R25K High Roller: Day 2 Preview
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-30
Anonymous 6 takes 840,500 into Day 2 at R25K High Roller, leading 41 players still in the hunt.
41 players bagged and tagged at R25K High Roller and return for Day 2 with 12,600,000 chips in play, an average stack of 307,000.
Anonymous 6 leads them all on 840,500, 2.7 times the average and 168 big blinds to play with.
Ruben Moodley is closest on 711,500, with Anonymous on 651,000 next in line.
What The Counts Mean
21 return with 50 big blinds or more, deep enough to play post-flop rather than just shove.
The top three hold 18% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
18 of the 39 sit at or above the 307,000 average.
Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000, level 7. Day 2 of the High Roller R25K.
The Tables
Table 2 carries 2,541,000 across 6 seats, an average of 424,000, led by Anonymous 5 on 651,000.
Table 3 carries 2,063,000 across 7 seats, an average of 295,000, led by Marko Nortje on 550,000.
Table 5 carries 1,789,000 across 6 seats, an average of 298,000, led by Imran Bhojani on 345,000.
Table 6 carries 973,500 across 6 seats, an average of 162,000, led by Cecil Chatwind on 365,000.
Table 8 carries 2,028,500 across 7 seats, an average of 290,000, led by Ruben Moodley on 711,500.
Table 9 carries 2,811,500 across 7 seats, an average of 402,000, led by Anonymous 6 on 840,500. This table holds 3 of the eight biggest stacks.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Anonymous 6 | 840,500 | 168 | 9 | 5 | | 2 | Ruben Moodley | 711,500 | 142 | 8 | 5 | | 3 | Anonymous 5 | 651,000 | 130 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | Cliton Taliwanth | 552,000 | 110 | 9 | 1 | | 5 | Marko Nortje | 550,000 | 110 | 3 | 2 | | 6 | Assamo Ferreira | 502,000 | 100 | 2 | 6 | | 7 | Jarred Solomon | 500,000 | 100 | 8 | 7 | | 8 | Ben | 465,000 | 93 | 9 | 7 | | 9 | Huawei Sun | 458,500 | 92 | 9 | 2 | | 10 | Gavin Sardini | 416,000 | 83 | 2 | 2 | | 11 | JP Le Roux | 411,000 | 82 | 3 | 6 | | 12 | Rudolf Fourie | 385,000 | 77 | 2 | 7 | | 13 | Cecil Chatwind | 365,000 | 73 | 6 | 3 | | 14 | Imran Bhojani | 345,000 | 69 | 5 | 2 | | 15 | Nick Ioannou | 345,000 | 69 | 2 | 4 | | 16 | Alvin Pillay | 336,000 | 67 | 5 | 1 | | 17 | Craig Hartland | 329,000 | 66 | 5 | 7 | | 18 | Bradley Pillay | 321,500 | 64 | 5 | 4 | | 19 | Gareth Hudson | 259,000 | 52 | 3 | 3 | | 20 | Max Deveson | 250,000 | 50 | 8 | 6 | | 21 | Alan Jung | 249,000 | 50 | 5 | 6 | | 22 | Rajeev Poonhath | 242,000 | 48 | 2 | 5 | | 23 | Gilbert Tin Fook | 239,500 | 48 | 3 | 7 | | 24 | Simon Solomon | 222,000 | 44 | 3 | 1 | | 25 | Divan Van Wyk | 220,000 | 44 | 9 | 4 | | 26 | Maneesh Singh | 217,000 | 43 | 9 | 3 | | 27 | Theuns Prinsloo | 210,000 | 42 | 3 | 4 | | 28 | Steven Wylie | 208,500 | 42 | 5 | 3 | | 29 | Steven Radloff | 204,000 | 41 | 8 | 4 | | 30 | Harold Brooks | 195,000 | 39 | 8 | 2 | | 31 | Mellissa Kalil | 171,500 | 34 | 3 | 5 | | 32 | Gareth Duncan | 154,000 | 31 | 6 | 1 | | 33 | Melvin Chetty | 141,000 | 28 | 6 | 4 | | 34 | Marc Joseph | 137,000 | 27 | 6 | 6 | | 35 | AE | 102,500 | 21 | 6 | 2 | | 36 | Aidan Jacobs | 97,000 | 19 | 8 | 1 | | 37 | Tony Silva | 74,000 | 15 | 6 | 5 | | 38 | Anonymous 4 | 71,000 | 14 | 8 | 3 | | 39 | Patrice AH Nien | 58,500 | 12 | 9 | 6 |