SPT Main Event Day 1b | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-07-2024 20:13 UTC+2

Corront Out During the Dinner Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

All tables were empty already but one as "SM" and Merwan Corront tangled in a larger pot to the 6♠2♦2♥10♦ turn. Some 95,000 were in the middle and SM moved all-in with the slightly covering stack. Corront had around 60,000 behind and went deep into the tank, investing multiple time bank extensions while actively chatting with his opponent.

"Can you beat a six?" SM eventually asked and Corront needed another minute before he called.

Merwan Corront: A♣J♠ All in
SM: Q♠10♠

No ace or jack but the 3♦ fell on the river and Corront was eliminated - seven minutes into the ongoing dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	225,000 140,000	140,000
Merwan Corront	Busted

Tags: Merwan Corront SM

03-07-2024 20:00 UTC+2

Another Four-Way Showdown Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

"NT" was all-in preflop from the hijack, Nic Ioannoy did so from the cutoff for 45,500 before Ahmed Karrim in the small blind looked them all up with the superior stack. The big blind also called all-in for fewer chips.

Big Blind: A♥10♣ All in
Nic Ioannoy: 7♣5♠ All in
"NT": K♥Q♥ All in
Ahmed Karrim: A♣5♥

The 9♦8♥2♥8♣6♦ runout gave Ioannoy a straight and the big blind was eliminated. "NT" lost the side pot to Karrim and then won the blind flip satellite to jump back into the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	185,000 10,000	10,000
Nic Ioannoy	175,000 115,000	115,000
NT	40,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nic Ioannoy NT

03-07-2024 19:51 UTC+2

May the Flipping Commence

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Local regular Nadeem aka "NT" promised to flip it in the first hand after joining table seven and did so after a raise to 4,000 by Ahmed Karrim, a call by Nick Sissou on the button and the call of Nic Ioannoy in the small blind.

Before his turn to act, he had peeked at his cards high for the rail and joked "it is also my birthday". The shove was then for 38,500 and Karrim called, Sissou called all-in for fewer and Ioannoy also came along to make it a four-way pot.

On the Q♣J♣8♥ flop, Ioannoy jammed and Karrim folded.

NT: 7♠4♠ All in
Nick Sissou: 9♥7♥ All in
Nic Ioannoy: 8♦3♦

The 10♠ turn and Q♥ river gave Sissou a quadruple up while NT busted. He then re-entered and got it in the very next hand with Q♦J♣ against the Q♣10♣ of Ioannoy. On a board of Q♥10♥3♦6♣J♠, NT binked the superior two pair on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	175,000 20,000	20,000
Nick Sissou	105,000 60,000	60,000
NT	85,000 85,000	85,000
Nic Ioannoy	60,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nic Ioannoy Nick Sissou NT

03-07-2024 19:12 UTC+2

Gani Gone in Cruel Fashion

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

"SM" joked towards Muaaz Gani that he wanted him to hit a king when they got the chips in preflop. That's exactly what happened when Gani was all-in with the K♦K♣ and SM only had the A♣Q♥. The K♥J♣4♥ flop provided the top set, but the 3♠ turn and 10♦ river gave SM broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	85,000 85,000	85,000
Gareth Kalil	Busted
Muaaz Gani	Busted
Henk Wiese	Busted
Tanith Rothman	Busted

Tags: Gani Gone Muaaz Gani

03-07-2024 19:06 UTC+2

Sissou Out After Clash With Sun

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a preflop raising war, Huawei Sun in the cutoff made it 65,600 total to go. Peter Sissou was his only opponent in the small blind and had 25,600 invested by then. Once Sissou confirmed the amount of Sun's reraise, he declared the call and they headed to the 7♥4♦2♦ flop. Sissou moved all-in and Sun snap-called.

