R5k Mini Main Update: Kobus on top

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-09-10

R5k Mini Main

The R5K Mini Main is off to a busy start, which has seen Vaal local Kobus Nagel take the early chip lead with 1.06M.

Out of 77 entries, there are 37 players in the field.

The top 5 of 37 left hold 3,558,000 between them, an average of 712,000 among the leaders.

Kobus Nagel, who’s proudly from the Vaal area, leads on 1.06M, 212 big blinds deep, 1.5 times the average.

Quintin Heather-Clark is second in chips with 762K.

Day 1 has two levels remaining, with blinds currently on 3000-5000-5000.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Kobus Nagel | 1,060,000 | 212 | | 2 | Quintin Heather-Clark | 762,000 | 152 | | 3 | JP Le Roux | 717,000 | 143 | | 4 | Timothy du Plessis | 534,000 | 107 | | 5 | Reneka Dayaljee | 485,000 | 97 |