After the end of level seven, the field has reached 77 entries and 64 players remain as they are onto their second 10-minute break. At the same time, the Super High Roller has reached the money and a Single Day High Roller is underway with two tables running.
Bernard Gossard opened to 1,100 on the button and Wesley Blom called in the small blind. Rudalf Frick jammed the big blind for 10,100 and Gossard sighed "why always me" before he reluctantly called. Blom folded and Frick joked a "good call" as he exposed the Q?4?.
Gossard took a few seconds before he grinned and exposed the Q?Q?.
"That's not good for you ... I would have called if he didn't," Blom added.
There was no upset on the 6?4?3?10?5? runout and Frick was knocked out.
Three ways to the A?J?5? flop, Tanith Rothman check-called a bet of 1,600 by Renier Britz and they checked the 2? turn as well as the 10? river. Rothman showed 5?4? for a pair of fives but Britz had that beat holding the J?8?.
Edgar Antezana checked from under the gun on the A?6?4? flop and then called a bet worth 3,500 by Gregory Maistry. They checked the 10? turn and Antezana led the 5? river for 6,000.
Maistry called and flashed his A?8? already, which won the pot as Antezana mucked.
On a heads-up flop of K?Q?3?, Florian Bock bet-called the shove by Kiran Moodley for 16,500 and tabled the K?6? for top pair. Moodley was ahead with K?J? for the superior kicker and notched up the double thanks to the J? turn and 7? river.
Day 1b has reached a total of 72 entries with some 65 players remaining and that means The Hendon Mob Challenge Cape Town Million has officially surpassed the ZAR 1 Million guarantee with plenty of late reg on this flight and the entire Day 1c heat later today to come.
Live stream co-commentator Jamie McCarthy has been eliminated recently while Ronit Chamani entered.