SPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-06-2024 18:23 UTC+2

Big Stacks Before the Dinner Break

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Theuns Prinsloo	190,000 15,000	15,000
Gavin Sardini	180,000 180,000	180,000
Jarred Solomon	165,000
Shannon Elizabeth	160,000 60,000	60,000
Marvin Torres	148,000 2,300	2,300
Jacques Marais	140,000 70,000	70,000

03-06-2024 18:18 UTC+2

Poonhath Back in Action

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a pot of around 30,000, Rajeev Poonhath bet the river for 5,000 and earned a call to reveal 5♣5♦ with the completed board showing Q♠4♥2♠2♦A♦. It was good enough to win the pot as his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rajeev Poonhath	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Rajeev Poonhath

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 18:01 UTC+2

Khan Scores a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

According to the table chat, Moon Khan had previously doubled with an even shorter stack and just did so again when he was at risk with 7♠7♣ versus 3♦3♣ for the last 11,600. The board ran out J♦9♦6♦9♥A♠ and the superior pair dodged a flush draw to stay in contention.

Khan claimed he'd need one more double to get right back in it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moon Khan	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Moon Khan

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

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-06-2024 17:34 UTC+2

Third Break of Day 1a Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Level six has come to an end with 62 players out of 87 entries remaining. This has brought with it another scheduled 15-minute break and they will play one further break prior to the 60-minute dinner break.

03-06-2024 17:31 UTC+2

Strommes Beats Reddy In Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Prebbre Reddy bet the A♦9♣7♠6♣ turn for 3,500 in the small blind for Damon Fine in the big blind and Sven Strommes on the button to call. Reddy bet another 6,500 on the K♣ river and Fine quickly folded. Strommes called and Reddy announced an ace, showing the A♥8♥.

"Straight," Strommes replied and turned over 8♠5♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sven Strommes	157,500 157,500	157,500
Prebbre Reddy	105,000 24,900	24,900
Damon Fine	12,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Damon Fine Prebbre Reddy Sven Strommes

03-06-2024 17:29 UTC+2

Prinsloo Comes Out on Top Again

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In an already big pot to the 9♦8♥4♣8♣J♠ river, Theuns Prinsloo fired a bet of 25,000. Gideon Scheepers quickly called but couldn't beat the Q♥Q♠ of Prinsloo. He bemoaned to have had "so many outs but didn't hit" before joking he'd win the chips off other players only to lose it all to Prinsloo again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Theuns Prinsloo	205,000 40,000	40,000
Gideon Scheepers	45,000 50,400	50,400

Tags: Gideon Scheepers Theuns Prinsloo

03-06-2024 17:25 UTC+2

Bedford Wins Multi-Way Pot Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Thomas Bedford raised to 2,500 and received no fewer than three callers including Danny Dayani and Ricky Toker out of the blinds. They all checked the K♣Q♣7♥ flop and the 3♠ turn saw Bedford bet 4,000 when checked to. Only his table neighbour called and that brought a duo to the 3♦ river.

Bedford now bet another 7,000 and that won the pot without resistance.