SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-06-2024 14:07 UTC+2

Prinsloo Leads the Way in Level three

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Near the end of level two, Kade Ollewagen and Theuns Prinsloo clashed twice. They got it in for heaps on the K♥5♦2♦ flop when Ollewagen had thge A♠K♦ and Prinsloo chopped with an ace-king after no further diamond came. The seat open announcement came soon after with Ollewagen heading to the re-buy desk, while Prinsloo soared to more than two times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Theuns Prinsloo	105,000
Kade Ollewagen	40,000

Tags: Kade Ollewagen Theuns Prinsloo

03-06-2024 14:02 UTC+2

Tebege Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With some 11,000 in the middle to the 6♦4♦4♠K♣ turn, Samuel Tebege bet 5,000 and his sole remaining opponent check-called. The J♦ fell on the river and it checked to Tebege once more. He pushed all-in for 11,600 and won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Tebege	32,500 32,500	32,500

Tags: Samuel Tebege

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

03-06-2024 13:58 UTC+2

Trophy and Bracelet Shots

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Christian Zetzsche

The winner of the SunBet Poker Tour Time Square Main Event will not only receive a trophy but also a bracelet to go with it. A quick photo shoot for both of them already took place and you can see the pictures below.

03-06-2024 13:40 UTC+2

First Break of Day 1a Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Upon completion of two 50-minute levels, Day 1a of the Main Event is on a scheduled 15-minute break. So far, only two players have been eliminated with a field of 57 entries thus far.

03-06-2024 13:37 UTC+2

Solomon Wins Showdown Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a duel small blind versus button, Jarred Solomon checked the A♦7♦7♥ flop and then called a bet worth 1,500. He did so again for 5,000 on the 5♥ turn before the A♥ river paired the board for the second time. The opponent of Solomon checked back and couldn't beat 9♠9♦ for Solomon to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarred Solomon	60,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jarred Solomon

03-06-2024 13:33 UTC+2

Rajah Rivers a Full House to Bust Lottering

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With 1,500 in the middle four ways to the 8♦8♣7♣ flop, Malcolm Rajah bet 1,700 and Eben Lottering called in the cutoff. The 9♠ fell on the turn and Rajah bet another 1,600. Lottering jammed for another 7,000 on top and Rajah called.

Eben Lottering: J♣10♣ All in
Malcolm Rajah: 9♥6♣

The river was the 8♥ and Rajah hit an unlikely full house to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malcolm Rajah	70,000 70,000	70,000
Eben Lottering	Busted

Tags: Eben Lottering Malcolm Rajah

03-06-2024 13:23 UTC+2

Manganas Wins Three-Way Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Russel Wheatley limped in, Jarred Solomon did so from the small blind and Aleko Manganas checked from the big blind. On the K♣Q♣9♦ flop, Wheatley bet 300 for Manganas to call and the latter then check-raised the 9♠ turn from 300 to 1,000 in order to earn a call from Wheatley.

With the 6♣ river completing a possible flush, they checked and Manganas won the pot with J♥9♥ versus A♦Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russel Wheatley	60,000 4,000	4,000
Aleko Manganas	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Aleko Manganas Jarred Solomon Russel Wheatley

03-06-2024 13:15 UTC+2

Scheepers Ships a Nice Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In five way action to the A♥J♣4♠ flop, the action checked all around and the 2♣ came on the turn. A player in early position bet 1,500 and Gideon Scheepers called in the cutoff, everybody else folded. That led them to the A♣ river on which Scheepers raised a bet of 3,500 to 8,000.

No call followed and Scheepers won the pot, later mentioning in table chat he had a queen-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gideon Scheepers	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Gideon Scheepers

03-06-2024 13:03 UTC+2

High Roller and Main Event Field Update

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The ZAR50,000 High Roller just returned from break with 36 players out of 61 entries remaining and they are now on blinds of 4,000-8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. New entries would start with 300,000 in chips and the current average is more than 63 big blinds, two hours of late registration remain.

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On Day 1a of the Main Event, the field has now reached 46 entries and they are spread across six tables at the moment. None of the participants has busted so far.