Florian Bock picked up the blinds with jacks and soon after faced a raise to 75,000 by Clive Kikia in the cutoff holding the 7♥6♥. Bock on the button had the K♦K♣ and three-bet massive to 350,000, Kikia folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,100,000 |
Florian Bock raised in the cutoff and Edgar Antezana pushed for around 415,000 on the button, Gerhard Oosthuizen called all-in for 180,000 in the big blind and Bock called to put two players at risk.
Gerhard Oosthuizen: 10♥10♦
Edgar Antezana: A♥K♣ 
Florian Bock: A♣Q♣
The 7♣3♣2♦ flop gave Bock the nut flush draw and the 4♣ turn left both shorter stacks drawing dead prior to the 3♦ river. Oosthuizen bowed out in 11th place for ZAR 32,000 while Antezana made the pay jump to ZAR 40,000 thanks to his larger stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
After a double knockout on the live stream table, the field has been reduced to the final nine players with fewer than one minute left in the level ahead of the second scheduled break. There will now be a redraw for everyone still remaining and all further updates will be taking place on a 30-minute delay, the previous stream hands will be backfilled.
The blinds will go up when the final nine players return to their seats and the updated counts of all remaining hopefuls can be found below. They have locked up ZAR 40,000 for their efforts, while the winner can look forward to a payday of ZAR 450,000 ($24,903).
On top of that, the eventual champion also gets a 2025 package to any THMC of their choosing including the Main Event buy-in and four nights accommodation.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugen Singh | South Africa | 2,230,000 | 56 |
| 2 | Braam Van Huyssteen | South Africa | 515,000 | 13 |
| 3 | Renier Britz | South Africa | 555,000 | 14 |
| 4 | Wesley Blom | South Africa | 730,000 | 18 |
| 5 | Florian Bock | Germany | 2,000,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Marko Nortje | South Africa | 1,215,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Muaaz Gani | South Africa | 600,000 | 15 |
| 8 | Cliton Taliwanth | South Africa | 50,000 | 1 |
| 9 | Clive Kikia | South Africa | 1,145,000 | 29 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,230,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | |
|
1,215,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,145,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
730,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
600,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
555,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
515,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
50,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Marko Nortje raised to 85,000 with the 8♠6♠ and Sugen Singh in the cutoff three-bet to 275,000 in the cutoff holding the A♦K♥. The blinds folded and Nortje also let go as well after double-checking his cards once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
Marko Nortje made it 85,000 to go from under the gun with the A♦Q♠ and Cliton Taliwanth called all-in for 50,000 two seats over with 6♠6♦. Sugen Singh three-bet the hijack to 225,000 holding the J♥J♣ and it folded back to Nortje, who called the extra chips.
The K♥8♠6♣2♦9♣ board was checked down to the river. Nortje bet 375,000 and Singh called to win the larger side pot, while Taliwanth jumped up to more than six big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
630,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Clive Kikia raised to 105,000 with the J♥J♦ and Renier Britz then jammed for 455,000 with the A♦K♣ in the cutoff. All players behind folded to Kikia, who reluctantly folded the jacks, unwilling to take a flip at this stage.
Wesley Blom then opened to 90,000 with the A♦10♣ from the cutoff. Marko Nortje jammed for 550,000 in the small blind with Q♦5♦ and Blom folded as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
720,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
660,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
540,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Marko Nortje raised the second hand in a row and picked the A♠4♣ for 85,000 in the hijack. Sugen Singh had the J♥J♦ in the big blind and three-bet to 300,000. Nortje folded and was shown the pocket jacks face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
735,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
Wesley Blom opened to 85,000 from an early position and then called the all-in of Cliton Taliwanth for 150,000 in the cutoff.
Cliton Taliwanth: A♠9♣
Wesley Blom: A♣8♣
The J♣9♦4♠2♥K♣ board gave the superior ace a pair to go with it and Taliwanth doubled to surpass Blom by two chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
390,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
