Main Event Day 2: Preview and Chip Update
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-08-01
Imran Bhojani takes the chip lead with 457K into Day 2 at Main Event, which sees 126 players still in the hunt.
After three exciting flights, 126 players bagged and tagged at the R15K Main Event and return for Day 2 at 2:30PM on Saturday.
There are 17.7M chips in play, an average stack of 140K.
Imran Bhojani leads them all on 457,000, 3.3 times the average and 229 big blinds to play with.
Sean Bloom is closest on 451,000, with TA on 446,500 next in line.
What The Counts Mean
72 players return with 50 big blinds or more, deep enough to play post-flop rather than just shove.
The top three hold 8% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
52 of the 126 sit at or above the 140,000 average.
Blinds 1,000/2,000, level 12. Final 126 players to kick-off the Main Event
The Tables
Table 1 carries 1,206,000 across 9 seats, an average of 134,000, led by Robert Le Roux on 344,500.
Table 2 carries 1,552,000 across 9 seats, an average of 172,000, led by Anonymous 3 on 283,500.
Table 3 carries 1,113,800 across 9 seats, an average of 124,000, led by Vygandas Simuntis on 198,000.
Table 5 carries 952,000 across 8 seats, an average of 119,000, led by Harold Brooks on 288,000.
Table 6 carries 1,424,000 across 9 seats, an average of 158,000, led by Sean Bloom on 451,000.
Table 7 carries 802,500 across 9 seats, an average of 89,000, led by Lavine Singh on 152,000.
Table 8 carries 1,173,500 across 9 seats, an average of 130,000, led by Jaco Mouton on 324,500.
Table 9 carries 1,200,000 across 9 seats, an average of 133,000, led by Edgar Antezana on 320,000.
Table 10 carries 971,500 across 9 seats, an average of 108,000, led by Tony Silva on 192,000.
Table 11 carries 965,000 across 9 seats, an average of 107,000, led by Stefan Van Huyssteen on 196,500.
Table 12 carries 1,568,000 across 9 seats, an average of 174,000, led by Kyle Krishnan on 367,500.
Table 13 carries 1,784,000 across 9 seats, an average of 198,000, led by Ta on 446,500. It is the seat draw nobody wanted, holding 2 of the eight biggest stacks.
Table 14 carries 1,229,000 across 8 seats, an average of 154,000, led by Tutu Russon on 255,000.
Table 15 carries 1,593,100 across 9 seats, an average of 177,000, led by Imran Bhojani on 457,000.