R9K SA Millions Chip Update: Hennie leads final table

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-11-03

R9k THMC SA Millions

Hennie Appel holds the chip lead as eight players remain in the Hendon Mob R9K SA Millions.

The remaining eight players battle out on level 22, which sees blinds at 15000-30000-30000.

The top three stacks currently control 54% of the 6.2M chips in play.

Hennie Appel commands the room as chip leader with 1.37M, sitting on 34 big blinds and standing 1.8 times above the 775K average stack.

Alexandre Blanc and Naven Naicker are tied in second place on 985,000 apiece (25 big blinds), rounding out the trio sitting at or above the average mark.

Hagai Payani leads the chasing pack on 750K alongside Madankumar Elagala, Tutu Russon and Darren Buytenhuys, who all maintain active stacks as the tournament enters the business-end.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Hennie Appel | 1,375,000 | 34 | | 2 | Alexandre Blanc | 985,000 | 25 | | 3 | Naven Naicker | 985,000 | 25 | | 4 | Hagai Payani | 750,000 | 19 | | 5 | Madankumar Elagala | 700,000 | 18 | | 6 | Tutu Russon | 650,000 | 16 | | 7 | Darren Buytenhuys | 645,000 | 16 | | 8 | Norman Cherry | 110,000 | 3 |