R6.5K One Life: Hanre in the lead (Day 2 Preview)
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-24
Hanre Retief takes 530k chips into Day 2 of the R6.5K One Life, leading the 27 players still in the hunt.
A total of 27 players bagged and tagged at R6.5K One Life and return for Day 2 with 5.2M chips in play, an average stack of 194K.
Hanre Retief leads them all on 530k, more than double the average.
Kyle Krishnan is closest on 440,000, with Konrad Pretorius on 329,500 next in line.
What The Counts Mean
6 return with 50 big blinds or more, deep enough to play post-flop rather than just shove.
The top three hold 25% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
10 of the 27 sit at or above the 194,259 average.
4 of the 27 come back under 20 big blinds and have to find a spot early: Suneshan Naidoo, Divan Van Wyk, Dean Goddard, AE.
The Tables
Table 11 carries 1,008,000 across 5 seats, an average of 201,600, led by Kyle Krishnan on 440,000.
Table 12 carries 1,120,000 across 6 seats, an average of 186,667, led by KP on 329,000.
Table 13 carries 1,225,500 across 5 seats, an average of 245,100, led by Hanre Retief on 530,000.
Table 14 carries 1,041,500 across 5 seats, an average of 208,300, led by Konrad Pretorius on 329,500.
Table 15 carries 850,000 across 6 seats, an average of 141,667, led by Zain Mohomed on 231,000.
With some late registrations expected, the tables will fill up.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Hanre Retief | 530,000 | 106 | 13 | 6 | | 2 | Kyle Krishnan | 440,000 | 88 | 11 | 5 | | 3 | Konrad Pretorius | 329,500 | 65.9 | 14 | 6 | | 4 | Kp | 329,000 | 65.8 | 12 | 3 | | 5 | Andre Carney | 294,000 | 58.8 | 13 | 4 | | 6 | Prashanth Mergu | 268,000 | 53.6 | 11 | 4 | | 7 | Benny Qin | 234,000 | 46.8 | 14 | 4 | | 8 | Zain Mohomed | 231,000 | 46.2 | 15 | 3 | | 9 | Sudesh Sewsunker | 229,000 | 45.8 | 12 | 4 | | 10 | David Olivier | 218,000 | 43.6 | 15 | 4 | | 11 | Grant Kaindl | 192,000 | 38.4 | 14 | 1 | | 12 | Gareth Duncan | 188,500 | 37.7 | 13 | 5 | | 13 | Anthony Van Der Bank | 180,000 | 36 | 12 | 1 | | 14 | Patrice Ah Nien | 161,000 | 32.2 | 14 | 3 | | 15 | Karl Myburgh | 155,000 | 31 | 11 | 2 | | 16 | Devon Baard | 146,000 | 29.2 | 12 | 6 | | 17 | Melvin Chetty | 145,000 | 29 | 12 | 5 | | 18 | Jaryd Jardien | 143,000 | 28.6 | 13 | 1 | | 19 | Mahalingam Pillay | 133,000 | 26.6 | 11 | 1 | | 20 | Hennie Appel | 125,000 | 25 | 14 | 2 | | 21 | Stefan Van Huyssteen | 118,000 | 23.6 | 15 | 5 | | 22 | Arkeev Rohit | 115,000 | 23 | 15 | 2 | | 23 | Giovanni Gaggia | 103,000 | 20.6 | 15 | 1 | | 24 | Suneshan Naidoo | 91,000 | 18.2 | 12 | 2 | | 25 | Divan Van Wyk | 70,000 | 14 | 13 | 3 | | 26 | Dean Goddard | 65,000 | 13 | 15 | 6 | | 27 | Ae | 12,000 | 2.4 | 11 | 3 |