#4 Event – Semi-Freeze
Monday 28 – 18:00
Champion
TBA
Tournament Info
Total entries | TBA |
Total Prize Pool | TBA |
Buy-in Life Line |
R5,000 R5,000 |
Starting Stack | 50,000 |
Levels | 30mins |
3 Day |
Mon 28th – 18h00 Tues 29th – 12h30 Wed 30th – 14h00 |
Updates
Congratulations to Maxine Catano on Winning the Semi-Freeze Tournament !!🥳🥳🥳🥳
The lady won the Semi-Freeze beating all doubts, she did it!
Maxine is the new champion!
Today She walks away with a Title, trophy as well as a nice cash prize😁
He cashes R170,000
Well Done!
We hope to see you back next series to Defend your title
Nico Weichers Comes 2nd in the Semi-Freeze Tournament!!🥳🥳
Congratulations to Nico Weichers who placed 2nd in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R100,000
Well done to him and hope to see him play again in future Tournaments
Congratulations to Juan Oosthuizen on placing 3rd in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Congratulations to Juan Oosthuizen who placed 4th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R65,000
2 players heads up for the Trophy…
Juan Oosthuizen is out in 3rd Place
Semi-Freeze Tournament #4
Level 4
Blinds- 25,000/50,000
Ante- 50,000
Nico raises to 200,000
With 15,000 left of Juan’s stack he blind calls
Nico: A♠ 10♠
Juan: K♥ 3♠
Runout: 6♠ Q♠ 8♦ Q♥ 8♣
Juan is eliminated in 3rd place🥳
We are heads up for the Semi-Freeze Trophy!
Congratulations to David Yahav on placing 4th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Congratulations to David Yahav who placed 4th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R42,000
3 players left…
David Finds A Double Up of Juan
Semi-Freeze Tournament #4
Level 24
Blinds- 20,000/40,000
Ante-40,000
Juan limps on the Button
David checks in the BB
Flop: 8♣ 3♥ 4♥
David bets 80,000
Juan calls
Turn:3♠
Both check
River: 5♠
David bets 200,000
Juan raises to 450,000
David calls
David: Q♣ 8♠
Juan: K♦ 10♦
Big pot for David!
Just 4 Players left on the Final Table of the Semi-Freeze Tournament
There are 4 Players left battling it out for the title of Semi- Freeze Tournament
Dave Yahav with 700,000 chips
Juan Osthuizen our chip leader with 3,340,000 chips
Maxine Catano our short stack with 550,000 chips
Nico Wiechers with 1,360,000 chips
Who do you think will come out on top, champion?
Congratulations to Werner Smit on placing 5th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Congratulations to Werner Smit who placed 5th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R32,000
4 players left…
Congratulations to Neville Govender who placed 6th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Congratulations to Neville Govender who placed 6th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R27,500
5 players left…
Neville Gets busted out in 6th Place
Semi-Freeze Tournament #4
Level 23
Blinds- 15,000/30,000
Ante- 30,000
Werner on the Button limps
Neville checks in the BB
Flop: A♠ 4♣ 5♦
Both players check
Turn:3♦
Both check
River:8♠
Neville shoves all in for 100,000
Werner snaps
Werner: 5♥ 8♥
Neville Mucks
Neville is knocked out in 6th
Congratulations to Hennie Appel who placed 7th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Congratulations to Hennie Appel who placed 7th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R23,750
6 players left…
Congratulations to Reon Van Niekerk placing 8th Place!
Congratulations to Reon Van Niekerk who placed 8th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R20,300
7players left…
Sick Hand takes Reon out in 8th place
Semi-Freeze Tournament #4
Level 22
Blinds- 10,000/25,000
Ante- 25,000
Reon Shoves all in UTG for 180,000
Juan calls
Reon:8♠ 8♠
Juan:A♦J♦
Runout: 4♥ 8♥ 10♦ 9♣ 7♥
Runner Runner straight knocks Reon out in 8th place
Final Table!!!
