Just before their table broke, Rajeev Poonhath and fellow short stack Jean Okes got the chips into the middle.
Okes' 4♦4♣ held versus A♦10♦ on a board of J♠J♣9♥6♦5♣.
Poonhath was then at risk with Q♠J♠ against the A♣7♣ of Nic Ioannoy. The 10♥9♥8♥Q♦J♣ board denied Poonhath a double in quite cruel fashion.
The new feature table has one of the chip leaders in the line-up, as Jonathan Kalil holds a massive stack compared to the rest of the table.
Teren Ramnundlall was eliminated on the outer tables to bring the field down to the last three tables.
Soon after that with the balancing not even completed yet, Djordje Stojic was at risk for 27,500 and looked up by Chris Luyt.
Djordje Stojic: A♣Q♣ 
Chris Luyt: K♦Q♦
The inferior suited broadway combo got there on the K♠8♣5♠9♥10♠ board and that sent Stojic to the rail.
Down to only 16,500 in chips, Giovanni Gaggia was at risk with the A♠9♠ and up against Rex Hsu with the 10♠10♦.
The suited ace trailed on the Q♠4♣2♦ flop and 5♥ turn. However, the A♦ river came to the rescue and the action continued with 28 players on four tables.
Chris Luyt defended out of the blinds and check-called a bet of 7,000 on the A♣J♠8♦ flop by Moon Khan. On the K♦ turn, he check-called for another 11,000 and they checked the 5♣ on the river.
Luyt flashed the K♠ and then mucked when Khan revealed A♠9♣ for the top pair.
On a flop of K♣Q♥2♥, Edgar Antezana was all-in for 47,500 with the A♠A♦ for an overpair. Rex Hsu had the superior stack but only K♦J♣ for the top pair.
The Q♦ turn took away some outs for Hsu and he couldn't get there with the 2♠ river.
Dirk Steenkamp was knocked out by Giovanni Zanette and the latter then scored another knockout to jump towards the top of the leaderboard. A preflop raising war saw Rayhaan Adam push for around 110,000 and Zanette snapped him off.
Rayhaan Adam: Q♦Q♣
Giovanni Zanette: K♠K♥
"Again?" Adam sighed and found no escape on the J♠4♣2♦4♥10♦ runout, as Zanette's heater continued.
With the start of level 11, the late registration for the penultimate flight has closed and a total of 98 entries have emerged. From these, only the top 15 finishers will advance to Day 2 and below are some of those who departed.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The turbo heat is underway with 25 entries and 24 players remaining, as notables such as NT, Jaco Mouton, Alan Jung, Nico Wiechers, Adam Gamsy, Adriaan Fourie, Joe Chan and Marko Nortje are all involved in the action.
In the meanwhile, the third starting day has finished level ten with some 96 entries on the board and 34 players remaining. They are now on a ten-minute break and after that, the late registration will close.
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