Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Nabeel Khan was eliminated on the feature table and Jacobus de Nysschen fell to SM, who made up for losing a big chunk to David Ng previously when the latter flopped a full house.
The field is down to the last 56 players and the money bubble is looming on the first scheduled 15-minute break of the day.
Joshua Liebenthal had been moved tables with a shorter stack and then called all-in for 46,000 from the big blind with the K♦8♣ when Benjamin Lingenfelder pushed out of the small blind with 7♥2♣.
The board ran out K♣8♦5♣9♣2♦ and Liebenthal survived. However, that was short-lived as he was knocked out by Jarred Solomon shortly after.
On a three-way turn of 10♦7♦2♠9♠, Gideon Scheepers was all-in for the last 62,000 and Jody Van Wyk raised to 200,000. Anand Kumar folded and the cards were flipped over.
Gideon Scheepers: 9♦6♥
Jody Van Wyk: 10♠10♣
Scheepers needed an eight and an eight only but the 5♣ river sent him to the rail.
One table over, Jedd Kossew was all-in preflop for 105,000 with K♦K♣ against the Q♣Q♥ of Harold Brooks. The 7♠2♠2♥A♥J♣ board changed nothing and Kossew doubled.
Ahmed Karrim raised and fired three barrels against table neighbour Kade Ollewagen on a board of 6♥4♣2♠9♦9♣. The final bet was for 72,000 with 4,000 chips behind. Ollewagen tanked for a short while and called but couldn't beat the Q♠Q♦ of Karrim.
Marko Nortje and Samuel Tebege tangled not long ago when the former bet the A♥J♠8♠Q♥ turn for 48,000. Tebege raised to 96,000 and Nortje reluctantly folded.
Nortje then raised to 13,000 first to act and Nic Ioannoy pushed all-in from two seats over for 130,000. All other players folded and Nortje called after very brief consideration.
Nic Ioannoy: K♣9♣
Marko Nortje: A♦Q♣
The 7♣4♦2♣ flop was a sweat but no further club arrived with the 4♥ turn or 10♦ river.
Joseph Stegers locked horns with Jody Van Wyk preflop when he was all-in for around 130,000.
Joseph Stegers: 9♦9♥
Jody Van Wyk: A♣A♥
There was no help on the 8♥4♣3♠J♥Q♥ runout and that spelled the end for Stegers on the final seven tables.
Joseph Stegers raised to 10,000 from middle position and Anand Kumar called on the button. Mathew Ord-Hume then jammed for the last 37,000 in the small blind to pick up two calls. The 7♣7♠5♠ flop was checked and Stegers check-folded the 10♠ turn when Kumar bet 30,000.
Mathew Ord-Hume: K♣J♥
Anand Kumar: Q♦10♣
The river was a blank 3♥ and that spelled the end for Ord-Hume outside of the money.
SM continued his aggressive approach and jammed into David Ng, who went nowhere but called all-in for 136,000 total.
David Ng: A♥K♥
SM: A♠3♦
The superior kicker held on the 9♠9♣5♦7♥4♠ runout and Ng doubled.