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5 days 11 hours ago

Rizvi Doubles Through Zulch

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jayson Zulch opened from an early position to 250,000 and then sigh-called the shove by Alexander Rizvi for 750,000 in the hijack.

Jayson Zulch: 7♠7♣ All in
Alexander Rizvi: A♣5♣

Zulch had a sweat on the 9♣8♦5♠ flop and Q♣ turn but the J♠ river was not what he was looking for, as Rizvi doubled to leave him short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Rizvi	1,800,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Jayson Zulch	875,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Alexander Rizvi Jayson Zulch

5 days 11 hours ago

More Chips for Kossew and Naicker

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jedd Kossew picked up the K♠K♦ next and raised to 225,000 from an early position. Franco Da Matta called with 10♥6♥ in the big blind but quickly folded on the A♠J♣8♦ flop when facing a bet worth 150,000.

Naven Naicker then opened to 225,000 with the 9♠9♣ and Mike Cupido three-bet to 500,000 in the hijack, holding the A♣10♣. All players behind folded and Naicker double-checked his cards to make the call. The J♣3♥2♥ flop missed Cupido but he bet 325,000 when checked to, Naicker came along.

The J♠ turn was checked by both and the 8♣ river completed the board. Naicker now stabbed for 350,000 and was paid off by Cupido to win a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Cupido	6,200,000 1,225,000	1,225,000
Naven Naicker	6,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Franco Da Matta	4,400,000 350,000	350,000
Jedd Kossew	3,500,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Franco Da Matta Jedd Kossew Mike Cupido Naven Naicker

5 days 11 hours ago

Final Table Stream Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Alexandre Blanc picked up the K♥K♣ early after the restart and found no caller to pick up the blinds and big blind ante. The French player had been very patient on the stream earlier and came back from five big blinds to now sit in the middle of the pack with 44 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Blanc	4,400,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Alexandre Blanc

5 days 11 hours ago

Redraw of the Nine-Handed Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

There are 39:23 minutes left in the level at blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000. Below are the updated counts and new seat assignments of the final nine players.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mike Cupido	South Africa	7,425,000	74
2	Jon Persent	Norway	5,975,000	60
3	Alexander Rizvi	United Kingdom	750,000	8
4	Franco Da Matta	South Africa	4,750,000	48
5	Alexandre Blanc	France	4,100,000	41
6	Edgar Antezana	South Africa	4,225,000	42
7	Jedd Kossew	South Africa	3,100,000	31
8	Naven Naicker	South Africa	4,600,000	46
9	Jayson Zulch	South Africa	1,625,000	16

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Cupido	7,425,000 25,000	25,000
Jon Persent	5,975,000 25,000	25,000
Franco Da Matta	4,750,000 50,000	50,000
Naven Naicker	4,600,000
Edgar Antezana	4,225,000 125,000	125,000
Alexandre Blanc	4,100,000 200,000	200,000
Jedd Kossew	3,100,000 800,000	800,000
Jayson Zulch	1,625,000 5,000	5,000
Alexander Rizvi	750,000 250,000	250,000

5 days 12 hours ago

Updates Now on a Delay

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

With reaching the final table of the last nine players, all further PokerNews updates from the Main Event will be published according to the 30-minute delay of the cards-up coverage and commentary on the SunBet Poker Tour YouTube stream.

5 days 12 hours ago

Da Matta Leaves Persent Stunned

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jayson Zulch folded on the button and then promised Jon Persent to show what cards he was getting if Franco Da Matta in the small blind were to fold. However, Da Matta raised to 250,000 and Persent then three-bet to 600,000, Da Matta snap-called.

On the Q♠9♠2♥ flop, Da Matta check-called a bet of 350,000 and they then checked down the Q♣ turn as well as the 10♦ river.

"Queen," Da Matta declared and flipped over his Q♦4♦. When he spotted the cards of his neighbour, Persent was stunned.

It was the last hand on the outer table, as the final table had been reached and they were getting ready to move.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Persent	6,000,000 400,000	400,000
Franco Da Matta	4,700,000 780,000	780,000

Tags: Franco Da Matta Jayson Zulch Jon Persent

5 days 12 hours ago

Cupido Spikes the River to Bust Gani

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Michael Cupido made it 225,000 to go with A♣4♣ first to act and Muaaz Gani flat-called with the A♥Q♠ in the cutoff, Naven Naicker came along out of the big blind with the last queen in the deck as Q♥9♠.The A♦8♣5♠ flop saw Cupido bet 200,000 with his top pair, only Gani called.

The 6♣ turn gave the big stack the nut flush draw on top and Cupido eyeballed the stack of Gani before betting big. Gani called all-in and needed to fade any four, seven or club to survive. However, the J♣ river brought one of those many outs as Cupido improved to a flush and let the final table bubble burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Cupido	7,400,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Naven Naicker	4,600,000 300,000	300,000
Muaaz Gani	Busted

Tags: Michael Cupido Muaaz Gani Naven Naicker

5 days 12 hours ago

Naicker Catches Kossew Speeding

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Naven Naicker made it 250,000 to go with the Q♦Q♣ and was called by Jedd Kossew out of the big blind with K♠J♠. On the 10♠7♦6♥ flopm both checked before Kossew bet the 2♠ turn for 530,000 with his flush draw, getting a quick call from Naicker.

Kossew also bluffed the 7♣ river for 530,000 and was snap-called by Naicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naven Naicker	4,900,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Jedd Kossew	3,900,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Jedd Kossew Naven Naicker

5 days 12 hours ago

Bluff Or No Bluff by Persent

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Muaaz Gani opened to 225,000 from under the gun and was called only by Jon Persent in the big blind. The K♦3♦2♠ flop was checked by both and Persent bet the 5♠ turn for 325,000. Gani folded and then inquired.

"Bluff with jack-ten? You can tell me now," Gani said as he was about to get moved to the live stream table to balance the field. Two players had busted from there to bring the field down to the last ten.

"I will tell you later," Persent promised.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Persent	6,400,000 150,000	150,000
Edgar Antezana	4,100,000 100,000	100,000
Franco Da Matta	3,920,000 970,000	970,000
Jayson Zulch	1,620,000 305,000	305,000
Muaaz Gani	1,500,000 250,000	250,000
Alexander Rizvi	1,000,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jon Persent Muaaz Gani

5 days 12 hours ago

TA Knocked Out by Kossew

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

From under the gun, TA pushed all-in for the last seven big blinds with the A♥2♣ and was called by Jedd Kossew on the button with the K♥10♦ and Michael Cupido, who came along out of the big blind with A♦3♦.

The K♠4♦3♠ had a piece for everyone with two pairs and a wheel draw. Kossew bet 400,000 and Cupido check-folded.

TA needed an ace or five but came up blank on the 9♠ turn as well as the 8♠ river. That knocked out TA in 11th place, two spots away from the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jedd Kossew	4,800,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Mike Cupido	3,400,000 800,000	800,000
TA	Busted

Tags: Jedd Kossew Michael Cupido TA