Huawei Sun: K♥K♣ All in
Peter Sissou: J♠J♣

The clash of pocket pairs kept Sun ahead with the 8♦ turn and 10♥ river. He counted the own stack and secured a double for 37,300, Sissou was left with just 8,300 and lost those few chips right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huawei Sun	220,000 85,000	85,000
Peter Sissou	Busted

Tags: Huawei Sun Peter Sissou

03-07-2024 18:50 UTC+2

Persent No More; Fourie Back in the Mix

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Okkie Fourie raised to 3,400 from under the gun and David Ng called in the small blind. Jon Per Persent was down to just 7,800 in the big blind and jammed, Fourie then reraised to force out Ng.

Jon Per Persent: A♠7♣ All in
Okkie Fourie: K♦K♣

The one over card never came on the Q♥9♣5♥7♥2♦ board to spell the end for Persent. "See you later guys," the Norwegian promised.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ng	142,000 8,000	8,000
Okkie Fourie	50,000 35,000	35,000
Jon Per Persent	Busted

Tags: David Ng Jon Per Persent Okkie Fourie

03-07-2024 18:39 UTC+2

Sissou Triples While Zhang Busts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three ways to the 10♣9♥2♣ flop, Nick Sissou was all-in out of the small blind and earned calls from Ahmed Karrim in the hijack as well as Tony Zhang on the button. Karrim bet the 6♠ turn for 19,000 and Zhang called for nearly two thirds of his remaining stack.

That led them to the Q♣ river on which Karrim bet another 10,000. Zhang was covered by that and called all-in to get shown 9♦9♣ for a set by Karrim. Zhang knuckled the table in defeat and mucked his cards but Sissou showed his J♣6♣ for a rivered flush to triple up in the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Karrim	200,000 15,000	15,000
Nick Sissou	80,000 15,000	15,000
Tony Zhang	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Nick Sissou Tony Zhang

03-07-2024 17:57 UTC+2

Lipman Eliminated by Sissou

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The camera crew got ready to film from up close over on table nine when Howard Lipman was all-in and at risk preflop against Peter Sissou.

Howard Lipman: A♦K♥
Peter Sissou: 9♣9♠

The pocket pair remained ahead on the J♣8♠2♥5♣2♠ and the eighty-three-year old Sissou banged his hand on the table in celebration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Sissou	180,000 90,000	90,000
Edgar Antezana	140,000
Roy Bitton	140,000 5,000	5,000

Huawei Sun	105,000 55,000	55,000
Samuel Tebege	25,000 65,000	65,000
Howard Lipman	Busted

Tags: Howard Lipman Peter Sissou

03-07-2024 17:50 UTC+2

One Hundred Persent For the Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Sugen Singh had folded in a multi-way pot claiming to have let go of pocket jacks on a ten-high board with flush draw. That hand saw Adam Woolf double with 9♣9♥ for a set of nines to leave Okkie Fourie short.

One hand later, Muaaz Gani raised to 2,200 and Singh jammed for around 13,000 only in the hijack. Jon Per Persent called on the button and Gani quickly folded, joking "he always has it".

Sugen Singh: A♣10♠ All in
Jon Per Persent: K♠K♣

Singh picked up some outs on the 8♥7♣6♠ flop but the Q♥ turn as well as 4♥ river were both bricks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Woolf	80,000 40,000	40,000
Muaaz Gani	32,000 3,000	3,000
Okkie Fourie	15,000 32,000	32,000
Sugen Singh	Busted

Tags: Adam Woolf Jon Per Persent Muaaz Gani Okkie Fourie Sugen Singh

03-07-2024 17:12 UTC+2

Alvin and the Chipmunks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A preflop raising war brought the chips of Bernard Gossard into the middle and he was looked up by Alvin Pillay, while Nick Sissou and Sugen Singh sent their cards into the muck.

Bernard Gossard: A♥J♥ All in
Alvin Pillay: Q♥Q♣

The door card was an ace but the flop came A♠Q♠3♠ to give Pillay a set. Some chop outs came with the 8♠ turn but the K♥ river sent Gossard to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvin Pillay	190,000 30,000	30,000
Nick Sissou	55,000 10,000	10,000
Sugen Singh	28,000 22,000	22,000
Bernard Gossard	Busted

Tags: Alvin Pillay Bernard Gossard Nick Sissou Sugen Singh