R1K Mystery Bounty: Banks takes charge (Day 2 Preview)
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-23
Banks Solomons with 380k chips leads the 37 returning players into Day 2 at R1K Mystery Bounty.
Banks Solomons with 380k chips leads the 37 returning players into Day 2 at R1K Mystery Bounty.
Plenty of more will join the party as late reg closes at the start of play.
Banks boasts a stack that’s 2x the average. AE is close behind on 353,000, with Rex Hsu and Gareth Duncan next line with 277,000 and 276,000 respectively.
The R1k Mystery Bounty is about to kick off with a total of R175 000 worth of Bounties ranging from R30 000 to R500 with 45 of those being R500 across a total of 75 Bounties!!!
The Tables
Table 9 carries 1,133,000 across 5 seats, an average of 226,600, led by Ea on 353,000.
Table 10 carries 1,123,000 across 5 seats, an average of 224,600, led by Banks Solomons on 380,000.
Table 14 carries 1,057,000 across 5 seats, an average of 211,400, led by Rex Hsu on 277,000.
Table 13 carries 915,000 across 5 seats, an average of 183,000, led by Gareth Duncan on 276,000.
Table 8 carries 857,000 across 5 seats, an average of 171,400, led by Romel Bechoo on 230,000.
Table 11 carries 964,000 across 6 seats, an average of 160,667, led by Gilbert Tin Fook on 262,000.
Table 12 carries 904,000 across 6 seats, an average of 150,667, led by Herbert Msagala on 163,000.
Chip Counts
1. Banks, Solomons 380 000, 95 Blinds, Table 10, Seat 2 2. Ea, 353 000, 88.25 Blinds, Table 9, Seat 1 3. Rex Hsu, 277 000, 69.25 Blinds, Table 14, Seat 6 4. Gareth Duncan, 276 000, 69 Blinds, Table 13, Seat 2 5. Gilbert Tin Fook, 262 000, 65.5 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 3 6. Hansel Moodley, 252 000, 63 Blinds, Table 13, Seat 6 7. Tony Silva, 233 000, 58.25 Blinds, Table 14, Seat 5 8. Wesley Blom, 232 000, 58 Blinds, Table 9, Seat 6 9. Romel Bechoo, 230 000, 57.5 Blinds, Table 8, Seat 4 10. Harold Brooks, 226 000, 56.5 Blinds, Table 9, Seat 3 11. Patrice Ah Nien, 218 000, 54.5 Blinds, Table 8, Seat 5 12. Marco De Kock, 205 000, 51.25 Blinds, Table 10, Seat 4 13. Brandon Green, 197 000, 49.25 Blinds, Table 9, Seat 2 14. Jp Le Roux, 194 000, 48.5 Blinds, Table 10, Seat 3 15. Reneka Dayaljee, 192 000, 48 Blinds, Table 14, Seat 1 16. Luca, 183 000, 45.75 Blinds, Table 14, Seat 3 17. Dale September, 182 000, 45.5 Blinds, Table 8, Seat 2 18. Konrad Pretorius, 180 000, 45 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 5 19. Yusuf Bulbulia, 178 000, 44.5 Blinds, Table 10, Seat 5 20. Dee, 172 000, 43 Blinds, Table 14, Seat 4 21. Theuns Prinsloo, 168 000, 42 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 6 22. Kagiso Mabusela, 166 000, 41.5 Blinds, Table 10, Seat 6 23. Herbert Msagala, 163 000, 40.75 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 6 24. Malcolm Subramony, 157 000, 39.25 Blinds, Table 13, Seat 3 25. Kevin Van Villing, 155 000, 38.75 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 2 26. Jaryd Jardien, 152 000, 38 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 3 27. Aden Joseph, 148 000, 37 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 4 28. Hanre Retief, 144 000, 36 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 1 29. Jacques Gates, 142 000, 35.5 Blinds, Table 12, Seat 5 30. Netro, 125 000, 31.25 Blinds, Table 13, Seat 5 31. Kgopotso Segale, 125 000, 31.25 Blinds, Table 9, Seat 4 32. Fernando Ribeiro, 122 000, 30.5 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 2 33. Kirk Walker, 122 000, 30.5 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 1 34. David Crookes, 116 000, 29 Blinds, Table 8, Seat 1 35. Ditto, 111 000, 27.75 Blinds, Table 8, Seat 6 36. Bradley Pillay, 110 000, 27.5 Blinds, Table 11, Seat 4 37. Xiaqin Chen, 105 000, 26.25 Blinds, Table 13, Seat 1