R15K Main Event Day 2: Chip Update

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-08-02

Main Event

Imran Bhojani holds the chip lead with 2.7M as there are still 22 players remaining in the R15K Main Event at Montecasino.

There are 22 players remaining in the field, all targeting the R1.2M first prize.

There are 20M chips in play, with an average stack of 920k. Blinds are 15000-30000-30000.

Imran Bhojani leads on 2.7M, which is 90 big blinds deep - almost three times the average.

Jaco Mouton is next on 1.65M.

What The Counts Mean

There are 3 players who return with 50 big blinds or more.

The Top 3 hold 29% of the chips in play.

Only half of the field (11 of the remaining 22) sit at or above the 923K average.

The Tables

Table 1 carries 7,365,000 across 8 seats, an average of 921,000, led by Jaco Mouton on 1,650,000.

Table 2 carries 7,175,000 across 8 seats, an average of 897,000, led by Imran Bhojani on 2,700,000.

Table 3 carries 5,765,000 across 6 seats, an average of 961,000, led by Nick Rowley on 1,570,000.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Imran Bhojani | 2,700,000 | 90 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | Jaco Mouton | 1,650,000 | 55 | 1 | 6 | | 3 | Nick Rowley | 1,570,000 | 52 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | Harold Brooks | 1,325,000 | 44 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | Hennie Appel | 1,230,000 | 41 | 2 | 6 | | 6 | Daniel Scott | 1,185,000 | 40 | 3 | 3 | | 7 | Warren Zackey | 1,175,000 | 39 | 3 | 1 | | 8 | Damon Fine | 1,165,000 | 39 | 1 | 2 | | 9 | Jehan Richards | 1,025,000 | 34 | 1 | 4 | | 10 | Tutu Russon | 1,000,000 | 33 | 2 | 9 | | 11 | Jarrod Page | 990,000 | 33 | 1 | 5 | | 12 | Ryan James | 825,000 | 28 | 3 | 2 | | 13 | Nafiz Navazali Habib | 635,000 | 21 | 3 | 8 | | 14 | Darren Kramer | 600,000 | 20 | 2 | 8 | | 15 | Alvin Pillay | 560,000 | 19 | 1 | 9 | | 16 | Kyle Krishnan | 525,000 | 18 | 2 | 7 | | 17 | Nick Ioannou | 425,000 | 14 | 2 | 2 | | 18 | Keagan Naidoo | 400,000 | 13 | 2 | 4 | | 19 | Yuan Prins | 375,000 | 13 | 3 | 9 | | 20 | David NG | 355,000 | 12 | 1 | 7 | | 21 | Jonathan Kalil | 295,000 | 10 | 1 | 8 | | 22 | Anonymous 3 | 295,000 | 10 | 2 | 5 |