SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-06-2024 20:22 UTC+2

Ah-Nien Rivers Butler to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

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

Shannon Elizabeth raised to 3,000 and earned two callers. Richard Butler then jammed for the last 25,000 on the button and the action folded back to Patrice Ah-Nien. He reluctantly called and the cards were flipped over.

Richard Butler: 7♣7♥ All in
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♠7♠

The K♣9♥6♠ flop and J♠ turn provided two spades, but instead it was the A♣ river that sent Butler to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon Elizabeth	170,000 10,000	10,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	130,000 75,000	75,000
Richard Butler	Busted

Tags: Patrice Ah-Nien Richard Butler Shannon Elizabeth

03-06-2024 18:35 UTC+2

Marais Sends Woolf Out of the Pack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

With 22,000 in the middle to the A♦3♣2♦ flop, Jacques Marais and Adam Woolf both checked. Marais bet the 4♠ turn for 12,000 to get a call by Woolf, then bet another 15,000 on the 7♦ river. Woolf moved all-in for little more to get snap-called and showed the A♥7♠ for rivered aces and sevens.

Marais had that crushed all the way with the 3♥3♠ for a set of treys to further boost his already big stack prior to the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Marais	210,000 70,000	70,000
Adam Woolf	Busted

Tags: Adam Woolf Jacques Marais

03-06-2024 18:09 UTC+2

Lipman Loses Battle of Short Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Howard Lipman three-bet jammed a short stack in the cutoff and El-Juan Du Plessiers did so in the small blind to force out the initial raiser.

Howard Lipman: A♣7♦ All in
El-Juan Du Plessiers: 10♦10♠

The J♦8♠7♣ flop gave Lipman an inferior pair while the 10♥ turn improved Du Plessiers to a set, leaving Lipman with four outs to a chop only. Instead, the 8♦ river gave Du Plessiers a full house for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
El-Juan Du Plessis	36,000 36,000	36,000
Howard Lipman	Busted

Tags: El-Juan Du Plessiers Howard Lipman

03-06-2024 17:53 UTC+2

Lipshitz Eliminated After the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Yoni Lipshitz returned from the break with a short stack and found a pair to go with it to get those chips in. His 7♥7♠ unfortunately had a rough timing, as Wouter Van Der Merwe instantly looked him up with the K♦K♣.

The mountain to climb got even bigger on a K♥Q♦6♦ flop and no running sevens came to the rescue.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wouter Van Der Merwe	90,000 5,000	5,000
Yoni Lipshitz	Busted

Tags: Wouter Van Der Merwe Yoni Lipshitz

03-06-2024 17:05 UTC+2

Lipshitz Short; Citron Squeezed Out of Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were two consecutive all-in showdowns over on table six and one of them left Yoni Lipshhitz while Gary Citron was sent to the rail.

Lipshitz's Q♥J♦ for flopped top pair ran into the 6♣6♦ of Chris Saraglis on J♣6♥4♣. The set became a flush on the K♣ turn and 7♣ river runout.

Right after, a preflop raising war brought the chips into the middle with Citron at risk for around 35,000.

Gary Citron: A♠Q♥ All in
Marvin Torres: J♠J♥

The K♥5♦3♦4♣7♦ runout kept pocket jacks in the lead for Citron to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Torres	145,000 33,150	33,150
Chris Saraglis	50,500 50,500	50,500
Yoni Lipshitz	10,000 62,000	62,000
Gary Citron	Busted

Tags: Chris Saraglis Gary Citron Marvin Torres Yoni Lipshhitz

03-06-2024 16:31 UTC+2

Poonhath Eliminated by van der Vyver

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three ways to the 5♠4♦3♠ flop, Rajeev Poonhath was all-in for the last 6,400 after Raymond van der Vyver had already bet bigger. David Olivier was still in the tank and eventually folded.

"Only six thousand four hundred for you, Sir. You got a big pair over there?" Poonhath inquired before the cards were revealed.

Rajeev Poonhath: 10♠6♠ All in
Raymond van der Vyver: 5♦5♥

The open-ender and flush draw of Poonhath had some outs still but neither the 9♦ turn nor the 4♥ river were among them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond van der Vyver	95,000 57,000	57,000
David Olivier	44,600 8,400	8,400
Rajeev Poonhath	Busted

Tags: David Olivier Raymond van der Vyver Rajeev Poonhath

03-06-2024 16:15 UTC+2

Tebege Ousted by Khoury

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Down to the last 8,500 in chips. Samuel Tebege open-jammed from a late position. Chad Khoury went all-in over the top on the button and both blinds folded.

Samuel Tebege: 5♦5♥ All in
Chad Khoury: K♣K♠

After the 9♦3♠2♠ flop, Tebege asked for a "four for a sweat" but the 10♥ turn and 3♥ river sealed his fate on the first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Khoury	95,000 25,000	25,000
Samuel Tebege	Busted

Tags: Chad Khoury Samuel Tebege

03-06-2024 16:01 UTC+2

Solomon Spikes River in Big Three-Way Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In three-way action to the Q♥6♥4♣ flop, Malcolm Rajah checked out of the big blind. Russel Wheatley bet 6,500 before Jarred Solomon jammed for 42,600 on the button. Rajah called all-in for fewer than that and Wheatley pushed forward his stack of T-5,000 chips to put two players at risk.

Malcolm Rajah: 5♥4♥ All in
Jarred Solomon: A♥10♥ All in
Russel Wheatley: K♦K♥

Wheatley was ahead but both opponents had plenty of outs. Rajah gained equity with the 2♦ turn but instead, it was Solomon who got there on the A♦ river.

After all was down and he was busy stacking the chips, Solomon joked "played it like an absolute champion".

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarred Solomon	135,000 88,000	88,000
Russel Wheatley	45,000 57,000	57,000
Malcolm Rajah	Busted

Tags: Jarred Solomon Malcolm Rajah Russel Wheatley

03-06-2024 15:32 UTC+2

Keshav Felted by Bedford

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Harshud Keshav four-bet jammed for 11,100 and Thomas Bedford called to set up the following all-in showdown.

Harshud Keshav: A♥8♥ All in
Thomas Bedford: A♠K♠

Both players held suited aces and the kicker played on the A♣5♣2♦J♦3♠ runout to send Keshav to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bedford	44,000
Harshud Keshav	Busted

Tags: Keshav Felted Thomas Bedford

03-06-2024 15:14 UTC+2

Wiechers Among the Early Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The cards of Nico Wiechers were all but rushed away as Ax9x for turned two pair were still exposed on a board of 9♠5♦2♦A♣7♠. However, they ended up second-best as Russel Wheatley held 5♠5♣ for a flopped set of fives to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russel Wheatley	95,000 35,000	35,000
Nico Wiechers	Busted

Tags: Nico Wiechers Russel Wheatley