SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-07-2024 00:21 UTC+2

Citron Chips Up Without Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Brett Toker defended out of the blinds and check-called a bet worth 11,000 on a flop of Q♥10♣3♠ against Gary Citron. They checked the 6♠ on the turn before Toker also checked the 2♦ on the river. Citron repeated his bet of 11,000 and won the pot without resistance, as Toker sent the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Citron	145,000 70,000	70,000
Brett Toker	75,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Brett Toker Gary Citron

03-07-2024 00:27 UTC+2

Khoury Forces Out Toker

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a flop of 8♥5♥3♦, Chad Khoury in the small blind checked and Ricky Toker bet 12,000. The check-raise to 30,000 by Khoury followed and Toker stuck around.

Khoury bet the 8♦ turn for 25,000 to earn a call and then emptied the clip with a bet of 40,000 on the 9♠ river. Toker sighed and sent his cards into the muck after a brief tank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Khoury	290,000 82,000	82,000
Ricky Toker	170,000 44,700	44,700

Tags: Chad Khoury Ricky Toker

03-07-2024 00:36 UTC+2

Krishnan Doubles Through Scheepers

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Shortly after knocking out a short-stacked Sven Strommes, Gideon Scheepers called a raise to 11,500 by Kyle Krishnan while in the cutoff. The duo headed to a flop of 7♣3♦2♠ on which Krishnan bet 13,000. Scheepers instantly announced all-in and Krishnan called.

Kyle Krishnan: Q♦Q♠ All in
Gideon Scheepers: 9♥9♠

"Nice," Scheepers simply said as he only held two outs to avoid a setback. Nothing changed with the 7♥ turn and K♥ river as Krishnan doubled for 58,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gideon Scheepers	190,000 29,000	29,000
Kyle Krishnan	150,000 10,000	10,000
Sven Strommes	Busted

Tags: Gideon Scheepers Kyle Krishnan Sven Strommes

03-07-2024 00:43 UTC+2

Toker Becomes the Hunter

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Down to the last 34,500 and in the hijack, Theo Hunter pushed all-in and was looked up only by Ricky Toker on the button.

Theo Hunter: A♣2♣ All in
Ricky Toker: A♠K♥

The kicker played on the 6♠5♥3♠9♦9♠ runout and that sent Hunter to the rail, reducing th field to the last 25 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricky Toker	195,000 25,000	25,000
Theo Hunter	Busted

Tags: Ricky Toker Theo Hunter

03-07-2024 00:53 UTC+2

Russon Doubles Through Torres

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Tutu Russon got it in after the 7♠5♥4♠ flop and was ahead with his 7♣5♣ for the top two pair. Marvin Torres had some outs with the Q♠7♦ but never got there on the A♦ turn and 10♥ river.

In the meanwhile, Danny Dayani was knocked out to bring the field down to the last 24 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Torres	185,000 35,000	35,000
Tutu Russon	115,000 55,000	55,000
Danny Dayani	Busted

Tags: Marvin Torres Tutu Russon

03-07-2024 01:01 UTC+2

No Day 2 for Prinsloo Via the First Flight

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Theuns Prinsloo was seemingly unstoppable in the early and middle stages of the day, shining from atop the leaderboard. However, since losing the last multi-way showdown he never recovered and eventually hit the rail just now.

The cards were all but rushed away when his 9♦9♥ on the button came up short versus Timothy Du Plessiers' K♠J♣ when his table neighbour improved on the K♥6♠5♠ flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Du Plessis	240,000 165,000	165,000
Theuns Prinsloo	Busted

Tags: Theuns Prinsloo Timothy Du Plessiers

03-07-2024 01:05 UTC+2

Lim Runs Into Ollewagen's Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Kade Ollewagen raised from under the gun and happily called the big blind shove by Bernard Lim. When the cards were revealed, some players joked to Ollewagen "you are the aces magnet".

Bernard Lim: K♠Q♦
Kade Ollewagen: A♠A♣

The 10♠7♠6♦4♠9♦ board brought no upset and that spelled the end for Lim.

"Now you are back where you were before," Marvin Torres mentioned while another player remarked that Ollewagen had previously lost with aces against jack-ten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kade Ollewagen	245,000 60,000	60,000
Bernard Lim	Busted

Tags: Bernard Lim Kade Ollewagen Marvin Torres

03-07-2024 01:09 UTC+2

Final Break on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Level thirteen has drawn to a close and there are 21 players out of 106 entries remaining. They will play a maximum of two more 50-minute levels before bagging and tagging or when the field is down to the last 16. In the final 15-minute break of the night, some of the smaller chip denominations will be colored up.

03-07-2024 01:22 UTC+2

Updated Counts on the Break (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anand Kumar	395,000 95,000	95,000
Chad Khoury	330,000 22,000	22,000
Jarred Solomon	310,000 40,000	40,000
Gavin Sardini	300,000 79,500	79,500
Jody Van Wyk	283,000 103,000	103,000

Kade Ollewagen	225,000 20,000	20,000
Gideon Scheepers	220,000 1,000	1,000
Brett Toker	185,000 35,000	35,000
Timothy Du Plessis	185,000 55,000	55,000
Ricky Toker	184,000 11,000	11,000
Marvin Torres	180,000 5,000	5,000
Norman Cherry	150,000 55,000	55,000
Shannon Elizabeth	140,000 31,000	31,000
Thomas Bedford	140,000 20,000	20,000
Gary Citron	137,000 8,000	8,000
Adam Woolf	130,000 70,000	70,000
Jacques Marais	110,000 190,000	190,000
Tutu Russon	107,000 8,000	8,000
Raymond van der Vyver	95,000 30,000	30,000
Joshua Liebenthal	70,000 15,000	15,000
Aleko Manganas	65,000 135,000	135,000
Kyle Krishnan	Busted

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03-07-2024 01:28 UTC+2

Manganas Eliminated by Bedford

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Thomas Bedford jammed the 2♠2♥ and Aleko Manganas called all-in from the big blind for around 12 blinds with the K♣Q♣. The board ran out A♠8♦6♥2♦10♦ and Manganas sunk deep into his chair in disappointment after bowing out late on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bedford	210,000 70,000	70,000
Aleko Manganas	Busted

Tags: Aleko Manganas Thomas Bedford