SPT Main Event Day 1cd | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-08-2024 20:44 UTC+2

Mantzios Waves Adios

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rayhaan Adam raised from an early position and was called only by Paul Mantzios in the small blind, who then led the J♠6♣3♥ flop for 8,000. Adam raised to 25,000 only for Mantzios to shove as Adam asked for a count.

The all-in was for 69,000 and Adam called.

Paul Mantzios: J♣7♣ All in
Rayhaan Adam: J♥8♥

The minor kicker advantage played on the 2♠ turn and K♦ river to eliminate Mantzios.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rayhaan Adam	325,000 95,000	95,000
Paul Mantzios	Busted

Tags: Paul Mantzios Rayhaan Adam

03-08-2024 20:03 UTC+2

Adam Knocks Out Mazor

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Rayhaan Adam raised and then called a three-bet shove by Nadav Mazor for eleven blinds out of the blinds.

Nadav Mazor: K♣8♣ All in
Rayhaan Adam: J♦9♥

The 10♣8♥2♠ flop gave Adam an open-ended straight draw and the 7♣ turn improved Adam to the straight. He needed to dodge clubs and did so with the 3♥ river. Mazor sighed, grabbed his belongings and told the bad news to his brother Elai before heading out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elai Mazor	265,000 5,000	5,000
Rayhaan Adam	230,000 35,000	35,000
Nadav Mazor	Busted

Tags: Nadav Mazor Rayhaan Adam

03-08-2024 19:55 UTC+2

OrdHume Doubles Back Into Contention

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Soon after the action resumed upon completion of the dinner break, Rayhaan Adam raised to 5,000 first to act. Paul Mantzios in the small blind and Mathew OrdHume in the big blind called. It checked to OrdHume on the K♥4♦3♥ flop and he jammed for 14,000, only Mantzios called.

Mathew OrdHume: K♣Q♠ All in
Paul Mantzios: 6♠6♦

The J♠ turn and 9♦ river brought no upset, as OrdHume doubled.

Moments later, Brian Rettman walked past the table as he was knocked out on the live stream table by Keegan Pillay.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keegan Pillay	330,000 225,000	225,000

Rayhaan Adam	195,000 35,000	35,000
Paul Mantzios	63,000 7,000	7,000
Mathew Ord-Hume	60,000 1,000	1,000
Brian Rettman	Busted

Tags: Brian Rettman Keegan Pillay Mathew OrdHume Paul Mantzios Rayhaan Adam

03-08-2024 18:52 UTC+2

Tucker Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

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

On a flop showing J♣9♠7♣, it checked to Jehan Richards who bet 5,000. Vishal Ghoorbin called before Greg Tucker jammed a shorter stack of around 28,000. Richards also moved all-in and Ghoorbin eventually called.

Greg Tucker: K♦9♥ All in
Jehan Richards: Q♦J♥ All in
Vishal Ghoorbin: 4♣2♣

"Give me spades!" Ghoorbin demanded and Richards instantly replied "yeah, give him spades" because Ghoorbin actually had the club flush draw. The 5♥ turn and 4♥ river were blanks and Tucker was eliminated, Ghoorbin only then noticed how silly his request had been.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vishal Ghoorbin	130,000 10,000	10,000
Jehan Richards	80,000 40,000	40,000
Greg Tucker	Busted

Tags: Greg Tucker Jehan Richards Vishal Ghoorbin

03-08-2024 18:46 UTC+2

Mazor Sends Kossew and Ioannoy Packing

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jedd Kossew raised to 3,500 and Nic Ioannoy called. Elai Mazor then three-bet to 14,500 on the button only for Kossew and Ioannoy to move all-in. Mazor asked for the stack size of Ioannoy's bigger shove, which happened to be for 53,300, and Mazor then called.

Jedd Kossew: J♦J♥ All in
Nic Ioannoy: 10♦8♥ All in
Elai Mazor: A♣Q♣

"I like your hand ... I gonna need one of them," Ioannoy told Kossew.

The Q♠6♣2♠ flop vaulted Mazor into the lead, which he retained throughout the 10♣ turn and 2♥ river to knock out two players.

"You told me you were gonna get me," Ioannoy told Mazor, who nodded while raking in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elai Mazor	270,000 55,000	55,000
Jedd Kossew	Busted
Nic Ioannoy	Busted

Tags: Elai Mazor Jedd Kossew Nic Ioannoy

03-08-2024 18:24 UTC+2

Taliwanth No More; Mazor and SM Thrive

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Elai Mazor rivered a superior flush with K♦J♦ versus 7♦6♦ on a board of 3♠3♦2♦7♠4♦ to knock out an opponent before Nic Ioannoy then arrived and instantly got his 40,000 stack in preflop. Cliton Taliwanth called with the marginally covering stack and they flipped.

