Main Event Day 1A update: Kagiso, Rudolf the early leaders

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-27

R14K Main Event - Day 1A

African Ace Poker spots the top stacks that have emerged at the ShuffleUp Main Event Day 1A.

Kagiso Mabusela (who is a former Main Event winner) and Rudolf Fourie both boasting stacks north of the 130k mark - already 2x the starting stack.

Other leading stacks include the likes of Alan Jung (105k), Harold Brookes (115k) and Imran Bhojani (110k). All stacks are estimated.

Blinds are currently on Level 4, 200-500-500. The flight will run until Level 11, then players will bag for Day 2.

We already have over 100 entries into Day 1A, which sees the prize pool already pass the R1M mark… quickly catching the R2.5M event guarantee.