Congratulations to the players who made the final table🥳😎
8 people left
Who will be out Semi-Freeze Tournament Campion?
Werner Smit
Juan Oosthuizen
Maxine Catano
Dave Yahav
Hennie Appel
Reon Van Niekerek
Nico Wiechers
Neville Govender
Well Done!
Congratulations to Agie placing 9th Place!
Congratulations to Agie who placed 9th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R17,100
8 players left…
Well Done!
Congratulations to Agie who cashed in 9th place
Level 21
Blinds – 10,000/20,000
Ante- 20,000
Juan limps SB
Agie checks BB
Flop: J♦ 10♠ 5♥
Juan checks
Short stack Agie goes all in for 50,000
Juan calls
Juan J♥ 8♣
Agie: Q♠ 8♠
Runout: 10♣ 4♠
Agie out in 9th Well done
Congratulations to Surgen Singh placing 10th Place!
Congragulations to Surgen Singh who placed 10th in the Semi-Freeze Tournament
Cashing R15,000
9 players left…
Well done!
Congratulations to these players who made the Money!!!🥳
Congratulations to the Following players who have made the money in the Semi-Freeze Out Tournament
There are currently 10 left
Level 21
Sugen Singh
Maxine Catano
Werner Smit
Juan Oosthuizen
Hennie Appel
Nico Wiechers
Neville Govender
David Yahav
Reon Van Niekerk
Agie
Well Done!
Juan is Killing it in the Semi Freeze Out Tournament!
Semi- Freeze Out #4
Level 21
Blinds-10,000/20,000
Ante-20,000
Nersan Naidoo on the Button Goes all in 85,000
Juan Calls
Nersan: 4♥ 4♣
Juan:K♣ 10♦
Runout:6♠ K♥ 5♦ 8♥ 5♠
Nersan is out in 12th place
Paul is Out 13th
Event #4 Semi-Freeze
Level 20
Blinds- 10,000-15,000
Ante- 15,000
Paul on the Button raises 35,000
Juan calls
Flop: 3♥ 4♦ 6♥
Paul checks
Juan checks
Turn:9c
Paul checks
Juan bets 40,000
Paul shoves 165,000
Juan calls
Juan: K♣ K♥
Paul:9♠ 8♠
River: A♣
Paul out 13th
Quintin eliminated in 14th!
Event #4 Semi-Freeze
L20
10k/15k
15k Ante
Small stack Quintin Frauenstein shoves all in for 35,000
Paul Jules with an average stack on the button snap calls
Nersan Naidoo in the BB calls the extra 20k
Flop
J♣️7♠️2♦️
Paul bets 25k
Nersan folds
Paul opens 7♦️7♥️
Quintin with A♠️4♠️
Turn 8♣️
River 4♦️
Paul takes the pot with a set of 7s and Quintin is eliminated
14 players left
Werner takes out Martin
Level 17
Blinds – 4,000/8,000
Ante -8,000
Werner UTG+ raises to 26,0000
Martin who is in the CO calls
Flop: J♦ 10♠ 4♣
Werner bets again to 65,000
Martin raises all in to 125,000
Werner calls
Werner shows A♦ J♣
Martin shows 10♥ 7♥
Off to the runout with Martin at risk…
Turn:6♣
River:5♣
Werner knocks Martin out and adds a nice pot to his big stack!
Donny Takes out Moon on the River
Level 16
Blinds- 3,000/6,000
Ante- 6,000
Moon on the Button shoves all in for 38,000
Action is folded to the BB Donny Mitev who calls
Moon shows A♦ 5♦
Donny shows Q♦10♠
To a runout with Moon ahead…
Runout: 2♠ 2♣ K♥ 5♣ Q♠
Queen on the river eliminates Moon in 26th Place
Donny picks up some chips
Mark gets eliminated by Juan, after eliminating another player
Level 14
Blinds- 2,500/5,000
Ante-5,000
Juan limps on the Button
Mark in the BB raises to 25,000
Juan calls
Flop: Q♥ 7♦ J♦
Juan leads out to 100,000
Mark shoves all in for 250,000 total.
