Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2024 SunBet Time Square
SPT Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2024 SunBet Time Square
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
15,000 ZAR
Prize Pool
5,266,800 ZAR
Entries
418
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
240
Players Left
43
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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370,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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120,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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48,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ahmed Karrim endured a roller coaster ride on Day 1b and didn't make it through, and the same also applied for Stephen Courtney. The latter is among the current big stacks and both can be found right in front of the live stream table as Karrim entered half an hour ago.
Courtney opened to 3,000 and Paul Mantzios called on the button. Karrim jammed for 27,100 in the big blind and Courtney asked for a count to then fold. Mantzios used one time bank and let go, too.
"If he is not in the hand, I am one hundred percent calling," Courtney added and Karrim replied "What did you have? Ace ten?"
Courtney shook his head and replied "decent pocket pair".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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70,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
185,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
150,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
110,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
105,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
85,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
70,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
70,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
55,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
48,000 | |
|
35,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Elai Mazor has been a bigger stack throughout the day without any major pots spotted by the live reporting team yet.
The latest hand was no different when he limped the small blind and Cliton Taliwanth checked the big blind. A small bet of 2,000 on the J♠8♣3♦ flop followed and Taliwanth called. They checked the 4♣ turn and Mazor's bet of 2,400 on the 5♦ river took it down uncontested.
High Roller runner-up Taliwanth has not gotten much going yet on his third bullet and sits just above the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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45,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Costa Koutsikaris defended the big blind and check-called a first bet by Merwan Corront on the 10♣7♦3♥ flop. He checked again the Q♣ turn and called when Corront made it 5,500 to go before checking the A♥ river.
Corront now bet 11,000 and Koutsikaris eventually folded.
"Ten?!" Corront inquired and Koutsikaris nodded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
70,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Bernard Gossard had last been spotted with a shorter stack and he got it in against Sean Bloom in a typical flip.
Bernard Gossard: 4♥4♣ 
Sean Bloom: A♥J♥
The suited overcards struck on the J♠6♦2♠A♦5♥ runout and Gossard headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Rayhaan Adam raised to 4,000 and earned two callers in Bradley Moore as well as Alexi Alexandrou in the big blind.
The K♣6♣4♣ flop was check-folded by Alexandrou when Adam continued for 2,000 and Moore called. Both checked the 7♥ turn and Adam bet the 2♥ river for 15,000. Moore quickly folded and Adam flashed his A♣J♣.
"You are hitting a lot now, eh?" Leon G joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
95,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
60,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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♦
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
215,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
82,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
Busted |
