Wednesday 20 July – 18:00

The man of the series, making Splendido Poker history with 2 wins this series, ladies and gentlemen, give it up to Moon Khan!

Taking 1st place in the Splendido Poker Series Main Event, for an impressive R600,000!

This is on the back of his win in Event #2 The Classic.

Congratulations to Gareth for his 2nd place finish, collecting a well deserved R200,000.

Greg Tucker out in 10th, and we’re on the final table.

4k/8k+8k. JP opens utg to 20k, Tucker 3 bet shoves for 225k from BB, JP calls with KK and holds up.

25K/50K + 50K. Joe opens HJ to 100k, with 825K behind, Theo 3 bet shoves for 625K in CO. Folds to Joe who after much deliberation calls with A♣ 10♦. Theo shows K♣ Q♦.

7♣ 5♦ 8♦ 9♠….. K♦ on the river, leaving Joe with 210K. The next hand Joe doubles up!!

Some great short stack poker. Still 6 players, jostling for top spot. Moon Khan leading the pack. The rest of the field is very close. It could go any way. Who’s your pick?

Golf 9 ships from CO, and is called by Theo in BB, who turns over the bullets. Rudolf has K♠ 9♠. 

K♥ 10♥ 9♣ 8♦ 9♥. Theo is left with 190K but takes down some blinds to build up his short stack.

Unlucky Theo.

Moon limps 40K the D, Golf 9 goes all in for an additional 75K, moon calls with 5♥ 7♥. Golf 9 has K♦ J♦. Moon pairs a 5 on the flop. Golf 9 pairs a J on the turn to double up to 250k.

Blinds 20K/40K. JP ships utg for 545K with AQ off, Golf 9 calls on the D with the fish hooks JJ. Flop comes Q high, and the rest is history. Rudolf crippled with 150K left.

Joe Stegers opens to 60K utg, JP 3 bet shoves for an additional 375k on D. Joe calls showing A♣ K♠, Jp has A♠ 10♥. Board runs out 10♦ 5♥ Q♥ Q♣ 2♣. JP hits his 3 outer, to double up.

Splendido High Roller. End of Day 2 chip counts. Day 3 will resume at 14h00. Well done to those still in the field!

10k/25k+25K. Joe opens CO to 50k. JP calls SB. Moon calls from BB.

J♣ 10♠ 4♠. JP checks, Moon checks, Joe bets 75K, JP calls, Moon folds.

A♥ . JP checks, Joe bets 225k, JP puts Joe all in for an additional 750K, Joe calls leaving JP with 410k. JP shows A♠ J♥, against Joe’s 10♥ 10♦. River blanks, and Joe doubles up.

Max Doubles Up😎

High Roller

L14

10k/20k

Joe Stegers UTG raises to 40k Max Deveson in the CO re-raises to 170k

Joe puts Max All In for another 20k, Max calls

Joe opens pocket JACKS

Max with A♣️Q♣️

Flop

A♥️3♥️5♥️

Max takes the lead

Turn

7♠️

River

6♣️

Max doubles up with a pair of Aces

Our last illimination was M.R in 8th. Well played, and good luck for the rest of the series.

Who will take home the trophy and the R400k 1st prize.

Can Moon Khan make it 2 titles in this Splendido Poker Series 4?

5K/10K + 10K. Maneesh limps utg+1,Theo Hunter raises to 35k from HJ, Maneesh goes all in for an additional 165K, Theo calls with A♥ K♥. Maneesh shows Q♥ Q♦.

5♥ J♠ 9♥ 10♠ 4♥ sends Maneesh to the rail.

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

13 remain playing for the R400 000 1st prize!!! Blinds 5K/10K + 10K, ave stack 538,461.

14 Players left, playing it out for the pride earned as a High Roller Champion, and their share of the R852 000 Prize pool. Blinds are 4K/8K + 8K. Average stack 500,000.

Who’s your money on?

Steve ships 121k into a 90k pot, on a 3♣ 6♣ 6♠ board, and is called by Maneesh Singh.

Steve shows K♣ 10♣. Maneesh has his dominated with A♣ 7♣, and rivers a 7 to seal the deal.

15 remain, blinds 3k/6k + 6k. Average stack 466,666. Golf 9 still chip leader.

Blinds 3K/6K + 6K. Golf 9 opens from MP to 11K. It folds to Steven Radloff in BB who defends.

Q♣ 2♥ 10d. Steven check calls a 13K c-bet from Golf 9.

7♦. Steven checks, Golf 9 fires the 2nd barrel this time 50K. Steven calls, leaving 190K behind.

8♥. Checks to Golf 9 who fires the 3rd barrel, this time 100K. Steven tanks, eventually folding.

To add insult to injury, Golf shows him the bluff, with a missed straight draw K♠ J♣.

Day 2 of the Splendido High Roller is going strong. A total of 23 entries, with 5 re-entries chipping in to the total prize pool of R852,600! 18 players left, but there can only be 1 champion!

We’re on level 8, with blinds at 2500/5000 + 5000. Average stack is currently 388,888.

Rudolf Fourie is currently leading the pack, with over 850,000 chips!

Late reg available untill 15h00. R35000, for 250000 chips.

Chip Counts in the Splendido High Roller at the end of Day 1. Day 2 starts at 14h00 with late reg ending at 15h00.

Who’s your money on?

One hour left of day 1 of the Splendido High Roller. 19 /23 left in the field, with Giovanni Zanette, Greg Tucker, Nic Iannoy, and Sean Suckerman being illuminated this far. Tomorrow play resumes at 14h00 with late reg and re-entries available until 15h00.

The field is growing in the Splendido High Roller. 22 Entries, 21 left. Late Reg until 15h00 tomorrow. R35,000 gets you 250,000 chips. 1 hour levels. Do you have what it takes to beat the best, and earn the title of Splendido High Roller Champion?

2nd in the South African all time money list, with career tournament earnings of over R25,000,000, with his best live cash of R6,000,000 coming 2nd in the 2011 WSOP $10,000 PLO event.

Will he be our next Splendido High Roller Champ?

25th in the South African all time money list, with career tournament earnings of over R7,200,000 including his best live cash of R1,2 million in the 2014 WPT Jhb High Roller. Will he be our next Splendido High Roller Champ?

♠ ♦ ♣ ♥ 18 players in the field thus far, including some of South Africa’s finest including Hennie Appel, Rudolf Fourie, Greg Tucker, Giovanni Zanette, and Nahim Lum. ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