Juan makes the call
Mark is at risk as he shows K♥ K♦
As Juan had J♠ 7♠
Can Juan’s 2 pair hold up?…
Runout…
Turn: 6♠
River:5♦
Mark Botha is eliminated after taking out another player
Juan is proving to be our “Dark Horse” of the Tournament
Mark Botha Eliminates Alvin Pillay
Level 15
Blinds- 2,500/5,000
Ante- 5,000
Mark Botha in the HJ raises to 14,000
Alvin thinks before shipping his stack in for 76,000 on top of the 14,000
Mark(HJ) calls
Mark has A♠ K♥
Alvin shows A♦ 10♦
To a runout for Alvin’s Tournament life…
Runout: K♠ 2♠ 3♣ 8♦ Q♦
Mark eliminates Alvin
John is knocked out by David who is Running Hot
Level 15
Blinds-2,500/5,000
Ante-5,000
David in the CO raises to 20,000
John in the SB calls
BB folds
Flop: A♥ 3♥ K♠
David(CO) checks
John(SB) bets out to 75,000
David takes his time after raising to 200,000
John goes all in
David puts his hips in quickly!
John turns over A♦ Q♦
David turns over the K♦ K♣ for flopped set
John needs some help…
Turn: 7 ♣
No help for John
River: 7♥
David Knocks out another player and is running hot!
David our chip leader takes out Edgar
Level 14
Blinds- 2,000/4,000
Ante- 4,000
David Yahav UTG raises to 14,000
Edgar calls in the BB
Flop: K♠ A♣ 8♥
David(UTG) bets 35,000
Edgar goes all in for 135,000
David snap calls
David has A♦ 5♦
Edgar has J♣ 9♠
To a runout…
Turn: 9♥
River:7♠
Edgar gets caught bluffing and is knocked out by David who Continues to be chip leade
Juan Oosthuizen takes out a player
Level 14
Blinds- 2,000/4,000
Juan Oosthuizen UTG+1 raises to 8,000
Anonymous in the SB re raises to 18,000
Juan(UTG) calls
Flop:2♠ J♥ 3♦
Juan(UTG+1) bets 20,000
Anonymous goes all in for 55,000
Juan calls
Juan opens K♣ J♣
Anonymous opens A♥ K♠
To a runout…
Turn: 4 ♠
River:6♦
Juan knocks a player out and take a big pot
This is building his stack up.
The start of Day 2 at the Semi-Freeze Out Tournament
The Semi-Freeze Day 2 is about to kick off.
We have 38 players left in the game.
Let the poker begin…
We are starting on blind level 13
Blinds are 1,500/3,000
Ante 3,000
Who will be crowned champion of the Semi-Freeze Out Tournament?
Chris Lyut knocks out a Player!
Level 11
Blinds-1000,2000
Ante-2,000
Anonymous UTG+1 raises to 8,000
Chris in the BB calls
Flop: 3h Jd 9h
Anonymous(UTG+1) bets out 15,000
Chris(BB) calls
Turn: 8d
Anonymous(UTG+1) bets 25,000
Chris(BB) Raises All in covering Anonymous
Anonymous Calls!
Chris has 9d 8h
Chris has Jh Kd
Can Chris hold…
River: 10s
Chris holds and knocks out a player, winning him a big pot.
Juan Oosthuizen The Dark Horse of the Tournament
Our social media competition winner Juan Oosthuizen
Making his mark here at the Splendido Poker Series with one of the biggest stacks at the moment 😎
How far do you think he will get in this Tournament?
