Van Wyk and Moore Eliminated to Conclude Day 1a
Keenan Pienaar raised to 11,000 and Divan Van Wyk called in the next seat. It folded to Harold Brooks in the big blind and he made it 40,000 to go. Pienaar folded and Van Wyk then pushed for around 150,000 for Brooks to call.
"Ace king?" Van Wyk asked but was instead shown the 10?10?, which had his 8?8? crushed. The K?10?3? flop left Van Wyk in desperate need of running outs and it was all over with the 5? turn, Brooks boated up with the K? river.
Down to 13 players and with 12 to advance, there was no hand-for-hand as the flight didn't play to the money. Ultimately, it wouldn't matter as Bradley Moore and Robin Moir got their chips in preflop.
Moore had previously declared that he was going to get it in for a double, not wanting to bag up a short stack as he was tired already. He did so with the K?Q? this time and was up against Moir's A?10?. Both had a piece of the A?K?9? flop and the 9? turn reduced the outs of Moore. The river was the 7? and that brought an end to this opening flight in Pretoria.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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503,000
188,000
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188,000 |
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386,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |