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2025 SunBet GrandWest
Joe-Boy Rahme MonsterStaK Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 SunBet GrandWest
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
15,000 ZAR
Prize Pool
4,334,400 ZAR
Total Entries
344
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
211
Players Left
43
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Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Gabriel Demuru pushed all-in for 255,000 from an early position on the outer tables and was called by Alexander Rizvi in the next seat, all other players folded.
Gabriel Demuru: A♦K♠ 
Alexander Rizvi: A♣Q♠
The K♣7♥4♠2♥Q♣ runout paired both kickers and Demuru survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
915,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
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550,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ten levels of 60 minutes each have the field whittled down to only 48 hopefuls and the money bubble is only a couple of eliminations away. However, that will have to wait because another 15-minute break is now underway. One more level will be played for tonight, which may need to be extended depending on the money bubble.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
It had been 49 players for a while and that changed when Menesh Keshav ran with A♠10♠ into the A♦J♦ of Franco Da Matta to leave empty-handed.
At the same time, Dirk Steenkamp continued his comeback story. Justin Cohen check-called for 50,000 into 210,000 on the 9♣4♥4♠7♦ turn when Steenkamp bet on the button and then did so again for 75,000 on the 2♠ river. Steenkamp flipped over his 9♥9♠ for the flopped full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
750,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
643,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jaco Mouton had been moved tables not long ago and then tangled with Damon Fine in a medium-sized pot that escalated. On the 9♣8♠7♦A♠ turn there were some 178,000 in the middle and 185,000 out in front of Fine via check-raise. Mouton three-bet jammed all-in and his stack was counted.
The shove was for 992,000 and Fine tank-folded the A♦9♦, Mouton showed his A♣10♥.
Back to table 17, Reagan Benjamin limped in and Gareth Duncan jammed for 147,000. Alvin Pillay called in the big blind and Benjamin folded.
Gareth Duncan: Q♠J♠
Alvin Pillay: K♥K♠
Duncan had kings the last time and they were cracked for a split pot. He got his bittersweet revenge on the Q♦8♠4♥7♦Q♣ runout with trips queens to leave Pillay on fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,355,000
677,000
|
677,000 |
|
740,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
330,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
45,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Marko Nortje had a bet of 240,000 paid off by Menesh Keshav on the K♦9♥2♥8♥8♣ river and tabled the Q♦8♦ for trips eights on the button to win a decent showdown pot, further cementing his status as the chip leader.
Michael Cupido followed suit when he jammed into Tim Akinnusi. There had been a raise to 25,000 and two callers. Akinnusi squeezed huge to 200,000 and Cupido moved all-in. It folded back to Akinnusi who burned two time banks to fold the K♠K♦.
Rudy Frick had disappeared prior to that when his A♦K♥ flipped against the 2♠2♥ of Edgar Antezana. The mighty ducks hit a full house on the Q♠7♦2♣3♦Q♥ board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,675,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
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1,925,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
780,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
280,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
James Rann raised to 25,000 with the A♦8♦ from under the gun and was called by Kiran Moodley on the button with 6♠6♣, Sugen Singh called in the big blind with A♠9♣ as well. They checked the A♣J♠10♠ flop and 7♠ turn to the 6♦ river. Rann bet 52,000 with his top pair and Moodley moved all-in for his last 143,000 to get it through without being called.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
783,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
|
577,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
490,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
471,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
361,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
360,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
288,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
|
209,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Alvin Pillay jammed for the last 152,000 and Gareth Duncan jammed the button for little more, the blinds folded.
Alvin Pillay: A♣10♣
Gareth Duncan: K♠K♣
The 6♠5♥4♥7♦8♠ board delibvered a straight on the board for the chop.
Soon after that, Jayson Zulch looked up the preflop all-in by Dirk Steenkamp and the classic flip unfolded.
Dirk Steenkamp: Q♦Q♣
Jayson Zulch: A♠K♥
The 7♦5♠3♥Q♠8♠ board improved Steenkamp to a set to stay in contention.
"How much is it?" Zulch inquired and was then visibly upset. Apparently he had been told it was 137,000 before the showdown, but the actual all-in was for 237,000 total. "You can't do that," Zulch added with sheer frustration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,025,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
590,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
175,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
165,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Dirk Steenkamp had lost a ton of chips lately and was then called with a preflop raise by Jonathan Bland. They checked the A♣J♥4♠7♥6♥ river and Steenkamp tabled the K♠Q♣, Bland won the pot with the J♠2♠ to leave Steenkamp flabbergasted.
Alexandre Blanc then escaped with A♠J♠ versus A♥Q♠ when the Q♣9♦8♠3♠10♥ board delivered a straight.
Ryan Brauer was all-in with a short stack and held with ]JdJc] versus 7♠7♥, the A♥8♠4♦9♣6♥ board was no threat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,150,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
625,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
590,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
570,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
280,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
279,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
270,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
220,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
|
190,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
