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40k/80k + 80k. He puts Max all in for 1,400,000 from the D. Max calls with A♦ 9♦. Greg shows 4♠ 5♠.

4♥ Q♦ K♣ 4♣ 10♦

What a great heads up battle, and well done to Greg Ronadson. Truly one of South Africa’s greats!

Max gets it in with Q♦ Q♥, against Gregs A♣ 10♠, and makes a set doubling up to 710K.

Next hand Greg puts him all in from the D, Max calls with A♣ 9♦. The flop coomes A high and holds up.

Max recovers to 1,500,000.

Greg doubles up in the SHR.

40k/80k + 80k. Max opens the D to 175K, Greg 3 bets to 650k. Max calls.

8♥ Q♠ 9♥. Greg leads 675k, Max puts Greg all in, Greg calls, turning over Q♣ J♣. Max is on the draw with K♥ 4♥.

5♣ 3♦. Greg holds up leaving Max with 330k.

40k/80k + 80k. Greg opens the D to 240k. Max calls.

8♦ 5♣ 5♠. Max check calls 175K.

3♣. Max checks, Greg bets 650K, Max calls.

J♥. It checks down, and Max shows K♦ 3♦. Greg mucks.

Top class heads up in the Super High Roller between Greg Ronaldson and Max Deveson.

Blinds 40k/80k + 80k. Max makes it 160K from the D, Greg 3 bets to 600K, Max calls.

6c 3h 4c. Greg bets 875k, Max calls.

9h. Greg goes all in for 2,725,00. Max folds.

Max Deveson and Greg Ronaldson are heads up for the trophy and the R570,000 1st prize.

Greg has a healthy lead with 6,600,000 against Max Deveson’s 2,400,000.

Max opens the button, Greg folds, Shaun Govender goes all in for 895K. Max calls with K♣ Q♦, Shaun has J♠ 7♠

4♥ 10♠ 6♦ 3♦ 4♠

Well played Shaun, good luck for the rest of the series.

We’re in the money in the Splendido Super High Roller.

30k/60k + 60k. Greg opens the button, Gio 3 bet shoves from SB, for 1,5 million. Greg calls, turning over J♠ J♣, Gio has A♣ 2♣.

10♠ 7♠ 8♦ 2♦ 4♦.

3 left, and Greg Ronaldson has a huge stack. Will he go all the way?

We’re on the bubble, with Abdool Essa out in 5th place.

20K/40K + 40K. Gio opens CO to 80K, Abdool goes all for 775K on the button. Max goes all in from BB for 750K. Gio Folds.

Abdool opens K♥ Q♥. Max shows A♥ K♣.

8♦ 2♣ 5♣ 10♣ J♠.

Abdool is left with 25k, quadruples up the next hand, and is knocked out the hand after.

Well played Abdool.

We’re onto the 2nd level of the day in the SHR. Blinds 20k/40k + 40k. 5 remain, average stack 1,800,000 (45BB). Still deep stacks on day 3, highlighting the great tournament structures in the Splendido Poker Series.

Today at 13h00, day 3 of 3 of the Splendido Super High Roller gets going. 5 of South Africa’s best remain jostling for the title and R570,000 1st prize!

Greg Ronaldson is currently the big stack, can he go all the way?

Day 2 of the Super High Roller has come to a close. 5 players remain, returning at 13h00 tomorrow to play it out for the title, and the R550,000 1st prize!

10k/25k + 25k.

Greg opens CO to 50K, Mo calls from SB, Abdool calls from BB.

8♠ 2♥ 5♥.

Mo checks, Abdool checks, Greg bets 60K, Mo calls, Abdool 3 bets to 250k, Greg calls, Mo goes all in for an additional 804K. Abdool folds, Greg calls.

Greg turns over K♥ 7♥. Mo Q♥ 4♥

6♠

9♦.

Greg wins a huge pot and a big chip lead.

10k/20k + 20k

Gio opens the D to 45K, Muhammad calls from the SB, Abdool goes all in from the BB, Gio folds, and after some time, Mo calls.

Abdool turns over Ad Kd, Muhammad A♠ Q♠

4♣ K♠ 5♣ 5♦ 2♣

Super High Roller.

8k/16K + 16K. 6 Handed.

Max opens UTG to 35K, Muhammad calls on the D, Abdool calls from SB.

9♥ 5♠ 10♠. Abdool checks, Max checks, Mo bets 75K, Abdool folds, Max calls.

7♣. Max checks, Mo bets 100k, Max calls.

2♦ Check, check, Mo shows Q♠ 10♦, Max mucks.

Max opens from HJ, Greg calls from CO, Gio 3 bets to 105K from D, Max 4 bets to 265K, Greg folds, Gio calls.

Js 3d 8d. Check, check.

Ac. Check, check.

