According to the tournament info, there are already 104 entries of which some 50 players remain and among the latest casualties was Divan Van Wyk while Marko Nortje and Ariel Mazabow increased their big stacks.
According to the tournament info, there are already 104 entries of which some 50 players remain and among the latest casualties was Divan Van Wyk while Marko Nortje and Ariel Mazabow increased their big stacks.
Marko Nortje check-raised the Q♣4♣4♦ flop from 8,500 to 26,000 and Jehan Richards was the only caller. Nortje led the A♣ turn for 19,000 to get called and jammed the 9♠ river with the covering stack.
Richards had around 39,000 behind and used two time banks, during which he tried to get any information from Nortje via table chat. Nortje stared at the board only and was eventually called to table the K♣3♣ for the flush.
"Nice hand," Richards said and exposed his A♠Q♠ before heading to the rail.
Stephen Kurland raised to 4,000 and then called the shove of Daniel Scott.
Daniel Scott: A♦J♦
Stephen Kurland: 10♠10♣
The Q♣7♥2♠5♣7♠ board kept the pocket pair ahead all the way to send Scott to the rail.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Alan Jung was all-in for 21,800 and a French player got involved with more chips, both looked up by Eben Lottering as the table chip leader.
Jung's Q♦Q♣ and Lottering's Q♥Q♠ were flipping against A♠K♥ and they held up on a board of 10♦8♣5♣7♦J♦ to earn both some profit, more for Lottering though.
On the heads-up turn of K♠J♠9♦8♣, Wayne Monks bet 15,000 and then called all-in when Marko Nortje pushed all-in with the covering stack.
Wayne Monks: 10♦10♥
Marko Nortje: A♣10♣
The river was the 8♠ and Monks doubled for 35,500 to take a chunk out of Nortje's big stack.
In a preflop all-in, Keegan Naidoo called off for his last 17,500 as last player to act when Ariel Mazabow and Alexandre Blanc already had their stacks into the middle of the table.
Keegan Naidoo: 10♣8♣
Alexandre Blanc: 10♦10♥
Ariel Mazabow: A♠K♠
Naidoo had continued his massage after his previous elimination and predicted three clubs on the flop. That was almost the case on A♥Q♣9♣ as he picked up a gutshot straight flush draw. The 7♠ turn increased his outs and he got there with the 7♣ river to triple up, while Blanc bowed out in the side pot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Divan Van Wyk had been the big stack at the table not long ago only to see his chips distributed left and right. He then got the last 17,800 in dominated with A♦9♦ versus A♥J♥ and was at risk of elimination.
The board ran out K♣9♠2♦Q♥2♥ and the nine hit to double Van Wyk.