Past Winners and Cashes in the Splendido are playing the the Semi-Freeze
We have players who have cashed in the previous Splendido Poker series like:
Rodger who has cashed in both the Mystery Bounty Tournament and the Freeze Out Tournament
Will this be his 3rd cash in a row?🙌🙌
We have Vygandas Sumintis who has also cashed in a previous Tournament
We have Cliff Safi who also cashed in the Freeze Out Tournament
Donny Mitev is also competing after cashing in the Mystery Bounty earlier today
Uri Hartav who also cashed in a previous tournament
We have Nahum Lum who was our Freeze Out Champion! 🥳🥳🥳
We looking forward to seeing how these players do and if they can add another cash or win to their list…
As well as plenty Satellite Winners are competing in this Semi-Freeze Tournament
A lot of Competition and Lots of Poker still to be Played…
Double up for Quinton in the Semi-Freeze
Level 8
Blinds- 500/1000
Ante- 1,000
Quinton UTG raises to 4,600
Fernando UTG+1 Shoves all in for 17,000 effective
Quinton tanks for a while and doesn’t feel great but says “he has to call”
Cards on their backs
Quinton has Qd Qs
Fernando has Ac Ks
To a run out for Quinton’s Tournament life…
Runout: 7s Jc 8d 2h 5h
Quinton doubles up!
1 Hour till late Registration!!!
We are reaching the last Hour until late registration is over!
We are currently at Level 9
Buy in R5,000/50,000
Be sure not to miss out on this incredible Tournament!
Semi-Freeze Out Tournament, don’t miss out!!
We reach our first break in the Semi-freeze Tournament
9 tables are full!
So come get your seat now.
Buy in R5, 000/50,000
Lifeline R5, 000/50,000
You can use your lifeline at any point in the game to get more chips, add to your stack or to use it as a rebuy.
Late registration is at 11:30pm
Semi-Freeze Late reg 23h30
A tournament you most certainly have to attend – Event #4 the Semi-Freeze tournament😎
We are filling up fast with over 6 players seated so far.
Definitely the most popular tournament at the Splendido Poker Series so far – don’t miss out late reg at 23h30😎
Over 65 players here at the Semi-Freeze tournament! Late reg 23h30
A tournament you most certainly have to attend – Event #4 the Semi-Freeze tournament😎
We are filling up fast with over 60 players seated so far.
Definitely the most popular tournament at the Splendido Poker Series so far – don’t miss out late reg at 23h00😎
Players are Ready for The Semi- Freeze Out Tournament
Players are walking in looking prepared for the Semi-Freeze Out Tournament
Buy in R5,000/50,000 chips
Lifeline R5,000/50,000 chips
We are just as excited as your are for this event
Who will be crowned the Champion of the Semi-Freeze out tournament!
Don’t miss out!
Semi Freeze out Tournament, don’t miss out!
Join us at 18h00 for one of the most highly anticipated tournaments of the series, the extremely popular Semi-Freeze😎
Buy-in R5,000/50k
Lifeline R5,000/50k
A classic tournament that every Poker player wants to play😎
The Splendido Poker Series Semi-Freeze will have players from all over joining to compete.
Get your Poker faces on and get ready to play some poker!
See you all there!
Payouts
Total Prize Pool | # | Name | Surname | Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|
R517,650 | Total | |||
R175,000 | 1 | Maxine | Catano | R175,000 |
R100,000 | 2 | Nicolaas | Weichers | R100,000 |
R65,000 | 3 | Juan | Oosthuizen | R65,000 |
R42,000 | 4 | David | Yahav | R42,000 |
R32,000 | 5 | Werner | Smit | R32,000 |
R27,500 | 6 | Neville | Govender | R27,500 |
R23,750 | 7 | Hennie | Appel | R23,750 |
R20,300 | 8 | Reon | Van Niekerk | R20,300 |
R17,100 | 9 | Agie | R17,100 | |
R15,000 | 10 | Surgen | Singh | R15,000 |
Chip Counts
Name | Surname | Chipcount | Table | Seat | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Maxine | Catano | 4,150,000 | Final | 3 |
2nd | Nico | Weichers | 1,800,000 | Final | 4 |



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