Chrissy Luyt got his stack of 91,000 in with the A♥K♥ and Hadar Goren took the flip holding the 9♦9♥.
The J♣10♦3♦K♦3♠ board improved Luyt and he dented the middling stack of Goren.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
65,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Dawie Cronje was all-in preflop from the cutoff with the A♥Q♦ and needed to improve against table big stack Keenan Pienaar, who was in there with the 7♣7♦ out of the small blind.
Cronje improved on the Q♣8♦5♥2♦6♠ board to stay in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
||
|
155,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Nic Ioannoy looked up the preflop all-in of Maverick Zackey for 55,000 with K♣J♣. Zackey was ahead with A♠Q♠ but had a mighty sweat on the 7♣5♣4♦ flop. The 10♠ turn and 10♥ river were both blanks and ace-queen high secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
Patrice Ah-Nien got one more preflop shove through and then had the chips in the middle once more, this time against Vishal Ghoorbin.
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♣K♦ 
Vishal Ghoorbin: A♥10♣
The 9♦7♥3♥8♣6♣ runout gave Ghoorbin the ten-high straight via runner-runner and denied Ah-Nien a great comeback story from a single big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
151,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
Busted |
Moon Khan was all-in with a stack on the shorter side and Rudolf Fourie went all-in over the top to isolate.
Moon Khan: A♦10♥
Rudolf Fourie: K♥K♠
The J♠7♥2♥3♠8♣ board changed nothing whatsoever and Khan departed before the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
Busted |
Patrice Ah-Nien had lost the vast majority of his chips to Harold Brooks and was then all-in for 5,000. JS raised to 15,000 and Harold Brooks called, Chrissy Luyt was among those to fold (which he later bemoaned).
JS bet the K♠3♣3♥ flop for 10,000 and Brooks folded.
Ah-Nien showed the 10♠8♦ and JS revealed 2♥2♦. The 7♠ turn was a blank but the 8♠ river saved Ah-Nien.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
28,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
Busted | |
Sean Bloom opened to 12,000 with the A♥8♥ from under the gun and Gareth Kalil jammed for the last 66,000 with 10♠8♠ in middle position. Bloom called and the J♣8♦7♣A♠3♥ board sent Kalil to the rail without anything to show for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
372,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Rex Hsu had lost a bigger portion of his stack to Max Deveson and then got a preflop shove through.
On the same table, Rajeev Poonhath was all-in for 34,000 with 6♥6♦ and in trouble, as Giovanni Zanette had that crushed holding the Q♣Q♠. The A♠A♦10♠6♠9♣ board came to the rescue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
225,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
150,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
90,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Bradley Moore was moved tables and then got it in preflop against Norman Cherry Sr with J♣J♦ only to find himself dominated by Q♠Q♥.
The Q♣7♠5♥A♦K♥ board gave Cherry Sr a set of kings and Moore was already on the way out. He had some change left for one big blind and busted right after. Craig Hartland also bowed out and Venesen Naidoo then doubled off Dawie Cronje in a duel button versus big blind.
Cronje's 10♦2♦ flopped a flush draw on J♦4♦3♥ but Naidoo held 3♣3♦ for the set. The board paired up on the 2♥ turn and 2♣ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
140,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
65,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
