Gareth holds the chip lead as final table looms
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-09-12
Gareth Kalil leads the pack as the tournament nears the final table.
15 players remain in the hunt for the Main Event Title.
5,965,000 chips are in play with an average stack of 398,000.
Gareth Kalil leads on 622,000, 52 big blinds deep, 1.6 times the average.
AH is next on 618,000.
Blinds 6,000/12,000, level 19.
What The Counts Mean
2 players return with 50 big blinds or more, deep enough to play post-flop rather than just shove.
The top three hold 30% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
9 of the 15 sit at or above the 398,000 average.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Gareth Kalil | 622,000 | 52 | | 2 | AH | 618,000 | 52 | | 3 | Theuns Prinsloo | 554,000 | 46 | | 4 | Reneka Dayaljee | 502,000 | 42 | | 5 | Quintin Heather-Clark | 488,000 | 41 | | 6 | Rudolf Fourie | 460,000 | 38 | | 7 | Marc Joseph | 439,000 | 37 | | 8 | Harold Brooks | 433,000 | 36 | | 9 | Karl Myburgh | 401,000 | 33 | | 10 | Okkie Fourie | 351,000 | 29 | | 11 | Wesley Blom | 343,000 | 29 | | 12 | Ricky Toker | 227,000 | 19 | | 13 | JP Le Roux | 201,000 | 17 | | 14 | Savva Savvas | 178,000 | 15 | | 15 | JMK | 148,000 | 12 |