Stephen Courtney raised to 26,000 with the J♠10♦ from under the gun and Jamie Vilela three-bet big to 125,000 in the cutoff with the J♥J♣. Eben Lottering then jammed for 257,000 in the small blind with the A♦A♣. Courtney got out of the way quickly while Vilela very reluctantly put in the additional chips.
The Q♣7♦6♥10♠3♥ runout was no threat for Lottering, who doubled with a big smile on the face.
There was an elimination on the live stream table to bring the field down to the last 27 contestants and that number lasted only for a short time. Table 12 broke to balance the field and there are fewer than 90 minutes left until the scheduled dinner break on Day 2.
Kinesh Pather had disappeared for nearly two hours and the first hand he sat down on the feature table, he faced an under the gun limp by Eben Lottering. Pather jammed for 95,000 in the cutoff and Lottering snap-called when it was his turn to act.
Kinesh Pather: Q♥Q♦ 
Eben Lottering: K♥K♦
One queen was folded and the 10♠10♥5♦A♥9♦ board brought no miracle, sending Pather right to the payout desk on his first active hand for a while.
Nic Ioannoy was ahead when the chips went in preflop on the outer tables with Q♠Q♣, as Zoran Kljajic only had K♠Q♥.
However, that one overcard came on the A♦K♦4♠ flop and Ioannoy was virtually on his way to the payout desk. Nothing changed with the 6♠ turn but the case queen fell on the Q♦ river.
Taariq Jaftha opened to 24,000 in the hijack and then called the shove by Robin Moir for 66,000 in the small blind.
Robin Moir: 6♣6♥
Taariq Jaftha: A♦5♣
Jaftha had bad beat Moir for a double not long ago and finished the job in the same fashion on a board of 10♦7♦2♣6♦8♦ via four-card flush.
Jaryd Jardien jammed the button for his last 47,000 with the A♠K♥ and Alan Jung called from the big blind with the J♦9♦.
The A♥Q♦4♦2♥9♥ board was a mighty sweat with two diamonds, but Jardien survived.
"There is always a sweat", another player joked.
On the outer tables, a rather common button raise and big blind call led to the A♠8♥3♣ flop. What followed escalated quickly as Harold Brooks check-raised huge to 225,000 and Braam Van Huyssteen called.
Brooks then jammed the 2♦ turn for 310,000 and Van Huyssteen called after brief consideration with nearly the same stack size at his disposal.
Braam Van Huyssteen: A♥K♦
Harold Brooks: 3♠3♦
Despite having top pair and top kicker, Van Huyssteen was drawing dead to the 5♣ river. His stack was counted and Van Huyssteen had around 290,000 to bust in 29th place.
Robin Moir stuck his last 36,000 in with the K♣6♣ and Keenan Pienaar called in the big blind holding the J♥3♥.
The suited king locked up the double on the A♠K♥5♦5♠Q♣ board for Moir to stay in the tournament.
Max Deveson raised from under the gun and was called by Sean Bloom on the button as well as Dawie Cronje in the big blind. They checked to the K♥J♣9♣8♥6♣ river on which Deveson bet huge for 260,000, forcing two folds.
Taariq Jaftha opened to 80,000 in the cutoff with the A♥10♠ and Robin Moir then jammed from the big blind for 231,000 with the Q♠Q♣.
On a board of A♠J♣2♦4♥3♥, the ace appeared and Moir was left on fumes.
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