The flop showed J♦J♣3♠ and the big blind check-called a bet worth 3,700 by Kade Ollewagen, who had just arrived at the table a few minutes ago. That brought them to the 5♥ turn on which the action checked to Ollewagen again. He now made it 5,700 to go and that was enough to win the pot without any further resistance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
88,000
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88,000 |
Gideon Scheepers raised to 3,200 and once Jacques Marais called in the small blind, he jokingly invited Theuns Prinsloo in the big blind to call as well as he'd be "certain to win". Prinsloo made the call and the blinds checked the A♠A♦9♣ flop. Scheepers continued for 5,000 and Marais came along, Prinsloo folded.
Both then checked the 9♥ turn and 10♠ river. "Well, my pair is kinda counterfitted," Scheepers sighed as he flashed the 5♠5♥. Marais had the A♣5♣ and won the pot.
"Thank god the five didn't come or I would lose all my chips," Scheepers added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,000 | |
|
|
195,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
53,000
900
|
900 |
Four ways to the Q♦10♣9♠ flop, Sven Strommes and Prebbre Reddy checked out of the blinds. Danny Dayani bet 3,000 for the button to fold, Strommes to call and Reddy to fold.
They checked the A♠ turn and Strommes then bet the A♥ river for 10,000. Dayani called but mucked when he was shown the Q♣8♦ by Strommes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
160,000
30,100
|
30,100 |
|
|
120,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Mystery Bounty Event winner Marko Nortje entered a few levels ago and spun up his stack pretty quickly.
In a battle of the blinds with Aleko Manganas, he just now called bets worth 5,500 on the J♠10♥6♦2♣ turn and 10,000 on the 7♦ river. Manganas tabled the A♥J♥ for top pair and top kicker to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Shannon Elizabeth raised to 3,000 and earned two callers. Richard Butler then jammed for the last 25,000 on the button and the action folded back to Patrice Ah-Nien. He reluctantly called and the cards were flipped over.
Richard Butler: 7♣7♥ 
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♠7♠
The K♣9♥6♠ flop and J♠ turn provided two spades, but instead it was the A♣ river that sent Butler to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
130,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
On a three-way turn of K♦10♣3♠Q♦, the small blind bet 3,000 and Ricky Toker was among the two callers while in the big blind. They checked the 8♠ river and Toker revealed his K♠6♣ for the top pair, which was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000
600
|
600 |
Just before the blinds moved up, Rajeev Poonhath raised to 2,500 from under the gun. Tanith Rothman jammed for 10,600 in the cutoff and Thomas Bedford in the big blind moved all-in to force out Poonhath.
Tanith Rothman: Q♠10♦
Thomas Bedford: K♦Q♣
The 9♣4♣3♠5♣6♦ board missed both players and king-high beat queen-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
52,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The Day 1a field has reached three digits and one of the latest players to jump in was Alvin Pillay. Among the first few hands he was involved in, Pillay knocked out a short stack who defended the big blind and flopped second pair with J♥6♠ on Q♥J♣7♥.
Pillay was miles ahead with the A♣A♦ and had little to fear on the 10♠ turn as well as 7♦ river runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Jaryd Jardine raised to 4,000 and earned four callers to a flop of 6♣2♣2♥. The action continued with a bet worth 10,000 by Jardine and Anand Kumar then jammed for 23,500. Shannon Elizabeth reluctantly folded while Patrice Ah-Nien called, as did Jardine after using one time bank.
Both active players checked down the 8♣ turn and K♠ river.
Ah-Nien flashed his J♣5♣ for a flush to the jack but Kumar had that beat with the A♣10♣. Jardine sighed deeply with a "how do you both get there" before sending his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
95,000 | |
|
|
38,000 |
