R25K High Roller: Radloff leads the field (Day 3 Preview)

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-31

With 17 players remaking in the R25K High Roller, Steven Radloff holds the chip lead with a 3,08M stack.

17 players bagged and tagged at R25K High Roller and return for Day 3 with 22,970,000 chips in play, an average stack of 1,351,000.

Steven Radloff finished Day 2 on a strong note as he surged up to 3,080M chips, which is 62 big blinds - 2.3 times the average.

Ray Adam is closest on 2,200,000, with Rajeev Poonhath on 2,075,000 next in line.

What The Counts Mean

Only one player returns with 50 big blinds or more.

The top three hold 32% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.

7 of the 17 sit at or above the 1,351,000 average.

The Tables

Table 2 carries 9,290,000 across 8 seats, an average of 1,161,000, led by Ray Adam on 2,200,000.

Table 3 carries 13,680,000 across 9 seats, an average of 1,520,000, led by Steven Radloff on 3,080,000.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Steven Radloff | 3,080,000 | 62 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Ray Adam | 2,200,000 | 44 | 2 | 7 | | 3 | Rajeev Poonhath | 2,075,000 | 42 | 3 | 1 | | 4 | Marko Nortje | 1,970,000 | 39 | 3 | 5 | | 5 | Christopher Gower | 1,910,000 | 38 | 3 | 4 | | 6 | Steven Wylie | 1,825,000 | 37 | 2 | 4 | | 7 | Max Deveson | 1,600,000 | 32 | 2 | 5 | | 8 | Patrice AH Nien | 1,085,000 | 22 | 2 | 2 | | 9 | Cliton Taliwanth | 1,065,000 | 21 | 3 | 9 | | 10 | Muaaz Gani | 1,035,000 | 21 | 3 | 8 | | 11 | Gavin Sardini | 960,000 | 19 | 3 | 7 | | 12 | Rudolf Fourie | 835,000 | 17 | 2 | 1 | | 13 | Maneesh Singh | 800,000 | 16 | 3 | 3 | | 14 | Anonymous 5 | 785,000 | 16 | 3 | 6 | | 15 | Jehan Richards | 700,000 | 14 | 2 | 8 | | 16 | Imran Bhojani | 575,000 | 12 | 2 | 6 | | 17 | Tony Silva | 470,000 | 9 | 2 | 3 |