R5k Mini Main Update: Nkosana leads the final 20
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-09-11
With 20 players remaining in the R5K Mini Main, Nkosana Matlhong is the chip leader with an impressive 1.75M stack.
We are down to the final 20 player in the R5K Mini Main.
A R374K prize pool was confirmed, which will see the Top 8 paid. R135K will be won by the winner.
There are 13.4M chips in play - an average stack of 673K.
Nkosana Matlhong chip leads on 1.75M, which is 88 big blinds - nearly 3 times the average.
Day 1 chip leader Hendrik Neomagus is next on 1.38M.
Players are currently on Level 17, which sees blinds at 10000-20000-20000.
What The Counts Mean
Four players sit with 50 big blinds or more.
The top three hold 33% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
10 of the 20 sit at or above the 673,000 average, so expect the short stacks to make moves soon.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Nkosana Matlhong | 1,755,000 | 88 | | 2 | Hendrik Neomagus | 1,380,000 | 69 | | 3 | Timothy du Plessis | 1,250,000 | 63 | | 4 | Justin Burger | 1,250,000 | 63 | | 5 | Melissa Kalil | 890,000 | 45 | | 6 | Quintin Heather-Clark | 855,000 | 43 | | 7 | Paul Mason | 775,000 | 39 | | 8 | Keegan Naidoo | 740,000 | 37 | | 9 | Grant Hansen | 720,000 | 36 | | 10 | Jacobus Nagel | 675,000 | 34 | | 11 | Eben Lottering | 555,000 | 28 | | 12 | Gavin Sardini | 405,000 | 20 | | 13 | Raneka Dayaljee | 390,000 | 20 | | 14 | Cecil Chatwind | 380,000 | 19 | | 15 | Imran Bhojani | 370,000 | 19 | | 16 | Kyle Krishnan | 255,000 | 13 | | 17 | Rudolf Fourie | 255,000 | 13 | | 18 | Gareth Farquharson | 240,000 | 12 | | 19 | Natalja Kulikova | 210,000 | 11 | | 20 | Emile Nagel | 115,000 | 6 |