Nic Ioannoy: K♦Q♦ All in
Cliton Taliwanth: J♣J♦

"I have the same hand as yesterday when I busted you ..." Taliwanth joked and Ioannoy replied "ah, when you rivered the nine".

It was a classic flip and Ioannoy got there with the A♣K♠6♠10♦2♦ runout.

Taliwanth was down to a mere 8,000 and all-in shortly after with the 5♦5♥. Another short stack was involved with the K♥8♥ and SM jammed over the top to isolate both with the A♠K♣.

The current chip leader smashed the 7♦2♣2♠A♣4♠ runout to send two opponents packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	395,000 25,000	25,000
Elai Mazor	215,000 60,000	60,000
Nic Ioannoy	82,000 82,000	82,000
Cliton Taliwanth	Busted

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Elai Mazor Nic Ioannoy SM

03-08-2024 17:33 UTC+2

It's All About SM Right Now

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Christian Zetzsche

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

SM raised to 2,400 and Maverick Zackey called on the button, as did the big blind. On a K♥8♦6♦ flop, the big blind check-folded when SM bet 5,000 and Zackey called. They headed to the 9♣ turn on which SM bet another 25,000 and Zackey called after using one time bank.

That led to the 4♠ river on which SM jammed. Zackey quickly called and was shown the A♠A♣.

"That's fucked up, " Maverick gritted as he briefly flashed the cards to the table and departed.

One hand later, SM raised the very same amount and Vishal Ghoorbin called one seat over. One further player came along before Marriette Language got her last 6,000 in out of the big blind without checking at her cards. SM reraised to 20,000 and isolated successfully.

SM tabled his K♣Q♥ and Language joked "is that all?" before she turned over her cards: 4♦3♠! "Oh, I have a chance," she joked.

Neither player connected with the A♥8♥6♣J♠6♣ board and SM scored the second knockout in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	370,000 100,000	100,000
Vishal Ghoorbin	120,000 25,000	25,000
Cliton Taliwanth	48,000 13,000	13,000
Marriette Language	Busted
Maverick Zackey	Busted

Tags: Marriette Language Maverick Zackey SM Vishal Ghoorbin

03-08-2024 16:42 UTC+2

Courtney Bounces Back With a Big Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Four ways to the 7♦6♣5♣ flop, Nahum Lum was all-in for a short stack of around 11,000 and Stephen Courtney raised to 28,000. Paul Mantzios called and Damon Fine folded. The A♣ on the turn was checked by the two active players and the 4♥ river brought a four-card straight on the board as well.

Courtney now bet 35,000 and Mantzios asked for the bet sizing before declaring "call".

Courtney tabled K♣10♣ for the nut flush and Mantzios mucked Q♦Q♥, Lum was eliminated with the J♦8♦.

"I folded tens," Fine mentioned in the table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Courtney	175,000 125,000	125,000
Paul Mantzios	80,000 80,000	80,000
Damon Fine	42,000 3,000	3,000
Nahum Lum	Busted

Tags: Damon Fine Nahum Lum Paul Mantzios Stephen Courtney

03-08-2024 16:19 UTC+2

Lingenfelder Sends Taliwanth to the Rebuy Desk

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Cliton Taliwanth had dropped below the starting stack and then fired three barrels in a heads-up duel with table neighbour Benjamin "Guppie" Lingenfelder. His bets of 3,500 on the J♥8♥8♦ flop and 6,500 on the 4♦ turn were called, so was the shove for 10,500 on the K♣ river.

Taliwanth showed A♣3♦ for a bluff and Lingenfelder had that beat with the K♥2♥. He re-entered shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Lingenfelder	90,000
Cliton Taliwanth	40,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Guppie Lingenfelder

03-08-2024 14:14 UTC+2

Things Go From Fine to Rough Quickly

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Nic Ioannoy bagged up nearly six starting stacks last night but entered Day 1c in an attempt to run up even more chips or have some fun splashing around. The first of the preflop all-ins saw him at risk against Damon Fine for a big portion of the starting stack.

Nic Ioannoy: J♥9♥ All in
Damon Fine: A♥K♣

The board ran out 8♠7♦5♠6♠K♠ and Ioanniy doubled to leave Fine short.

Fine then jammed for 4,500 soon after and Peter Smith called. Ioannoy jammed behind for 60,300 and Smith folded after getting a count.

Damon Fine: 10♥8♥ All in
Nic Ioannoy: K♣Q♠

Fine predicted to hit a straight flush but the [AdAhJKc3hKd] runout further piled misery on his already disastrous day of all-in showdowns.