On a heads-up flop of Q♥6♠5♦, Tanith Rothman check-raised to 2,000 to earn a call before both the 8♠ turn and 9♣ river slowed down the action as they checked it down. Rothman showed her 5♣5♥ for a set and her opponent flashed J♥6♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,500
24,500
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24,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
With some 7,000 in. the middle to the 10♣7♠5♣7♣ turn, Sugen Singh made it 5,000 to go. His table neighbour quickly folded and Singh flashed the Q♣8♣ for a turned flush to win the pot.
The "man with all the rings" as dubbed by the SunBet team has been able to increase his stack early on Day 1a and certainly appears to be a character to follow for the remainder of this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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.
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 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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 |
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60,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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♣ 
Malcolm Rajah: 9♥6♣
The river was the 8♥ and Rajah hit an unlikely full house to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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Busted |
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 |
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60,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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.
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.
