SPT Main Event Day 1cd | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-08-2024 16:19 UTC+2

Lingenfelder Sends Taliwanth to the Rebuy Desk

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 16:20 UTC+2

Second Break on Day 1c

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Out of a field of 126 entries, only 76 players remain at the end of level six. They have been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break during which some of the smaller chip denominations are coloured up.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-08-2024 16:38 UTC+2

"SM" Leads the Way for Now

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The previous three levels, table 17 was on the live stream and "SM", known for his extremely aggressive playing style, significantly boosted his stack. Graham Savings was among the victims and vanished while Cliton Taliwanth and Greg Tucker re-entered after the break to get on this very table which can now be found back in the main tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	260,000 160,000	160,000
Greg Tucker	42,000 42,000	42,000
Cliton Taliwanth	38,000 2,000	2,000
Graham Savings	Busted

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Graham Savings Greg Tucker SM

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 16:50 UTC+2

Keshav Among the Bigger Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Menesh Keshav earned his biggest live score during the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event when he finished in 404th place for $40,000 one year ago in Las Vegas. To surpass this pay day, he would have to win the Main Event here and that pursuit as he sent Muzey Gothey to the rail.

On a queen-high board, the king-queen of Gothey were no good as Keshav had A♥A♣ for the overpair. Gothey re-entered, as did former big stack Alexi Alexandrou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Menesh Keshav	120,000 78,000	78,000
Muzey Gothey	40,000 40,000	40,000
Alexi Alexandrou	40,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Alexi Alexandrou Menesh Keshav Muzey Gothey

03-08-2024 16:57 UTC+2

Singh Finally Gets a Solid Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Sugen Singh found no fortune on either of the previous two starting days but he finally ran up a stack now when he earned a decent pot in showdown. On the heads-up river of J♦5♠4♠Q♥6♠, Singh called a bet worth 22,500 and his opponent shrugged before showing the 4♥3♥ for bottom pair only.

Singh had that beat with the 10♠9♠ for a flush and leaped to six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sugen Singh	130,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Sugen Singh

03-08-2024 17:04 UTC+2

Third Time a Charm for Taliwanth?

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Vishal Ghoorbin looked up the preflop all-in of Cliton Taliwanth as they were flipping with the third entry of Taliwanth at risk.

Cliton Taliwanth: A♥K♣
Vishal Ghoorbin: J♥J♠

The overcard came right away on the A♦Q♥8♦ flop and Taliwanth retained his lead throughout the Q♠ turn as well as the 5♥ river.

"I finally won a flip ... third entry," he grinned with a smirk on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vishal Ghoorbin	95,000 15,000	15,000
Cliton Taliwanth	35,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Cliton Taliwanth Vishal Ghoorbin

03-08-2024 17:14 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
SM	270,000 10,000	10,000
Stephen Courtney	190,000 15,000	15,000
Kinesh Pather	165,000 10,000	10,000
Teren Ramnundlall	150,000 150,000	150,000
Rayhaan Adam	140,000 140,000	140,000
Brian Rettman	125,000 15,000	15,000
Sean Bloom	120,000 10,000	10,000
Leon G	100,000 60,000	60,000
Tanith Rothman	85,000 10,000	10,000
Gregory Maistry	85,000 20,000	20,000
Joseph Stegers	50,000 3,000	3,000

03-08-2024 17:20 UTC+2

Chamani Starts Building a Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Paul Shadiack once more collected a pot without showdown and up next. Ronit Chamani raised for Gareth Kalil to defend the big blind. They checked the 9♦8♣4♣ flop and Kalil check-folded the A♦ turn when Chamani bet 2,500.

Shadiack inquired why Chamani was so quiet at the table and she replied "I lost my talking partner" as Joe Rahme was no longer in the nine seat.