SPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 SunBet Time Square

03-09-2024 16:40 UTC+2

Cherry Doubles; Zanette Eliminated

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.

Nothing changed with the Q♣ river and Cherry doubled for 248,000.

One table over, Massimo Zanette open-jammed for the last 76,000 and Alvin Pillay called out of the blinds.

Massimo Zanette: K♥K♦ All in
Alvin Pillay: A♥J♥

The suited ace got there on the A♠9♥5♦8♣A♣ board to reduce the field to the last 45 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Cherry	535,000 346,000	346,000
Roy Bitton	475,000 200,000	200,000

Alvin Pillay	295,000 35,000	35,000
Massimo Zanette	Busted

Tags: Alvin Pillay Massimo Zanette Norman Cherry Roy Bitton

03-09-2024 16:40 UTC+2

Second Break of Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The field has been reduced to the last 45 players and the second 15-minute break of the day is underway.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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 17:07 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Gareth Kalil	1,050,000 250,000	250,000
Darryl Shaff	630,000 70,000	70,000
Nick Sissou	625,000 75,000	75,000
Moon Khan	625,000 485,000	485,000
Ben Lingenfelder	625,000 370,000	370,000

Patrice Ah-Nien	600,000 170,000	170,000
Marko Nortje	575,000 190,000	190,000
Keegan Pillay	425,000 280,000	280,000

Okkie Fourie	300,000 115,000	115,000
Ronit Chamani	250,000 60,000	60,000
Kushil Shah	240,000 80,000	80,000
Edgar Antezana	230,000 40,000	40,000
Elai Mazor	215,000 15,000	15,000
Danny Dayani	200,000 175,000	175,000

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 17:20 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 17:20 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 17:25 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 17:34 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.