SPT Main Event Day 1de | 2024 SunBet Time Square

08-09-2024 18:56 UTC+2

Giannakopoulos Rises in the Ranks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Panayiotis Giannakopoulos first doubled with 10♥3♥ against the A♦Q♥ of Dhinesh Soopramanien when he got there on the 9♦9♥3♣J♣6♠ board.

He then knocked out Nic Ioannoy who got it in with A♣Q♠ on the K♠7♥4♣8♠Q♥ board. Giannakopoulos was just waiting for that move as he had turned a straight with the 6♣5♣.

"I know how to build the stack, now I just have to keep it," Giannakopoulos said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos	165,000 130,000	130,000
Dhinesh Soopramanien	57,000 13,000	13,000
Nic Ioannoy	Busted

Tags: Dhinesh Soopramanien Nic Ioannoy Panayiotis Giannakopoulos

08-09-2024 18:50 UTC+2

Taliwanth Adds More Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Zash Ebrahim limped in and Cliton Taliwanth raised to 3,200, Vishal Ghoorbin called in the big blind and Ebrahim came along. On the K♣K♠10♠ flop, the action checked to Taliwanth and his bet of 3,600 won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerrit van der Spoel	195,000 50,000	50,000
Vishal Ghoorbin	175,000 25,000	25,000
Gavin Sardini	130,000 40,000	40,000
Kaelin Poovalingam	120,000 10,000	10,000
Cliton Taliwanth	120,000
Zash Ebrahim	73,000 5,000	5,000
Brad Simpson (SA)	65,000 20,000	20,000
Nic Ioannoy	60,000 229,000	229,000
Peter Smith	Busted
Gareth Kalil	Busted
Howard Lipman	Busted

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Vishal Ghoorbin Zash Ebrahim

08-09-2024 18:47 UTC+2

Grove Out and Back In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Sheldon Grove was already all-in and awaiting his fate when Warren Zackey as well as Joachim Aucamp were still active. They checked down the K♣10♥8♠8♦ turn and K♥ river.

"I needed a queen or seven," Grove said and tabled the J♦9♠. Zackey had the 10♣8♣ for a full house and Aucamp mucked J♣9♥.

Grove was eliminated and bought back in shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Warren Zackey	100,000 30,000	30,000
Joachim Aucamp	70,000 70,000	70,000
Sheldon Grove	40,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Joachim Aucamp Sheldon Grove Warren Zackey

08-09-2024 18:35 UTC+2

Updated Counts After Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Bloom	190,000 5,000	5,000
Chrissy Luyt	160,000
Jacobus de Nysschen	115,000 20,000	20,000
Adriaan Bekker	105,000 26,000	26,000
Alan Jung	95,000 15,000	15,000
Warren Zackey	70,000 30,000	30,000
Rajeev Poonhath	70,000 26,000	26,000
Kosta Kotsikaris	65,000 8,000	8,000
Costa Giannakopoulos	65,000 5,000	5,000
Sheldon Grove	45,000 25,000	25,000
Wesley Blom	45,000 15,000	15,000
Henk Wiese	35,000
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos	35,000 10,000	10,000
Brett Toker	13,000 47,000	47,000
Teren Ramnundlall	10,000 14,000	14,000

08-09-2024 18:32 UTC+2

Ollewagen Gets Value From Ng

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

David Ng raised to 2,600 and was called only by Kade Ollewagen in the big blind. They checked the 6♥5♣2♦ flop and Ollewagen bet the 4♥ turn for 1,600, Ng called. Ollewagen bet another 6,000 on the K♦ river and Ng reluctantly called.

Ollewagen tabled 5♥3♥ for a straight and Ng grinned "why doesn't the heart come" as he exposed his K♥10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kade Ollewagen	135,000 25,000	25,000
Ben	100,000 30,000	30,000
David Ng	42,000 13,000	13,000
Huawei Sun	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: David Ng Kade Ollewagen

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-09-2024 17:55 UTC+2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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08-09-2024 17:23 UTC+2

Dinner Break on Day 1d

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Seven levels have wrapped up for Day 1d and the field of 135 entries has been sent into a 60-minute dinner break with around 75 players remaining. Action will resume at approximately 6:23 p.m. local time with another three levels of late registration.

08-09-2024 17:22 UTC+2

Aucamp Loses Two Bullets in a Row

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joachim Aucamp arrived with a new entry and put the chips to use right away, jamming the J♣5♣. Cliton Taliwanth looked him up with the K♦Q♦ and held on a board opf 9♠7♠4♦4♠9♥.

Aucamp got up from his chair, then crashed on the ground from the rapid movement and needed a short while to recover. Once he did, he re-entered into the same seat and open-jammed the 9♥3♣. Zash Ebrahim took the "flip" with 3♥3♦ and doubled on a A♠Q♠10♦7♥A♣ runout. Aucamp had very few chips left and busted right before dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliton Taliwanth	120,000 54,000	54,000
Zash Ebrahim	78,000 78,000	78,000
Joachim Aucamp	Busted

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Joachim Aucamp Zash Ebrahim

08-09-2024 17:15 UTC+2

Sardini Scores a Fortunate Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With some 25,000 in the middle to the 9♥6♥3♠ flop, Gavin Sardini faced a bet of 12,000 by the player in the hijack and moved all-in for 33,700. He received a reluctant call and nodded, exposing the A♦J♥ only. He was up against A♥9♠ and needed help to survive.

Nothing changed with the 3♥ turn but the 5Js] river brought a miracle double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Sardini	90,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Gavin Sardini