R12.5k Main Event Update: Wes catches the lead

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-09-12

R12.5k Main Event

Wes Blom has enjoyed a solid start to Day 2 of the Main Event, taking over the chip lead as he’s grown his stack to 412K.

We have seen 107 total entries so far, and 46 players remain.

There are 5.35M chips in play, with an average stack of 116K.

The top 5 hold 1,468,000 between them, an average of 294,000 among the leaders.

Wes Blom has chipped up quickly and boasts a stack of 412,000, which is 165 big blinds deep.

Theuns Prinsloo is next on 289,000 chips.

Blinds are currently on 1000-2500-2500.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Wes Blom | 412,000 | 165 | | 2 | Theuns Prinsloo | 289,000 | 116 | | 3 | Stephen Courtney | 276,000 | 110 | | 4 | Reneka Dayaljee | 258,000 | 103 | | 5 | Marc Joseph | 233,000 | 93 |