Over on the outer tables, Simon Solomon flat-called a shove by a shorter stack for around 55,000 with Q♥Q♠ and was up against K♥10♥.
The A♥J♠2♦2♣4♣ board kept the pocket pair ahead all the way to reduce the Day 1c field by one.
Over on the outer tables, Simon Solomon flat-called a shove by a shorter stack for around 55,000 with Q♥Q♠ and was up against K♥10♥.
The A♥J♠2♦2♣4♣ board kept the pocket pair ahead all the way to reduce the Day 1c field by one.
With around 35,000 in the middle to the Q♣10♠4♦ flop, Chuck Levin checked and then jammed for 48,000 into Naidoo's bet of 17,500. Naidoo asked for an exact count and sigh-called.
Chuck Levin: A♦10♣
Keegan Naidoo: 5♦5♣
The K♦ turn and 6♣ river changed nothing and Levin doubled.
Dean Hutchison and Marc Foubib got their chips into the middle preflop and the Brit had the best of it in the following showdown.
Dean Hutchison: A♦Q♦
Marc Foubib: A♥9♣
The J♠8♣7♠10♣5♣ board gave Foubib a straight on the turn and the stacks were counted. Foubib's 55,000 covered by two blinds.
Marko Nortje raised to 7,000 and then called the shove by Gareth Duncan for 31,000 in the big blind.
Gareth Duncan: 10♥10♣
Marko Nortje: 5♠4♠
The Q♥5♥2♠8♣4♥ board gave Nortje two pair to knock out another opponent.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Only 31 players remain spread across four tables and Chad Moolman as well as John Woolley were among the casualties.
Ariel Mazabow leads the outer tables for now with Franco Da Matta following suit. Da Matta four-bet a smooth 118,000 into Stephen Kurland, who forfeited his three-bet of 16,000 and folded the 10♠10♥ face-up.
Marko Nortje raised to 7,000 and Jon Persent defended the big blind to a flop of 7♦5♥2♣ with some 75,000 behind, with the stack sizes displayed wrong for the Norwegian on the stream table. Persent check-raised to 21,000 and then called all-in.
Jon Persent: K♥7♥
Marko Nortje: 7♣6♦
The 7♠ turn gave both players trips and the 6♠ river was a sucker punch for Persent, as Nortje spiked the three-outer for a full house.
Adrian Andritz was calling for his one time when he got it in preflop with 10♥10♣ against the K♠K♦ of Karol. The latter was the player at risk for 39,000 and held despite a small sweat on the 6♣3♠2♥4♠6♥ runout.
Marko Nortje raised from under the gun with the Q♠5♠ and Eben Lottering called in the big blind with the A♦5♣. Both trapped by checking the K♦5♦5♥ flop before Lottering bet the 10♠ turn for 7,000. Nortje raised to 22,000 and then called Lottering's shove for 151,000.
Lottering had the best of it but the 10♣ river denied him a big double.
Defending champion Muaaz Gani and runner-up Sugen Singh have been eliminated from Day 1c already, the latter of who opted to buy into Day 1d. The last flight currently features 28 entries of which 27 players remain and several of the local notables have jumped in alongside The Hendon Mob team members Roland Boothby and Anthony Charter.