Chad Khoury checked out of the big blind and then called a bet worth 10,000 by Gary Citron with the flop reading A♣Q♣8♠. The same action for the same amount repeated on the 7♣ turn before Khoury led the 6♠ river for 10,000.
Citron called and mucked his 9♣6♣ when Khoury revealed J♣2♣ for the superior flush.
David Olivier jammed for 21,500 from under the gun and so did Rajeev Poonhath with a near identical stack from one seat over. Theuns Prinsloo called before Chris Gower in the small blind as well as Gideon Scheepers in the big blind also got their short stacks into the middle. Scheepers was the bigger stack for 37,000 and Prinsloo called to put four players at risk near the end of the registration period.
David Olivier: A♠Q♥
Chris Gower: 8♦8♣
Gideon Scheepers: 9♣9♥
Rajeev Poonhath: A♦K♣
Theuns Prinsloo: A♥K♦
The board ran out 10♣8♠7♦6♥3♠ and Scheepers turned a straight to more than quadruple up. Poonhath had him covered by a single chip and survived the next all-in showdown, while Gower and Olivier were eliminated.
Rajeev Poonhath survived another all-in showdown and moved with a quarter of the starting stack when his table broke. That came moments after the floor staff announced that the late registration for Day 1a had ended.
With a total of 106 entries, the first of four starting flights will either play until the end of level 15 or when 16 players remain, whichever of the two comes first.
With 19,000 in the middle to the 4♦2♠2♣ flop, Thomas Bedford checked out of the big blind. Gavin Sardini bet 12,000 from an early position and Bedford check-called. Both then checked the 3♠ turn and the 7♥ fell on the river.
Bedford checked again and Sardini bet 15,000. The very reluctant call by Bedford followed and he even exposed his A♣Q♦ but Sardini won the pot with the 10♦10♠.
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Marko Nortje had been the initial preflop raiser and picked up two callers in the cutoff and on the button including Jehan Richards. They checked the J♥5♣3♥ flop and the 4♥ followed on the turn. Nortje now bet 12,000 and won the pot after both of his opponents folded.
Heads-up to the A♣10♦7♣Q♥ turn, Kade Ollewagen checked and subsequently called a bet worth 22,000 by Raymond van der Vyver from the next seat. Ollewagen then led the 5♣ river for 25,000 and van der Vyver sigh-called after a few seconds.
Ollewagen revealed his 8♣3♣ for a flush and van der Vyver mucked his A♦9♠ for the top pair face-up.
In the meanwhile, there was only one further seat open as Alvin Pillay bowed out to reduce the field to the last 32 contenders.
Gavin Sardini checked the 10♦9♥5♣ flop and then called a bet of 40,000 by Chad Khoury, which was slightly more than what was in the pot by then. When the 3♣ came on the turn, Sardini opted to lead for 50,000 and Khoury reluctantly folded.
Sardini flashed his cards to the table and exposed pocket tens for the top set. "I guess I should have checked to get more chips from you." Khoury had suspected Sardini to have pocket queens before his lay down and then added he let go of pocket jacks.
