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11-25-2025 17:22 UTC+2

Sachin Naidoo Eliminated in 9th Place (ZAR 48,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Kevin Boyer pushed all-in for 865,000 from middle position and Sachin Naidoo called all-in for 800,000 in the next seat. All other players folded and they were racing for the tournament life.

Sachin Naidoo: J♥J♠ All in
Kevin Boyer: A♦Q♠

The A♠5♠3♠K♥7♣ board paired up Boyer who also had the spades covered and Naidoo was covered by fewer than two blinds to bow out in 9th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Boyer	1,800,000 935,000	935,000
Sachin Naidoo	Busted

Tags: Kevin Boyer Sachin Naidoo

11-25-2025 17:16 UTC+2

Early Pot for Bloom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Sean Bloom opened to 85,000 with the A♥J♦ and Marko Nortje called with the K♣2♦ in the big blind. The Q♠J♥7♥n flop brought a check-fold and Bloom collected the pot early into the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	2,600,000 240,000	240,000

Sean Bloom	865,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Marko Nortje Sean Bloom

11-25-2025 16:35 UTC+2

Redraw of the Nine-Handed Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Only around 23 minutes remain in the level at blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a big blind ante of 40,000 and the new seat assignments of the final nine players are as follows.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Kinesh Pather	South Africa	1,185,000	30
2	Prenesh Naidoo	South Africa	1,505,000	38
3	Marko Nortje	South Africa	2,840,000	71
4	Alvin Pillay	South Africa	1,615,000	40
5	Dylan Barnard	South Africa	1,085,000	27
6	Sean Bloom	South Africa	720,000	18
7	Kevin Boyer	France	865,000	22
8	Sachin Naidoo	South Africa	620,000	16
9	Jason De Villiers	South Africa	220,000	6

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	2,840,000 290,000	290,000

Alvin Pillay	1,615,000 115,000	115,000
Prenesh Naidoo	1,505,000 45,000	45,000
Kinesh Pather	1,185,000 415,000	415,000
Dylan Barnard	1,085,000 35,000	35,000
Kevin Boyer	865,000 185,000	185,000
Sean Bloom	720,000 20,000	20,000
Sachin Naidoo	620,000 55,000	55,000
Jason De Villiers	220,000 130,000	130,000

11-25-2025 16:21 UTC+2

Lottering Eliminated on Final Table Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Eben Lottering moved all-in for 185,000 from under the gun and Kevin Boyer jammed out of the small blind to isolate.

Eben Lottering: K♥9♦ All in
Kevin Boyer: A♦J♣

The French speaking rail came closer to support Boyer, who remained ahead all the way on the A♣J♥7♣8♦2♦ board. Since there had been a knockout prior on the live stream table also, the field was down to the last nine players.

They are now on a short break and all further PokerNews updates will be published on the 30-minute delay of the live stream action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Boyer	1,050,000 350,000	350,000
Eben Lottering	Busted

Tags: Eben Lottering Kevin Boyer

11-25-2025 16:20 UTC+2

Pillay Sends AB to the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alvin Pillay opened to 95,000 from the button and then called the all-in of table short stack AB, who had dropped to only 220,000 in the big blind.

AB: Q♥J♣ All in
Alvin Pillay: A♣10♦

The 7♦4♣2♦5♦3♥ board provided no help for AB and Pillay improved to a straight to send the field down to the last ten hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvin Pillay	1,500,000 200,000	200,000
AB	Busted

Tags: Alvin Pillay AB

11-25-2025 16:11 UTC+2

Bloom Jams the Flop Against Pillay

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alvin Pillay raised to 80,000 with the Q♣9♣ from under the gun and Sean Bloom defended the Q♥8♥ from the big blind. On the 6♠5♥4♣ flop, Bloom check-jammed for 400,000 and Pillay forfeited his continuation bet of 80,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvin Pillay	1,300,000 180,000	180,000
Sean Bloom	700,000 325,000	325,000

Tags: Sean Bloom Alvin Pillay

11-25-2025 16:11 UTC+2

Lipshitz Eliminated by Nortje

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the new outer table, Yoni Lipshitz tangled with Marko Nortje and ended up all-in preflop for almost 20 big blinds after the small blind shove and big blind call. Nortje shouted to his rail that the next all-in was unfolding.

Yoni Lipshitz: J♥J♦ All in
Marko Nortje: Q♠J♠

"Unlucky bro," Nortje said preflop and even shook hands with his table neighbour already.

The 10♥10♠4♠ flop provided the flush draw and Nortje exclaimed "justice, justice". He then improved on the Q♥ turn to leave Lipshitz with a single out. Nothing changed on the K♣ river and that spelled the end for Lipshitz in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	2,550,000 700,000	700,000

Yoni Lipshitz	Busted

Tags: Marko Nortje Yoni Lipshitz

11-25-2025 16:08 UTC+2

Updated Counts on the Outer Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Marko Nortje lost some chips since coming off the feature table while the stack of Jason De Villiers continues to be blinded out since he has vanished for more than two and a half hours already.

Dylan Barnard continued to climb and took down the blinds with an open raise to 100,000 as Kevin Boyer folded in the big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	1,850,000 550,000	550,000

Dylan Barnard	1,050,000 205,000	205,000
Kevin Boyer	700,000 260,000	260,000
Yoni Lipshitz	625,000 145,000	145,000
Jason De Villiers	350,000 425,000	425,000
Eben Lottering	300,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Dylan Barnard Jason De Villiers Kevin Boyer Marko Nortje

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

11-25-2025 15:53 UTC+2

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Two sessions have been completed for today and the field is already down to only 12 players, which have been sent on a scheduled 10-minute break. The stream table line-up will switch once more and the final table is in sight, only three eliminations away.