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♠ 
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.
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.
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 |
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♦
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.
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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♣
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.
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.
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♦
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.
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.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
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.
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