Rudalf Frick jammed a severe short stack with the 10♥8♣ and was called by Bernard Gossard who held the 10♣7♦.
The kicker played on the A♣K♦4♦5♠2♥ runout for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
12,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Bernard Gossard opened to 1,100 on the button and Wesley Blom called in the small blind. Rudalf Frick jammed the big blind for 10,100 and Gossard sighed "why always me" before he reluctantly called. Blom folded and Frick joked a "good call" as he exposed the Q♠4♣.
Gossard took a few seconds before he grinned and exposed the Q♥Q♣.
"That's not good for you ... I would have called if he didn't," Blom added.
There was no upset on the 6♥4♥3♣10♥5♦ runout and Frick was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After the end of level seven, the field has reached 77 entries and 64 players remain as they are onto their second 10-minute break. At the same time, the Super High Roller has reached the money and a Single Day High Roller is underway with two tables running.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Two of the biggest stacks in the field can be found on the same table and sandwiched between them is Marko Nortje. The latter took on Greg Mokgoathleng, who bet the A♠6♥5♠ flop for 1,400 to force a quick fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
110,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
48,000
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
On the heads-up turn of J♣9♣3♣4♠ turn, Ashley Hira pushed all-in for the last 9,900 and that sent Clinton Heap into the tank. Heap used one time bank and eventually folded for Hira to show one of the cards.
"You might as well show me the other one," Heap replied.
"That one costs nine grand," Hira said with a big smirk on the face before adding "I had queen-ten with the queen of clubs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
35,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
With a straight on the 5♣4♠2♠6♣3♣ board, Alexander Gurin looked up a shorter stack who tabled the Q♥J♣ to play the board. Gurin's A♣K♦ chopped the pot as he hovers around two times the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
65,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
55,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
45,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
40,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
32,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
27,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
22,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
20,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
18,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Jonathan. Hoal was all-in preflop with a shorter stack and looked up by Alan Jung, who had lost a big portion of his stack in the first level but stuck around. "Let me get some chips back," Hoal grinned while they opened their cards.
Jonathan Hoal: J♦8♦ 
Alan Jung: K♣Q♣
The board ran out A♣J♣7♦5♠10♣ and Hoal's jack on the flop went down to a royal flush!
"I never had one, let me take a picture," a very excited Jung said and grabbed his phone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
Busted |