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Imran Bhojani | 457,000 | 229 | 15 | 7 | | 2 | Sean Bloom | 451,000 | 226 | 6 | 6 | | 3 | TA | 446,500 | 223 | 13 | 2 | | 4 | Kyle Krishnan | 367,500 | 184 | 12 | 7 | | 5 | Robert Le Roux | 344,500 | 172 | 1 | 7 | | 6 | Jaco Mouton | 324,500 | 162 | 8 | 3 | | 7 | Edgar Antezana | 320,000 | 160 | 9 | 6 | | 8 | Damon Fine | 316,000 | 158 | 13 | 1 | | 9 | Trung Nguyen | 311,000 | 156 | 12 | 6 | | 10 | Harold Brooks | 288,000 | 144 | 5 | 2 | | 11 | Marc Joseph | 284,500 | 142 | 12 | 5 | | 12 | Anonymous 3 | 283,500 | 142 | 2 | 4 | | 13 | Aidan Jacobs | 272,500 | 136 | 2 | 2 | | 14 | Sheldon Grove | 272,500 | 136 | 6 | 7 | | 15 | Tutu Russon | 255,000 | 128 | 14 | 3 | | 16 | Kagiso Mabusela | 250,500 | 125 | 14 | 5 | | 17 | Rudolf Fourie | 250,500 | 125 | 13 | 4 | | 18 | Dheshan Naran | 244,500 | 122 | 5 | 6 | | 19 | Madankumar Elagala | 240,000 | 120 | 8 | 5 | | 20 | Gordon Padayachee | 230,500 | 115 | 13 | 8 | | 21 | Mishka Du Toit | 228,500 | 114 | 9 | 3 | | 22 | Arkeev Rohit | 209,000 | 105 | 2 | 5 | | 23 | Corne Klaver | 208,500 | 104 | 2 | 3 | | 24 | AE | 208,000 | 104 | 13 | 6 | | 25 | Rajeev Poonhath | 208,000 | 104 | 15 | 2 | | 26 | Jarrod Page | 202,000 | 101 | 9 | 2 | | 27 | Vygandas Simuntis | 198,000 | 99 | 3 | 7 | | 28 | Stefan Van Huyssteen | 196,500 | 98 | 11 | 5 | | 29 | Matthieu Costa | 195,500 | 98 | 14 | 1 | | 30 | Muaaz Gani | 195,500 | 98 | 9 | 5 | | 31 | Reneka Dayaljee | 192,500 | 96 | 6 | 2 | | 32 | Tony Silva | 192,000 | 96 | 10 | 2 | | 33 | Ricky Toker | 185,000 | 93 | 8 | 4 | | 34 | Rui Da Costa Braz | 184,500 | 92 | 15 | 1 | | 35 | Gavin Sardini | 175,000 | 88 | 15 | 3 | | 36 | Neville Mutsvangwa | 173,800 | 87 | 3 | 3 | | 37 | Nick Rowley | 172,500 | 86 | 3 | 5 | | 38 | Russel Wheatley | 172,100 | 86 | 15 | 9 | | 39 | Nickolas Ioannou | 171,500 | 86 | 12 | 8 | | 40 | Abdool Fauzee | 170,000 | 85 | 3 | 8 | | 41 | Nitish Gooriah | 165,500 | 83 | 3 | 2 | | 42 | Dhinesh Soopramanien | 163,500 | 82 | 6 | 4 | | 43 | David Ng | 162,000 | 81 | 2 | 8 | | 44 | Roland Trodel | 157,000 | 79 | 1 | 5 | | 45 | Trishul Govender | 154,500 | 77 | 15 | 6 | | 46 | Alon Argaman | 152,000 | 76 | 12 | 4 | | 47 | Lavine Singh | 152,000 | 76 | 7 | 1 | | 48 | Lambo | 151,500 | 76 | 11 | 4 | | 49 | Craig Hartland | 151,000 | 76 | 10 | 1 | | 50 | Anthony Van Eeden | 150,500 | 75 | 1 | 2 | | 51 | Kevin Van Villing | 146,000 | 73 | 2 | 6 | | 52 | Warren Zackey | 140,500 | 70 | 1 | 9 | | 53 | Daniel Scott | 139,000 | 70 | 14 | 4 | | 54 | Pravir Rama | 138,000 | 69 | 1 | 1 | | 55 | Anonymous 4 | 135,000 | 68 | 11 | 6 | | 56 | Keegan Naidoo | 133,000 | 67 | 11 | 9 | | 57 | Nikola Tesla | 132,000 | 66 | 14 | 7 | | 58 | Bharat Ramjee | 122,500 | 61 | 11 | 3 | | 59 | Hennie Appel | 122,000 | 61 | 7 | 7 | | 60 | Petrus Pelser | 121,000 | 61 | 10 | 4 | | 61 | Sean Suckerman | 120,000 | 60 | 6 | 5 | | 62 | Darren Kramer | 117,000 | 59 | 10 | 9 | | 63 | Sugen Singh | 111,000 | 56 | 3 | 9 | | 64 | Bradley Pillay | 110,000 | 55 | 13 | 5 | | 65 | Alvin Pillay | 110,000 | 55 | 9 | 4 | | 66 | Chad Khoury | 106,500 | 53 | 13 | 3 | | 67 | Ryan James | 