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03-07-2025 19:45 UTC+2

Lottering Cannot Shake Off Deveson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Eben Lottering three-bet to 12,000 preflop and Max Deveson as the initial raiser called.

Deveson checked the J♥10♦8♦ flop before calling a bet of 17,000 and they checked the []4s] on the turn. Deveson checked the 5♥ river once more and Lottering now bet 37,000.

After using one time bank extension, Deveson called and Lottering exposed the A♥Q♣ for a missed gutshot broadway draw. Deveson earned the pot with the Q♥10♥ for second pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moon Khan	265,000 70,000	70,000
Max Deveson	153,500 68,500	68,500
Eben Lottering	62,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Eben Lottering Max Deveson

03-07-2025 19:35 UTC+2

Fourie Has the Superior Kicker

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Three ways to the 10♦3♥2♦ flop, Eben Lottering bet 2,500 from the small blind. Jarred Solomon called in the big blind, as did Okkie Fourie on the button. They checked the Q♣ turn and 6♥ river and Lottering shook his head. "How do I miss this?" he asked and flashed the A♦4♦.

Solomon had that beat with 8♦3♣ but Fourie held the better kicker in K♠3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eben Lottering	122,000 23,000	23,000
Okkie Fourie	115,000
Jarred Solomon	55,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Eben Lottering Jarred Solomon Okkie Fourie

03-07-2025 19:27 UTC+2

Bloom Eliminated by Kljajic

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Over on the live stream table, Sean Bloom was all-in and at risk on a flop of J♥6♥4♣ against Zoran Kljajic. His K♥Q♥ had two over cards and a flush draw, the latter of which was no good as Kljajic had that covered with the A♥J♥.

The 5♠ turn and 3♣ river were both blanks and that sent Bloom to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zoran Kljajic	140,000 65,000	65,000
Sean Bloom	Busted

Tags: Sean Bloom Zoran Kljajic

03-07-2025 19:17 UTC+2

Antezana Chops With Appel

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a flop of 7♥6♥4♣, Edgar Antezana with the 8♠7♠ and Hennie Appel with 8♣7♣ get their chips into the middle. The 5♠ turn ends the freeroll of Appel to make the 3♣ river a formality.

In the meanwhile, Divan Van Wyk departed after a roller coaster ride on his most recent entry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgar Antezana	45,000 23,000	23,000
Hennie Appel	29,000 11,000	11,000
Divan Van Wyk	Busted

Tags: Divan Van Wyk Edgar Antezana Hennie Appel

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

03-07-2025 19:08 UTC+2

Lipman Eliminated by Lottering

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Howard Lipman found a suited ace to get his shorter stack into the middle holding the A♣J♣. He was, however, in very rough shape as Eben Lottering had an easy call with the A♠A♥.

The A♦2♣2♠ flop essentially ended the tournament entry for Lipman, who needed running deuces to chop or any foul card in the deck to reset what just happened. Neither scenario came with the 7♥ turn and 4♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eben Lottering	145,000 70,000	70,000
Howard Lipman	Busted

Tags: Eben Lottering Howard Lipman

03-07-2025 19:01 UTC+2

James Flipped Out by Poonhath

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rajeev Poonhath raise-called the shove of short stack Bianca James and it was a flip as follows.

Bianca James: 7♥7♦ All in
Rajeev Poonhath: K♣Q♣

There was no help yet on the 10♥4♠3♣ flop but the A♣ turn saw Poonhath pick up a lot of equity. With plenty of outs at his disposal, Poonhath hit one of them on the Q♦ river to send James to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Hsu	240,000 40,000	40,000
Giovanni Gaggia	165,000 75,000	75,000
Jamie Vilela	145,000 5,000	5,000
Giovanni Zanette	115,000 20,000	20,000
Dirk Steenkamp	110,000 45,000	45,000
Rajeev Poonhath	85,000 50,000	50,000
Bianca James	Busted

Tags: Bianca James Rajeev Poonhath

03-07-2025 18:52 UTC+2

Big Double for Blom Against Van Wyk

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Divan Van Wyk was able to rebuild his stack after the previous setback only to lose an equally big pot once more, this time in a preflop duel with Wesley Blom.

They got it in with A♣A♥ versus A♠K♣ and Blom had very little to fear on a A♦Q♦2♥10♥K♠ runout, as he doubled for 74,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Blom	155,000 60,000	60,000
Divan Van Wyk	25,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Divan Van Wyk Wesley Blom

03-07-2025 18:45 UTC+2

Post Dinner Movements

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Stephen Courtney bet-folded the J♣8♥3♣4♦A♦ river to the all-in of Gordon Padayachee and flashed the 10♣7♣ for a missed straight and flush draw. "I was trapping you all the way," Padayachee said as he exposed the 3♦3♠ for a set of treys.

Djordje Stojic entered and Hennie Appel re-entered, while Joe Rahme and Tanith Rothman busted. The field is up to 91 entries with 51 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Courtney	190,000 80,000	80,000
Gordon Padayachee	55,000 25,200	25,200
Djordje Stojic	40,000 40,000	40,000
Hennie Appel	40,000 40,000	40,000
Nic Ioannoy	35,000 35,000	35,000

Joe Rahme	Busted
Tanith Rothman	Busted

Tags: Djordje Stojic Gordon Padayachee Hennie Appel Joe Rahme Stephen Courtney Tanith Rothman

03-07-2025 18:38 UTC+2

Jung Eliminated by Hsu

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rex Hsu was the chip leader on the live stream table when the field went on the dinner break and he added even more chips when they went back to the outer tables.

With the cards already on their backs, Alan Jung was at risk with K♣Q♥ for top pair on the K♠9♦6♥ flop. Hsu dominated with A♣K♥ and the kicker played on the 6♦ turn and 2♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Hsu	280,000 46,900	46,900
Alan Jung	Busted

Tags: Alan Jung Rex Hsu