The R8K Ultimate: David flexes on top (Day 2 Preview)
African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-07-29
David Canning takes 1.52M chip lead into Day 2 in The R8K Ultimate, which sees a 46 players still in the hunt.
A group of 46 players bagged and tagged in The R8K Ultimate and return for Day 2 with 22,472,600 chips in play, an average stack of 489,000.
David Canning leads them all on 1.52M, just over three times the average and 152 big blinds to play with.
Jeffrey Padachi is closest on 1.01M, with Harold Brooks on 960,000 next in line.
What The Counts Mean
36 return with 50 big blinds or more, deep enough to play post-flop rather than just shove.
The top three hold 16% of the chips in play, so the counts are still tightly packed.
21 of the 46 sit at or above the 489,000 average.
Blinds 5,000/10,000, level 11. Day 2 of The Ultimate Tournament
The Tables
Table 8 carries 3,751,000 across 7 seats, an average of 536,000, led by Jeffrey Padachi on 1,014,000.
Table 9 carries 2,793,000 across 7 seats, an average of 399,000, led by David NG on 643,000.
Table 10 carries 3,461,600 across 6 seats, an average of 577,000, led by David Canning on 1,522,000.
Table 11 carries 3,687,000 across 7 seats, an average of 527,000, led by Neville Mustvangwa on 855,000.
Table 12 carries 3,162,000 across 7 seats, an average of 452,000, led by Tarek Khalifeh on 786,000.
Table 13 carries 2,117,000 across 5 seats, an average of 423,000, led by Dino Mills on 658,000.
Table 14 carries 3,501,000 across 7 seats, an average of 500,000, led by Caleb October on 752,000.
Chip Counts
| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | Table | Seat | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 1 | David Canning | 1,522,000 | 152 | 10 | 2 | | 2 | Jeffrey Padachi | 1,014,000 | 101 | 8 | 4 | | 3 | Harold Brooks | 960,000 | 96 | 10 | 5 | | 4 | Banks Solomons | 904,000 | 90 | 8 | 2 | | 5 | Neville Mustvangwa | 855,000 | 86 | 11 | 5 | | 6 | Tarek Khalifeh | 786,000 | 79 | 12 | 4 | | 7 | Caleb October | 752,000 | 75 | 14 | 7 | | 8 | Imran Bhojani | 706,000 | 71 | 14 | 2 | | 9 | AE | 686,000 | 69 | 11 | 1 | | 10 | Jonathan Kalil | 674,000 | 67 | 11 | 4 | | 11 | Dino Mills | 658,000 | 66 | 13 | 3 | | 12 | Simon Solomon | 648,000 | 65 | 8 | 3 | | 13 | David NG | 643,000 | 64 | 9 | 6 | | 14 | Dee Moodliyar | 609,000 | 61 | 12 | 6 | | 15 | Dale September | 574,000 | 57 | 14 | 4 | | 16 | Magnus Geldehuys | 564,000 | 56 | 11 | 7 | | 17 | Darryl Shaff | 540,000 | 54 | 13 | 6 | | 18 | Gregory Pen Lai | 538,000 | 54 | 12 | 3 | | 19 | Fernando Ribiero | 514,000 | 51 | 10 | 4 | | 20 | Steven Radloff | 512,000 | 51 | 9 | 1 | | 21 | Max Deveson | 500,000 | 50 | 13 | 1 | | 22 | Netro | 439,000 | 44 | 12 | 1 | | 23 | Patrice Ah Nien | 439,000 | 44 | 12 | 7 | | 24 | Marcel George | 426,000 | 43 | 9 | 5 | | 25 | Theuns Prinsloo | 413,000 | 41 | 14 | 6 | | 26 | Marvin Torres | 408,000 | 41 | 14 | 3 | | 27 | Marko Nortje | 400,000 | 40 | 8 | 1 | | 28 | Benny Qin | 398,000 | 40 | 9 | 2 | | 29 | Gilbert Tin Fook | 394,000 | 39 | 11 | 3 | | 30 | Vygandas Simuntis | 394,000 | 39 | 14 | 1 | | 31 | Hans Van Der Hulst | 350,000 | 35 | 8 | 7 | | 32 | Kagiso Mabusela | 343,000 | 34 | 10 | 1 | | 33 | Brian Kolobe | 314,000 | 31 | 9 | 3 | | 34 | Tyrone Stephen | 279,000 | 28 | 11 | 6 | | 35 | Stefan Van Huyssteen | 263,000 | 26 | 9 | 4 | | 36 | Ricky Toker | 254,000 | 25 | 14 | 5 | | 37 | Glen Timmons | 237,000 | 24 | 9 | 7 | | 38 | Gareth Duncan | 235,000 | 24 | 11 | 2 | | 39 | Vishal Ghoorbin | 232,000 | 23 | 13 | 4 | | 40 | Alan Jung | 221,000 | 22 | 8 | 5 | | 41 | Ciro Koncke | 214,000 | 21 | 8 | 6 | | 42 | Suneshan Naidoo | 187,000 | 19 | 13 | 7 | | 43 | Bitzer Havenga | 177,000 | 18 | 12 | 5 | | 44 | Norman Cherry | 174,000 | 17 | 12 | 2 | | 45 | Cas Sulaiman | 108,000 | 11 | 10 | 7 | | 46 | Dhinesh Soopramanien | 14,600 | 1 | 10 | 6 |