R5K Mini Main Day 2 Preview: Hendrick the big chip leader
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-09-11
Hendrik Neomagus will enter the R5K Mini Main Day 2 as the notable chip leader with 1.59M chips.
After an action-packed opening day of play, there are 27 players who advance to Day 2.
With 12M chips are in play,there is an average stack of 444k.
Hendrik Neomagus is biggest stack in the room with 1.59M, which is almost 200 big blinds and 3.6 times the average.
Reneka Dayaljee is next on the list with 1M in chips.
The field now enters the freezeout phase of the tournament at the start of Day 2 - 12PM on Friday.
Blinds will resume on Level 13, which is 4000-8000-8000.
What The Counts Mean
Nine players return with 50 big blinds or more - a very comfortable position.
The top three hold 29% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
8 of the 27 remaining players sit at or above the 444K average.
The Tables
Table 1 carries 3,124,000 across 5 seats, an average of 625,000, led by Hendrik Neomagus on 1,595,000.
Table 2 carries 2,614,000 across 5 seats, an average of 523,000, led by Justin Burger on 919,000.
Table 3 carries 2,573,000 across 6 seats, an average of 429,000, led by Reneka Dayaljee on 1,011,000.
Table 6 carries 1,987,000 across 6 seats, an average of 331,000, led by Quintin Heather-Clark on 592,000.
Table 7 carries 1,750,000 across 5 seats, an average of 350,000, led by Stephen Volschenk on 548,000.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Hendrik Neomagus | 1,595,000 | 199 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | Reneka Dayaljee | 1,011,000 | 126 | 3 | 4 | | 3 | Justin Burger | 919,000 | 115 | 2 | 1 | | 4 | JP Le Roux | 814,000 | 102 | 2 | 4 | | 5 | Timothy Du Plessis | 781,000 | 98 | 1 | 2 | | 6 | Jacobus Nagel | 688,000 | 86 | 3 | 2 | | 7 | Quintin Heather-Clark | 592,000 | 74 | 6 | 3 | | 8 | Stephen Volschenk | 548,000 | 69 | 7 | 1 | | 9 | Nkosana Matlhong | 438,000 | 55 | 2 | 5 | | 10 | Cecil Chatwind | 376,000 | 47 | 7 | 5 | | 11 | Pravir Rama | 363,000 | 45 | 6 | 5 | | 12 | Gareth Farquharson | 348,000 | 44 | 1 | 6 | | 13 | Imran Bhojani | 346,000 | 43 | 7 | 6 | | 14 | Jonathan Hyman | 339,000 | 42 | 6 | 4 | | 15 | Kyle Krishnan | 318,000 | 40 | 7 | 3 | | 16 | Melissa Kalil | 290,000 | 36 | 3 | 3 | | 17 | Gavin Sardini | 286,000 | 36 | 6 | 1 | | 18 | Paul Mason | 284,000 | 36 | 6 | 6 | | 19 | Brandon Beukes | 263,000 | 33 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | Grant Hansen | 260,000 | 33 | 3 | 6 | | 21 | Terri Bensch | 243,000 | 30 | 2 | 6 | | 22 | Robin Moir | 200,000 | 25 | 2 | 3 | | 23 | Deon Renny | 196,000 | 25 | 3 | 1 | | 24 | Martin Wijtenburg | 162,000 | 20 | 7 | 2 | | 25 | Gareth Duncan | 137,000 | 17 | 1 | 3 | | 26 | Emile Nagel | 128,000 | 16 | 3 | 5 | | 27 | Natalja Kulikova | 123,000 | 15 | 6 | 2 |