SPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-09-2024 18:02 UTC+2

Kumar Out-Kicked by Nortje

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Three ways to the 9♦6♥2♥K♠ turn, Anand Kumar bet 65,000 out of the big blind. Hennie Appel called in the cutoff for Marko Nortje to then push all-in with the covering stack on the button.

Kumar had around 220,000 total and opted to call it off while Appel folded.

Anand Kumar: K♥10♠ All in
Marko Nortje: K♦Q♥

The kicker played after the A♥ river and Nortje clapped loudly to celebrate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	980,000 305,000	305,000
Hennie Appel	260,000 85,000	85,000
Anand Kumar	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Hennie Appel Marko Nortje

03-09-2024 17:54 UTC+2

Sun Loses a Big Flip to Lingenfelder

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Over on table ten, the action escalated in a big preflop confrontation when Huawei Sun was all-in and at risk for 414,000 from under the gun, up against start-of-the-day chip leader Benjamin Lingenfelder.

Huawei Sun: Q♦Q♠ All in
Benjamin Lingenfelder: A♦K♦

The K♥8♥5♥ flop propelled Lingenfelder into the lead and he further improved to trips on the K♣ turn. Neither player had a heart in the hand, which made the 2♥ river a blank to eliminate Sun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lingenfelder	1,175,000 475,000	475,000

Huawei Sun	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Lingenfelder Huawei Sun

03-09-2024 17:47 UTC+2

Pather Eliminated by Dayani

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kinesh Pather defended his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Danny Dayani and they got it in after the J♥6♥6♣ flop.

Kinesh Pather: J♣9♥ All in
Danny Dayani: A♠A♣

The 2♦ turn and 4♠ river allowed Dayani to double for 127,000. Pather was left with 3,000 chips and busted in the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Dayani	280,000 80,000	80,000
Kinesh Pather	Busted

Tags: Danny Dayani Kinesh Pather

03-09-2024 17:34 UTC+2

Down to the Final Four Tables

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chad Khoury open-jammed for 119,000 with the Q♦J♦ and Benjamin Lingenfelder reshoved with the A♥K♥.

Khoury demanded for his one time and took the lead on the Q♣9♠5♠ flop. The 4♠ turn was a blank but the K♦ river restored the preflop order to knock out Khoury.

Michael Gossayn then bowed out on the feature table before John van der Westhuizen was all-in for just shy of six big blinds against Marko Nortje.

John van der Westhuizen: K♥Q♣ All in
Marko Nortje: J♣10♣

Both had a piece of the K♠10♠2♣ flop and Nortje asked for a club.

That came with the 6♣ turn and he already said sorry. Indeed, the suckout came with the J♦ river for van der Westhuizen to depart on a pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Nortje	800,000 800,000	800,000
Ben Lingenfelder	700,000 150,000	150,000

Chad Khoury	Busted
Michael Gossayn	Busted
John van der Westhuizen	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Lingenfelder Chad Khoury John van der Westhuizen Marko Nortje Michael Gossayn

03-09-2024 17:25 UTC+2

Another Two Down on Table 11

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Make that three seat open in a mere five minutes over on table 11. Teren Rumnundlall had barely headed to the payout desk when Kosta Kotsikaris jammed for a short stack on the button, Ronit Chamani did so from the small blind to isolate.

Kosta Kotsikaris: A♥2♥ All in
Ronit Chamani: 8♦8♣

The K♦8♠8♥ flop gave Chamani unbeatable quads to make the K♥ turn and Q♠ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronit Chamani	400,000 150,000	150,000
Teren Ramnundlall	Busted
Kosta Kotsikaris	Busted

Tags: Kosta Kotsikaris Ronit Chamani Teren Rumnundlall

03-09-2024 17:20 UTC+2

Keshav Runs Into Quads to Bust

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Over on the live stream table, Menesh Keshav three-bet jammed for 135,000 with the A♦7♥ in the cutoff and he was called by Stephen Courtney with the Q♦Q♥ in middle position.

Courtney left his opponent dead with quads on the Q♠Q♣4♣ flop to make the K♦2♥ runout a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Courtney	523,000 48,000	48,000
Menesh Keshav	Busted

Tags: Menesh Keshav Stephen Courtney

03-09-2024 17:20 UTC+2

Van der Vyver Eliminated; Lingenfelder Escapes From Same Fate

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Raymond van der Vyver was all-in before the flop and called multiple ways. Nick Sissou bet the A♠5♥4♦ flop and isolated successfully.

Raymond van der Vyver: A♦Q♥ All in
Nick Sissou: 4♠4♣

Van der Vyver needed running cards but it was all over on the 7♠ turn to make the 6♥ river a formality.

The fireworks continued on the same table when Benjamin Lingenfelder was all-in for 454,000 on the 7♠5♥2♣6♦ turn only to get snapped off by Roy Bitton.

Benjamin Lingenfelder: 8♦6♥ All in
Roy Bitton: 9♣8♣

"Only the nine," another player at the table remarked and that's what came with the 9♠ river to ensure an unlikely split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Sissou	750,000 125,000	125,000
Roy Bitton	675,000 200,000	200,000

Ben Lingenfelder	550,000 75,000	75,000

Raymond van der Vyver	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Lingenfelder Nick Sissou Raymond van der Vyver Roy Bitton

03-09-2024 17:14 UTC+2

Torres Denied a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

MAJ open-jammed for 234,000 in the cutoff and Marvin Torres called all-in from the small blind for 63,000. Sugen Singh glanced at his cards and folded, revealing the A♣.

Marvin Torres: A♥10♦ All in
MAJ: A♦6♥

The K♦9♣3♠K♥9♦ brought two pair on the board and they chopped it up.

Shortly after, Greg Tucker was eliminated and the field was down to just 42 players soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
MAJ	250,000 20,000	20,000
Marvin Torres	80,000 166,000	166,000
Greg Tucker	Busted

Tags: Greg Tucket Sugen Singh Marvin Torres MAJ

03-09-2024 17:02 UTC+2

Kumar Takes From van der Westhuizen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jehan Richards was eliminated from the former feature table, which then brought some action on the outer field in the new level. Anand Kumar bet the Q♦7♠4♦6♥ turn and called a raise to 45,000 by John van der Westhuizen. They checked the K♠ river and van der Westhuizen tabled the 5♣5♦, Kumar had that beat with Q♣J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anand Kumar	430,000 149,000	149,000
John van der Westhuizen	154,000 96,000	96,000
Jehan Richards	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Jehan Richards John van der Westhuizen

03-09-2024 16:40 UTC+2

Cherry Doubles; Zanette Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In what started as a limped pot, the action escalated on the K♦7♣5♦8♣ turn with Roy Bitton on the button taking on Norman Cherry in the big blind. Cherry had the best of it with 9♠6♠ for the high end of the straight while Bitton only had the 6♥4♠ for the bottom end.