106,500 | 53 | 7 | 2 | | 68 | JP Okes | 106,000 | 53 | 12 | 9 | | 69 | Guppie | 103,500 | 52 | 15 | 5 | | 70 | Hadar Goren | 103,500 | 52 | 2 | 9 | | 71 | Patrice AH Nien | 101,000 | 51 | 14 | 6 | | 72 | Nikhiel Deeplal | 100,000 | 50 | 5 | 8 | | 73 | Gareth Hudson | 97,000 | 49 | 8 | 1 | | 74 | Jonathan Kalil | 96,000 | 48 | 12 | 3 | | 75 | Rubenthiran Moodley | 95,000 | 48 | 7 | 4 | | 76 | Steven Wylie | 95,000 | 48 | 2 | 1 | | 77 | Christopher Gower | 93,500 | 47 | 5 | 9 | | 78 | Cliton Taliwanth | 91,000 | 46 | 1 | 3 | | 79 | Dean Whitson | 88,000 | 44 | 1 | 6 | | 80 | Alan Jung | 86,500 | 43 | 10 | 6 | | 81 | Huawei Sun | 86,000 | 43 | 10 | 5 | | 82 | Karl Myburgh | 85,500 | 43 | 8 | 7 | | 83 | Yuan Prins | 83,500 | 42 | 10 | 7 | | 84 | Venesen Naidoo | 83,000 | 42 | 10 | 8 | | 85 | CJ | 82,500 | 41 | - | - | | 86 | Simon Solomon | 82,000 | 41 | 7 | 3 | | 87 | Preshaylen Pillay | 80,000 | 40 | 14 | 8 | | 88 | Moshin Mirchandani | 76,000 | 38 | 14 | 2 | | 89 | Joshua Moritz | 75,000 | 38 | 6 | 1 | | 90 | Kayla Jacobs | 74,500 | 37 | 15 | 4 | | 91 | Assamo Ferreira | 74,000 | 37 | 7 | 9 | | 92 | Wesley Blom | 73,000 | 37 | 5 | 5 | | 93 | Jocobus De Nysschen | 72,500 | 36 | 8 | 6 | | 94 | Dee Moodliyar | 72,000 | 36 | 2 | 7 | | 95 | Hendrie Uys | 71,500 | 36 | 5 | 3 | | 96 | Yule Chetty | 71,500 | 36 | 11 | 2 | | 97 | Mourad Zerrou | 69,500 | 35 | 13 | 7 | | 98 | Djordje Stojic | 68,500 | 34 | 11 | 1 | | 99 | Jorge Leite | 67,000 | 34 | 6 | 3 | | 100 | Divan Le Roux | 64,000 | 32 | 15 | 8 | | 101 | Theuns Prinsloo | 63,000 | 32 | 7 | 5 | | 102 | Bank Solomons | 62,000 | 31 | 11 | 7 | | 103 | Nafiz Navazali Habib | 60,500 | 30 | 3 | 6 | | 104 | Nashveer Sookharan | 60,500 | 30 | 8 | 9 | | 105 | Max Deveson | 60,000 | 30 | - | - | | 106 | Milan Chibabhai | 57,500 | 29 | 7 | 6 | | 107 | Hans Van Der Hulst | 57,500 | 29 | 6 | 9 | | 108 | Steven Radloff | 57,500 | 29 | 8 | 8 | | 109 | Gareth Duncan | 57,000 | 29 | 1 | 4 | | 110 | Konrad Pretorius | 52,500 | 26 | 9 | 1 | | 111 | Brett Toker | 51,500 | 26 | 10 | 3 | | 112 | Raja Vempati | 51,000 | 26 | 8 | 2 | | 113 | JS | 50,500 | 25 | 7 | 8 | | 114 | Melvin Chetty | 46,500 | 23 | 13 | 9 | | 115 | Okkie Fourie | 46,000 | 23 | 12 | 2 | | 116 | Klaus Pautrot | 44,500 | 22 | 3 | 1 | | 117 | Ben | 44,000 | 22 | 5 | 1 | | 118 | Jedd Kossew | 40,000 | 20 | 9 | 8 | | 119 | Caleb October | 39,500 | 20 | 1 | 8 | | 120 | Victor Chilala | 37,500 | 19 | 5 | 7 | | 121 | Gilbert Tin Fook | 37,500 | 19 | 9 | 9 | | 122 | Sarah Bryce Borthwick | 33,500 | 17 | 12 | 1 | | 123 | Donny Mitev | 25,000 | 13 | 6 | 8 | | 124 | Robin Moir | 24,500 | 12 | 11 | 8 | | 125 | Jehan Richards | 18,000 | 9 | 3 | 4 | | 126 | Rudolfo Almeida Perreira | 14,000 | 7 | 9 | 7 |