R9K SA Millions: Hagai Sets The Pace
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-11-02
Hagai Dayani leads the remaining 67 players into Level 11 of The Hendon Mob SA Millions with 291K chips.
Hagai Dayani leads the way as 67 players return to their seats in The Hendon Mob SA Millions Day 2.
Hagai boasts a commanding stack of 291,000. That gives Hagai 146 big blinds and a comfortable cushion over Clive Kikia, who occupies second spot with 233,000. Gavin Sardini sits right on Clive's heels with 229,900, completing a top three that currently controls 13% of the 5.6M chips in play.
With blinds moving into Level 11 at 1,000/2,000, stack depth across the room remains healthy. A total of 23 contenders return with 50 big blinds or more, leaving plenty of room for post-flop play, while 29 players sit at or above the 84,000 average stack. Jon Persent on 206,500 and Maneesh Singh on 189,500 also build out a strong upper order, followed closely by Naven Naicker, Gordon Padayachee and Hennie Appel.
Although Hagai holds a strong advantage at 3.5 times the average stack, the overall counts remain tightly packed as the remaining field pushes deeper into the tournament.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | Hagai Dayani | 291,000 | 146 | | 2 | Clive Kikia | 233,000 | 117 | | 3 | Gavin Sardini | 229,900 | 115 | | 4 | Jon Persent | 206,500 | 103 | | 5 | Maneesh Singh | 189,500 | 95 | | 6 | Naven Naicker | 165,500 | 83 | | 7 | Gordon Padayachee | 159,800 | 80 | | 8 | Hennie Appel | 143,300 | 72 | | 9 | Raza Nourmamod Tahor | 140,800 | 70 | | 10 | Nikhil Jana | 137,800 | 69 | | 11 | Marcel Du Plessis | 125,400 | 63 | | 12 | Darryl Shaff | 124,600 | 62 | | 13 | Madankumar Elagala | 122,900 | 61 | | 14 | Fernando Ribeiro | 121,700 | 61 | | 15 | Ramolla Govender | 120,800 | 60 | | 16 | Giovanni Zanette | 114,800 | 57 | | 17 | Divan Le Roux | 114,400 | 57 | | 18 | Banks Solomons | 107,000 | 54 | | 19 | Edgar Antezana | 107,000 | 54 | | 20 | Dee Moodliyar | 105,500 | 53 | | 21 | Neville Mutsvangwa | 101,600 | 51 | | 22 | Alexandre Blanc | 99,300 | 50 | | 23 | Norman Cherry | 99,100 | 50 | | 24 | Sugen Singh | 98,300 | 49 | | 25 | Frank Chilchik | 92,600 | 46 | | 26 | Jaryd Jardien | 91,000 | 46 | | 27 | Ryan James | 90,000 | 45 | | 28 | Harold Brooks | 89,400 | 45 | | 29 | Benjamin Lingenfelder | 85,100 | 43 | | 30 | Michaela Rendal | 82,800 | 41 | | 31 | Tutu Russon | 79,000 | 40 | | 32 | Niklas Nyman | 72,300 | 36 | | 33 | Divan Van Wyk | 71,200 | 36 | | 34 | Arsenii Hvozdetskyi | 64,500 | 32 | | 35 | Emmanuel Camizianos | 64,000 | 32 | | 36 | Kagiso Mabusela | 63,600 | 32 | | 37 | Roy Bitton | 60,500 | 30 | | 38 | Gareth Duncan | 59,500 | 30 | | 39 | Ray Adam | 58,800 | 29 | | 40 | Biswajeet Ghorrbin | 58,600 | 29 | | 41 | Jaco Mouton | 58,200 | 29 | | 42 | Darren Buytenhuys | 58,100 | 29 | | 43 | Christoffer Karlen | 52,100 | 26 | | 44 | Bradley Moore | 51,000 | 26 | | 45 | A.H | 50,700 | 25 | | 46 | Marc Joseph | 48,100 | 24 | | 47 | Nashen Persad | 47,700 | 24 | | 48 | Gabriel Soma | 46,400 | 23 | | 49 | Patrice Ah Nien | 44,600 | 22 | | 50 | Tony Silva | 41,300 | 21 | | 51 | M.K | 39,800 | 20 | | 52 | Fabian Deppe | 39,200 | 20 | | 53 | David NG | 39,000 | 20 | | 54 | Kyle Krishnan | 37,600 | 19 | | 55 | JMK | 37,600 | 19 | | 56 | David Mouton | 35,500 | 18 | | 57 | Dimitri Dudakov | 32,800 | 16 | | 58 | Lincohn September | 32,800 | 16 | | 59 | Maxine Catano | 32,700 | 16 | | 60 | Wes Blom | 31,700 | 16 | | 61 | Koen Roos | 30,200 | 15 | | 62 | Devon Baard | 28,300 | 14 | | 63 | Phillip Tlhame | 25,900 | 13 | | 64 | Alon Argaman | 24,400 | 12 | | 65 | Arkeev Rohit | 21,500 | 11 | | 66 | Thomas Hardt | 12,400 | 6 | | 67 | Simon Solomon | 7,300 | 4 |