4c. Max leads out 246K, Gio thinks hard, eventually folding. Max takes down a 500K pot for the chip lead.

After having his AA cracked, doubling Shaun Govender up with a set of 4’s, F.D is knocked out of the SHR in 8th place.

6K/12K + 12K. Abdool Essa opens UTG to 27K. F.D in the SB goes all in for 116K, Muhammad in the BB calls, Abdool calls.

The board runs out Q♠ 8♦ 10♥ 5♦ 10♦.

F.D shows 9♠ 9♥, Abdool shows A♦ J♦ for the nut flush.

The Splendido Super High Roller is on their dinner break. 8 left playing it out for the SHR title. Who’s your pick?

5k/10k + 10k. JP 3 bet shoves from BB for 200k, and is called by Muhamad with JJ. He holds up against JP’s AK. Well played JP, good luck for the rest of the series.

5k/10k + 10k. Gio opens UTG to 26k, Muhammad calls from CO, Bakucalls BB.

6♠ Q♠ J♦ Baku checks, Gio checks, Mo bets 75K, Baku goes all in for 205K, Gio folds, Mo calls with Q♦ J♠, and holds up against Baku’s Q♥ 10♠.

9 left, Average Stack 1,000,000.

Greg Ronaldson UTG raises to 17k, players fold to Max Deveson on the button

Max re-raises to 50k

Greg 4 Bets to 155k  Max calls

Flop

A♠️2♠️2♣️

Greg bets 75k, Max snap calls

Turn

4♣️

Greg bets 225k with 940k behind him

Max folds

Greg manages to scoop a big pot before Showdown

Huawei out in 12th. 11 left in the Splendido Super High Roller.

Blinds 3K/6K + 6K.

Ashik opens in MP to 12K. Folds to Huawei in SB, who goes all in for 172K. Ahsik snap calls turning over bullets Ac A♥, up against A♦ J♠.

7♥ 9♣ J♣ Q♥ 10♥

Well played Huawei, good luck for the rest of the series.

Blinds 2.5K/5K + 5K. Greg opens from MP to 11K, JP calls from CO, Abdool calls from SB, Golf 9 defends his BB.

A♣ 2♦ 4♣. Greg continues with 12K, JP 3 bets to 36K leaving 400K behind, action fold to greg who calls.

8♥. Greg checks, JP bets 35K, Greg calls.

6♠. Greg checks, JP bets 55K, Greg calls.

JP shows A♣ 6♣ for 2 pairs, building his stack.

Splendido Super High Roller – 14 remain, playing it out for the R700,000 1st prize. Greg Ronaldson leading the pack.

2k/4k + 4k. Action folds to Hawei in CO who opens to 10k, Baku on the D calls, Ashley Hira in SB 3 bet shoves for 55K. Hawei calls, and Baku goes all in to isolate. Hawei folds.

Baku shows Q♠ Q♥ against Ashley’s A♠ Q♣. The ladies hold up, and we’re down to 14 in the Super High Roller.

Day 1 of the Splendido Super High Roller has come to a close. 16 of 18 players remain, with an average stack of 569,000. Day 2 starts on Sat 16 July at 14h00, with late reg until 15h00.

Splendido Super High Roller. Blinds 1200/2400 + 2400. 17/18 Players.

Esse opens UTG to 7K. Joe Stegers calls from CO.

4♥ 5♠ 9♦. Abdool Esse checks, Joe bets 7k, Esse 3 bets to 27K, Joe calls.

3♦. Abdool bets 50K. Joe calls leaving 60K behind.

10♣. Abdool puts Joe all in. Joe calls and shows A♥ 9♠. Esse mucks A♣ Q♦, and Joe doubles up.

Splendido Super High Roller. Level 5. Blinds 1200/2400 + 2400. 16 of 18 players remain.

Who’s your money on to win the Splendido Super High Roller? Gareth Kalil is a formidable foe at the poker table, with live tournament earnings of over R6,000,000. He is currently one of the chip leaders. Will he take the splendido super high roller title?

Who’s your money on to win the Splendido Super High Roller? Giovanni Zanette is one of South Africa’s top poker players. He became the youngest Royal Swazi Rumble champion in 2021 at the age of 20, and has since racked up over R7,000,000 in tournament poker winnings.

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The Splendido Super High Roller will start at 7pm. We have 19 confirmed players, don’t miss out on this chance to play it out against the best, for your cut of the big one, and one of the most prestigious titles in South African poker. Late reg until 15h00 tomorrow.

Shuffle Up Poker and Montecasino, bringing you the best in SA poker, with the Splendido Poker Series. Tonight we get the series off with Event 1 – The Super High Roller R60,000 Freeze Out, starting at 18h00 tonight. Starting stack is 500,000, with 1 hour levels starting at 500/1000 + 1000. Who’s your money on to take this prestigious title.