With some 7,000 in. the middle to the 10♣7♠5♣7♣ turn, Sugen Singh made it 5,000 to go. His table neighbour quickly folded and Singh flashed the Q♣8♣ for a turned flush to win the pot.
The "man with all the rings" as dubbed by the SunBet team has been able to increase his stack early on Day 1a and certainly appears to be a character to follow for the remainder of this tournament.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
On a heads-up flop of Q♥6♠5♦, Tanith Rothman check-raised to 2,000 to earn a call before both the 8♠ turn and 9♣ river slowed down the action as they checked it down. Rothman showed her 5♣5♥ for a set and her opponent flashed J♥6♥.
Shannon Elizabeth opened to 700 from under the gun and was called two ways by the player from one seat over and Jarred Solomon in the big blind. On the K♦9♥5♣ flop, Solomon check-called when Elibabeth made it 1,100 to go and the third player in the hand also came along.
The board paired with the K♥ turn and Solomon now bet 2,000. This won the pot uncontested as Solomon recovered some early losses.
Three ways to the A♦J♦J♠ flop, Marvin Torres bet 500 and received one raiser to 1,000 in the cutoff to call. Torres then check-called the 9♠ turn before he checked the Q♣ on the river. The cutoff bet 4,000 for Torres to grab two time bank extensions and toss it towards the middle of the table.
Torres then check-raised to 16,000 and his opponent tank-folded to get shown the A♥J♣ for a flopped full house.
Russel Wheatley bet the A♥7♥4♠ flop for 1,200 to earn one caller on the button and he then checked the K♦ turn. The button made it 4,000 to go for Wheatley to come along and then led again the 8♥ river for 13,000. Wheatley received the call and turned over his 4♥3♥ for a flush to scoop a decent pot in the first level of the day.
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There are four tables up and running on Day 1a and the field is expected to grow in the hours to follow. Two of the most recognisable names in the field so far are Jarred Solomon and Shannon Elizabeth. The former has nearly $1.9 million in cashes and he sits in second place of the all-time money list of South Africa.
American actress, model and poker player Elizabeth is married to a South African and lives here now to give the SunBet Poker Tour stop at Time Square a shot.
Besides the first of the three starting days for the Main Event, Day 2 of the ZAR50,000 High Roller is also underway. It started one hour ago at 11 a.m. local time. The field is still in the late registration period and currently up to 56 entries with 36 players remaining.
An initial guarantee of ZAR1,500,000 has already been surpassed as the prize pool currently shows more than ZAR2.2 million. With 300,000 starting chips, new entries would get 50 big blinds right now with an average of 93 big blinds.
With a busy room at lunch time already, the cards are in the air for Day 1a of the Main Event as well. Some 21 players are registered spread across four tables and they are now involved in the action with 200 big blinds each.
The button is in seat number nine and the action is underway. Players can take part in multiple flights and carry forward the best stack, as confirmed during the shuffle up and deal by tournament staff.
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