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.
On a heads-up pot of A?9?7?, it checked to Jonathan Hoal and he bet a hefty 10,000. Corne Schalkwyk tank-folded the A? and was shown the A?. The other card was flashed to Hoal's table neighbour Clinton Heap only, who then said he was very happy to have folded ace-ten.
"I didn't want to see any more diamond," Hoal replied.
The Hendon Mob battle between two Germans indeed unfolded as part of a five-way flop of K?8?4? with 6,000 in the middle. It checked to Jon Persent and he bet 2,000. Hermann Schweiger raised to 5,100 with around 6,000 behind and Toran Tate folded. Florian Bock then check-raised to 15,000 and Persent folded, Schweiger called all-in with the words "no choice".
Hermann Schweiger: 7?4?
Florian Bock: A?6?
The four was ahead but the 6? turn left Schweiger in desperate shape. Bock locked up the elimination with the Q? river for good measure.
Greg Mokgoathleng raised the button to 800 and called a three-bet to 1,900 by Gregory Maistry in the small blind. Maistry bet the 9?7?5? flop for 3,700 and the 3? turn for 6,500, both of which Mokgoathleng called. On the A? river, both checked and Maistry tabled the 10?10?.
"I was hoping for a ten," Mokgoathleng said as he flashed the J?8? for a missed double gutshot.
Colin Horgan is among the chip leaders and fellow The Hendon Mob qualifiers Florian Bock and Herman Schweiger joined his table. There may be some violence among them coming, as promised in a certain group chat.
Stephen Courtney opened to 1,000 and received two callers in Beat Schlegel as well as Sachin Naidoo out of the blinds. They checked the 9?8?8? flop to the A? turn on which Courtney bet 1,800. Only Schlegel called and checked the 3? on the river. Courtney bet 2,700 and won the pot uncontested.