Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The final 13 players are on a scheduled break of 15 minutes. They will play another two levels or down to the last nine contenders, whichever comes first.
In the last hand on the outer table, Darren Kramer raised off a short stack from middle position and he received two callers including Gerrit van der Spoel on the button and Patrice Ah-Nien in the big blind.
Ah-Nien bet the 9♥5♣2♣ flop for 140,000 and Kramer jammed for 350,000, van der Spoel folded and Ah-Nien called.
Darren Kramer: J♣10♣
Patrice Ah-Nien: 9♦6♥
The 4♥ turn and A♠ river completed the board, leaving Kramer chip and speechless. He exited in 14th place for ZAR72,175 ($3,825).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,210,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
1,095,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Imran Bhojani pushed all-in with the 2♠2♥ on the button and Sean Bloom called in the big blind with A♣6♣.
The K♠9♠5♠3♥6♠ board gave Bhojani a flush for the double, leaving Bloom on fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,145,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
Over on the outer table, Warren Zackey had raised and was called by NT and Jedd Kossew, the latter being in the big blind.
The flop came 6♦5♦2♦ and Kossew checked as did Zackey. NT bet 185,000 and Kossew check-raised to 400,000. Zackey tank-folded and that sent NT into the tank. He had 600,000 behind and used two time banks before moving all-in, Kossew called.
NT: 9♦9♣
Jedd Kossew: 6♥5♣
The 3♥ turn and A♠ river were both blanks and NT was knocked out in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,025,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
|
1,190,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Mariette Language raised to 60,000 with the J♥10♣ and Sean Bloom three-bet to 185,000 with the A♦Q♥, Adam Woolf called with the A♣K♣ in the hijack and Language folded.
On the A♥8♦4♦ flop, Bloom bet 145,000 and Woolf raised to 450,000 for Bloom to sigh-fold. Both players exposed the cards before they went to the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
635,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
Patrice Ah-Nien lost a larger pot to Gerrit van der Spoel when the latter raised in the cutoff with the 9♠6♠ and the small pair of Ah-Nien was no good on a K♥Q♠6♣5♣2♥ board.
Warren Zackey then bet 100,000 on a J♦8♠2♠ flop to win the pot uncontested, flashing the 8♥.
NT limped in and KM raised to 100,000 on the button. Harold Brooks called in the big blind, as did NT. The 8♦7♦4♣ flop was checked to KM and his bet of 325,000 took it down, as he flashed the J♠J♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
850,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
715,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
630,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
415,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
On the outer table, Harold Brooks check-called a bet of 100,000 on the A♠Q♣8♦2♦ turn and checked the 9♦ river from the small blind.
"You have around two hundred behind?" Darren Kramer asked and Brooks nodded. Kramer bet 300,000 and Brooks wasted only a few seconds to then declare "rebuy" and push forward his chips.
Kramer announced two pair and tabled the Q♦2♠, but Brooks had rivered superior two pair with the Q♥9♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
310,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
Kade Ollewagen was all-in for just 305,000 with the A♣J♦ and Banks Solomons looked him up on the button with the marginally covering stack, holding the A♥K♥.
The board ran out 10♠5♥3♥2♣K♣ and Ollewagen departed in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Many medium-sized pots went back and forth without any showdowns on the outer table to bring a few swings with it.
Jedd Kossew then raised to 75,000 and NT called. They checked to the A♥10♠2♦10♣8♠ river on which Kossew bet 110,000. NT folded and Kossew flashed the 10♦.
"Show the ace," NT joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
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|
|
1,250,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
1,075,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
1,075,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
960,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
640,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
475,000
25,000
|
25,000 |