R8K Ultimate Day 2 Preview: David NG with monster lead
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-11-04
David NG holds a commanding chip lead as 46 players return to the tables in The R8K Ultimate Tournament.
The Ultimate Day 1 saw 131 total entries, which has accumulated 26M chips in play.
With blinds kicking off at 5000-10000-10000 on Day 2, there’s an average stack of 567K among the 46 remaining players.
This number should increase as late registration is open until the start of play at 2PM on Wednesday.
David NG holds the chip lead with a massive stack of 2.2M.
His closest competitor is Marc Joseph in second place on 1.23M.
More than half the field returns with comfortable maneuvering room. A total of 25 players boast 50 big blinds or more, setting up plenty of deep-stacked post-flop play as the field pushes forward.
24 players sit at or above the average mark, though the top three stacks of NG, Joseph and Egi Adriaans (915,000) already control 17% of all the chips in the room.
Table 14 stands out as the heaviest battleground in the room, holding 4,117,000 chips across five seats with NG leading the way. Table 12 is close behind with 4,355,000 in play, anchored by Gabriel Soma who holds 855,000. Meanwhile, Table 10 holds two of the eight biggest stacks in the room, with Egi out in front.
The Tables
Table 8 carries 3,114,000 across 6 seats, an average of 519,000, led by Marc Joseph on 1,233,000.
Table 9 carries 2,368,000 across 6 seats, an average of 395,000, led by Rajeev Poonhath on 627,000.
Table 10 carries 2,981,000 across 6 seats, an average of 497,000, led by Egi Adriaans on 915,000. It is the seat draw nobody wanted, holding 2 of the eight biggest stacks.
Table 11 carries 2,875,000 across 6 seats, an average of 479,000, led by Yi Cui on 820,000.
Table 12 carries 4,355,000 across 6 seats, an average of 726,000, led by Gabriel Soma on 855,000.
Table 13 carries 3,032,000 across 5 seats, an average of 606,000, led by Gareth Duncan on 819,000.
Table 14 carries 4,117,000 across 5 seats, an average of 823,000, led by David NG on 2,201,000.
Table 15 carries 3,236,000 across 6 seats, an average of 539,000, led by T.M. on 823,000.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | David NG | 2,201,000 | 220 | 14 | 1 | | 2 | Marc Joseph | 1,233,000 | 123 | 8 | 3 | | 3 | Egi Adriaans | 915,000 | 92 | 10 | 1 | | 4 | Gabriel Soma | 855,000 | 86 | 12 | 5 | | 5 | Neerasan Moodley | 832,000 | 83 | 10 | 2 | | 6 | T.M. | 823,000 | 82 | 15 | 5 | | 7 | Yi Cui | 820,000 | 82 | 11 | 6 | | 8 | Gareth Duncan | 819,000 | 82 | 13 | 3 | | 9 | Gilbert Tin Fook | 810,000 | 81 | 12 | 1 | | 10 | Herman Pieterse | 789,000 | 79 | 12 | 4 | | 11 | Dimitri Hadjipaschali | 756,000 | 76 | 13 | 1 | | 12 | A.E. | 735,000 | 74 | 14 | 4 | | 13 | Benny Qin | 717,000 | 72 | 11 | 4 | | 14 | Neil Barrett | 707,000 | 71 | 11 | 3 | | 15 | E.M. | 692,000 | 69 | 13 | 2 | | 16 | Uri Hartuv | 681,000 | 68 | 14 | 6 | | 17 | RS | 673,000 | 67 | 12 | 3 | | 18 | Sugen Singh | 651,000 | 65 | 12 | 2 | | 19 | Joshua Kruger | 650,000 | 65 | 8 | 6 | | 20 | Rajeev Poonhath | 627,000 | 63 | 9 | 6 | | 21 | Koen Roos | 619,000 | 62 | 15 | 3 | | 22 | Siva Naidoo | 616,000 | 62 | 15 | 1 | | 23 | Hans Van Der Hulst | 577,000 | 58 | 12 | 6 | | 24 | Giovanni Gaggia | 567,000 | 57 | 10 | 4 | | 25 | Andries Hadjipaschali | 537,000 | 54 | 15 | 6 | | 26 | Robin Moir | 435,000 | 44 | 9 | 1 | | 27 | Nevillie Mutsvangwa | 426,000 | 43 | 13 | 6 | | 28 | J.C. | 420,000 | 42 | 8 | 1 | | 29 | Hennie Appel | 383,000 | 38 | 9 | 4 | | 30 | Norman Cherry | 376,000 | 38 | 8 | 5 | | 31 | Jon Persent | 372,000 | 37 | 14 | 2 | | 32 | Raja Vempati | 349,000 | 35 | 15 | 2 | | 33 | Nikhil Jana | 340,000 | 34 | 11 | 1 | | 34 | Jonathan Kruger | 339,000 | 34 | 9 | 3 | | 35 | Kaden Bennett | 339,000 | 34 | 9 | 2 | | 36 | Kagiso Mabusela | 339,000 | 34 | 13 | 5 | | 37 | Karl Myburgh | 309,000 | 31 | 8 | 4 | | 38 | Pyeongkang Kim | 306,000 | 31 | 10 | 6 | | 39 | Okkie Fourie | 292,000 | 29 | 15 | 4 | | 40 | Devon Ternent | 245,000 | 25 | 9 | 5 | | 41 | Simon Solomon | 185,000 | 19 | 10 | 5 | | 42 | Theuns Prinsloo | 176,000 | 18 | 10 | 3 | | 43 | Joakim Karlen | 165,000 | 17 | 11 | 5 | | 44 | Suneshan Naidoo | 128,000 | 13 | 14 | 5 | | 45 | Bernard Lim Kin | 126,000 | 13 | 11 | 2 | | 46 | Eveshwin Chetty | 126,000 | 13 | 8 | 2 |