SPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 SunBet Time Square

08-08-2024 15:48 UTC+2

Taliwanth Doubles Through Courtney

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three ways to the Q♥J♣9♥ flop, Anjan Mulji checked and Stephen Courtney bet 3,000 in the hijack. Cliton Taliwanth raised to 16,500 on the button with 2,000 behind and Mulji folded. Courtney used two time banks before moving all-in and Taliwanth called.

Cliton Taliwanth: A♥7♥ All in
Stephen Courtney: A♣J♥

The 10♥ turn instantly locked up the double for Taliwanth to make he J♦ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Zanette	112,000 2,000	2,000

Fabio Cornelli	95,000 45,000	45,000
Anjan Mulji	92,000
Huawei Sun	75,000 43,000	43,000
Stephen Courtney	75,000 35,000	35,000
Cliton Taliwanth	46,000 1,000	1,000
Kinesh Pather	28,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Anjan Mulji Cliton Taliwanth Stephen Courtney

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-08-2024 15:41 UTC+2

Wiese Takes From Fourie

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Nic Ioannoy raised to 1,200 and Rudolf Fourie made it 3,000 to go in the next seat. Henk Wiese called and Ioannoy came along. "Hey hey, raise and reraise?!" Fourie joked to Wiese before they headed to the J♦J♣6♣ flop. Ioannoy checked, Fourie bet 7,000 and Wiese was the only caller.

Both checked the 10♣ turn and Fourie also checked the 8♥ river, He then thought to have heard a check behind by Wiese and exposed his A♣10♦ already. But Wiese had not checked and bet 7,000.

"It's okay, I fold," Fourie replied and was shown the K♣Q♣ by Wiese.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudolf Fourie	98,000 68,000	68,000
Henk Wiese	90,000 55,000	55,000
Nic Ioannoy	65,000

Tags: Henk Wiese Nic Ioannoy Rudolf Fourie

08-08-2024 15:34 UTC+2

Nortje Eliminated for Now

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marko Nortje jammed the A♥K♣2♦8♦ turn against his former nemesis Jehan Richards and the latter eventually called with the A♣6♦ for top pair. Nortje only had the J♣10♣ for a gutshot and missed the 10♥ river with an inferior pair.

Rajeev Poonhath was eliminated by Nic Ioannoy and instantly re-entered into the same seat. Early chip leader David Ng lost some chips but still has nearly two starting stacks.

Day 1b has reached a stage where the chips are flying and the field is up to 58 entries with 42 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jehan Richards	75,000 2,000	2,000
David Ng	75,000 5,000	5,000
Nic Ioannoy	65,000 25,000	25,000
Rajeev Poonhath	40,000 7,000	7,000
Marko Nortje	Busted

Tags: David Ng Jehan Richards Marko Nortje Nic Ioannoy Rajeev Poonhath

08-08-2024 15:25 UTC+2

Kumar Crashes Out Against Giannakopoulos

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Four ways to the K♣7♦3♠ flop, it checked to Joe Rahme and he bet 11,000. Panayiotis Giannakopoulos called from one seat over and Anand Kumar then pushed all-in for 15,500 thereafter. The fourth player in the hand folded and Rahme called, as did Giannakopoulos.

Both active players checked down the 2♠ turn as well as 2♥ river. Rahme showed the 9♥9♠ but Giannakopoulos had that beat with the K♦J♠. Kumar was pipped by one kicker as his K♠10♦ ended the run on this bullet.

Giannakopoulos won the next larger pot to further boost his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos	165,000 125,000	125,000
Jedd Kossew	125,000 85,000	85,000
Stephen Courtney	110,000 12,000	12,000
Joe Rahme	105,000 15,000	15,000
David Ng	70,000 45,000	45,000
Anand Kumar	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Joe Rahme Panayiotis Giannakopoulos

08-08-2024 15:16 UTC+2

The Re-Entries Keep Coming

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Anand Kumar was left with around half the starting stack on the second bullet while Imran Bhojani also entered for the second time and into the seat he previously busted from. Kinesh Pather entered for the first time whereas Karolis Domarkas and Venesen Naidoo departed, as did Jacobus de Nysschen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Courtney	98,000 25,000	25,000
Anjan Mulji	92,000 10,000	10,000
Cliton Taliwanth	45,000 23,000	23,000
Imran Bhojani	40,000 40,000	40,000

Kinesh Pather	40,000 40,000	40,000
Anand Kumar	22,000 18,000	18,000
Karolis Domarkas	Busted
Venesen Naidoo	Busted
Jacobus de Nysschen	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Imran Bhojani Karolis Domarkas Kinesh Pather Venesen Naidoo

08-08-2024 15:05 UTC+2

Nortje Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three ways to the 6♦5♥4♣ flop with around 8,000 in the middle, Marko Nortje checked in the small blind. Fabio Cornelli bet 2,000 and Okkie Fourie called in the cutoff. Nortje then check-raised to 5,500 with around 7,000 behind and Cornelli folded after using one time bank, while Fourie called.

Nortje jammed the 10♣ turn and Fourie folded.

"Oh, I thought I had it," Nortje said as he double-checked his cards, eventually flashing the 9♣ before collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Okkie Fourie	68,000 18,000	18,000
Fabio Cornelli	50,000 10,000	10,000
Marko Nortje	26,500 3,200	3,200

Tags: Fabio Cornelli Marko Nortje Okkie Fourie

08-08-2024 14:56 UTC+2

More Early Pictures From Day 1b

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Christian Zetzsche

08-08-2024 14:53 UTC+2

Poonhath Doubles Through Pfister

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In the last hand before the break, Rajeev Poonhath scored a double through Elaine Pfister when his K♥7♣ in the small blind had flopped top pair on the K♦7♠2♥ flop. Pfister could not get away from Q♠Q♣ when her pair of queens remained the second-highest on the runout.

Jedd Kossew has entered during the break and took a seat one table over of them. Diane Walker and Nic Ioannoy re-entered, both sitting down on table four.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jedd Kossew	40,000 40,000	40,000
Diane Walker	40,000 40,000	40,000
Nic Ioannoy	40,000 40,000	40,000
Rajeev Poonhath	33,000 16,000	16,000
Elaine Pfister	30,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: Diane Walker Elaine Pfister Jedd Kossew Nic Ioannoy Rajeev Poonhath

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500