53,300 |
