R10K Player of The Year Freeze: David NG on top (Day 2 Preview)

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-27

David NG takes 492,000 into Day 2 at the R10K Player of The Year Freeze, leading 17 players still in the hunt.

Only 17 players bagged and tagged at R10K Player of The Year Freeze and return for Day 2 with 3,870,000 chips in play, an average stack of 227,647.

David NG leads them all on 492,000, 2.2 times the average and 49 big blinds to play with.

Imran Bhojani is closest on 427,000, with Max Deveson on 380,000 next in line.

What The Counts Mean

The top three hold 34% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.

7 of the 17 sit at or above the 227,647 average, so the short stacks will come out boxing.

The Tables

Table 1 carries 1,740,000 across 8 seats, an average of 217,500, led by Imran Bhojani on 427,000.

Table 2 carries 2,130,000 across 9 seats, an average of 236,667, led by David Ng on 492,000. It is the seat draw nobody wanted, holding 5 of the eight biggest stacks.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | David Ng | 492,000 | 49.2 | 2 | 8 | | 2 | Imran Bhojani | 427,000 | 42.7 | 1 | 7 | | 3 | Max Deveson | 380,000 | 38 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | Neville Mutsvangwa | 337,000 | 33.7 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | Craig Berrange | 314,000 | 31.4 | 2 | 3 | | 6 | Clint Marsh | 258,000 | 25.8 | 1 | 5 | | 7 | Okkie Fourie | 242,000 | 24.2 | 2 | 4 | | 8 | Ben Maxton | 220,000 | 22 | 2 | 1 | | 9 | Donce Mitev | 191,000 | 19.1 | 1 | 6 | | 10 | Dee | 187,000 | 18.7 | 2 | 6 | | 11 | Ah | 180,000 | 18 | 1 | 8 | | 12 | Gilbert Tin Fook | 171,000 | 17.1 | 1 | 4 | | 13 | Hendrie Uys | 138,000 | 13.8 | 2 | 7 | | 14 | Jaryd Jardien | 109,000 | 10.9 | 2 | 9 | | 15 | Elmien Aspeling | 91,000 | 9.1 | 2 | 5 | | 16 | Dhinesh Soopramanien | 69,000 | 6.9 | 1 | 9 | | 17 | Clive Kikia | 64,000 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 |