THMC Cape Town Million Day 1cd | 2025 THMC Cape Town Million

11-24-2025 20:46 UTC+2

Da Matta and Lipshitz Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In three-way action to the Q♠J♦10♥ flop, Nic Ioannoy and Yoni Lipshitz checked and the latter was the only one to call a bet worth 15,000 by Mark Wright as the third player in the pot. Lipshitz check-called for 25,000 each on the 2♣ turn and 6♠ river to get shown A♠9♦ by Wright, which he had beat with the K♠Q♦.

One table over, Franco Da Matta tangled with Ariel Mazabow and led the loaded pot to the J♣8♦4♦4♣ turn for 58,000 to win the pot without further resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoni Lipshitz	375,000 151,000	151,000
Franco Da Matta	290,000 80,000	80,000
Nic Ioannoy	200,000 20,000	20,000
Ariel Mazabow	190,000 55,000	55,000
Mark Wright	125,000

Tags: Ariel Mazabow Franco Da Matta Nic Ioannoy Yoni Lipshitz Mark Wright

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

11-24-2025 20:39 UTC+2

Rothman Knocks Out Karol

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A short-stacked Karol pushed for nine blinds and Tanith Rothman jammed over the top, forcing out everyone behind.

Karol: A♥4♥ All in
Tanith Rothman: A♣A♠

The Q♣9♥8♣3♣5♠ board changed nothing as Karol was drawing dead on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanith Rothman	146,000 18,000	18,000
Karol	Busted

Tags: Tanith Rothman

11-24-2025 20:32 UTC+2

Lipshitz Battles With Ioannoy

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Heads-up to the A♥J♣5♣ flop, Nic Ioannoy bet 15,000 and Yoni Lipshitz called in the hijack. The 9♠ turn saw Ioannoy fire another 35,000 for Lipshitz to call and the former then checked the 8♠ on the river.

Lipshitz used a time bank and bet 45,000 with around as much behind. Ioannoy asked him how much he was playing before eventually folding the 10♦3♠ face-up, mumbling "I should have bet more."

Player	Chips	Progress
Eben Lottering	275,000 115,000	115,000
Yoni Lipshitz	224,000 63,000	63,000
Nic Ioannoy	220,000 107,000	107,000
Marc Foubib	140,000 40,000	40,000
Hanre Retief	50,000 10,000	10,000
Karol	35,000 50,000	50,000
Adrian Andritz	Busted

Tags: Yoni Lipshitz Nic Ioannoy

11-24-2025 20:30 UTC+2

Updated Counts on the Feature Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	360,000 20,000	20,000

Simon Solomon	250,000 30,000	30,000
Imran Bhojani	168,000 8,000	8,000
Craig Hartland	154,000 2,000	2,000
Cliton Taliwanth	148,000 51,000	51,000
AB	132,000 32,000	32,000
Kevin Boyer	68,000 13,000	13,000
Caleb October	36,000 29,000	29,000

11-24-2025 20:27 UTC+2

Naidoo Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stephen Kurland raised to 10,000 and then faced the shove by Sachin Naidoo for around more than 20 big blinds. No call followed as Kurland opted to fold the A♣J♦ face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Naidoo	135,000
Stephen Kurland	120,000

Tags: Stephen Kurland Sachin Naidoo

11-24-2025 20:20 UTC+2

Two Double Ups for Kurland

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three full ring tables of eight players each returned from the break with 15 survivors set as the goal for tonight.

Stephen Kurland was short and earned a first double through Ariel Mazabow with A♥6♠ versus K♦6♦ for 25,000 thanks to a board of J♦9♣5♣2♠7♣.

He was then all-in for some 55,000 with K♦5♣ against the Q♠J♠ of Keegan Naidoo. The K♥4♦3♥3♦9♦ board earned another double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Mazabow	245,000 30,000	30,000
Stephen Kurland	120,000 85,000	85,000
Keegan Naidoo	55,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Ariel Mazabow Keegan Naidoo Stephen Kurland

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-24-2025 20:07 UTC+2

Barnard Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Marko Nortje raised to 10,000 and Nic Ioannoy called before Richard Barnard jammed a short stack out of the small blind. Nortje called and then faced the reshove by Ioannoy for 102,500 total which he opted to call, too.

Richard Barnard: K♥K♣ All in
Nic Ioannoy: A♥10♣ All in
Marko Nortje: 3♠3♥

The A♠J♠10♦J♦9♦ board saw Barnard crash out while Ioannoy more than doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Nortje	380,000 30,000	30,000

Nic Ioannoy	232,000 119,000	119,000
Richard Barnard	Busted

Tags: Marko Nortje Nic Ioannoy Richard Barnard

11-24-2025 20:02 UTC+2

Two Eliminations before the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Only some 24 players remain in the fourth break of the day and there were two eliminations just before that.

A short stack went in for only 8,000 and Stephen Kurland did so for little more holding the K♦2♦. He was up against J♦10♦ and the K♣5♥4♦10♥5♠ board changed nothing in the preflop order.

Yoni Lipshitz then won the last hand before the break when he jammed into a bet of 21,000 on a completed board of A♦6♥2♣4♠Q♣. His opponent tank-called and Lipshitz tabled his 6♠6♦ for a flopped set, the other cards went flying into the muck.

Another ten-minute break is underway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoni Lipshitz	161,000 71,000	71,000
Stephen Kurland	35,000