Nick’s Big Slick cracks Alvin’s Qs in 20th

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-08-02

Main Event

Nick Ioannou’s AK outruns Alvin Pillay’s pocket Queens to send the latter to the exit in 20th place.

Main Event, Level 25 · 15,000/30,000

Nick Ioannou’s AK outruns Alvin Pillay’s pocket Queens to send the latter to the exit in 20th place.

Preflop: Imran Bhojani folds; Keegan Naidoo raises to 65,000; BadReg folds; Alvin Pillay raises to 200,000; Tutu Russon folds; Nickolas Ioannou raises to 1,575,000 all-in; Keegan Naidoo folds; Alvin Pillay calls all-in for their last 225,000

Cards: Alvin Pillay (Q♠️ Q♦️), Nickolas Ioannou (A♥️ K♥️).

Board: [4♣️ 4♦️ 8♣️ A♣️ 9♥️].

Win probability for Nickolas Ioannou: 46% (preflop) → 24% (flop) → 95% (turn) → 100% (river).

Nickolas Ioannou takes it down, a net +305,000.