Chad Moolman Leads the Day 1 Survivors

After six hours of action here at the Emperor’s Palace Hotel Casino, it is Chad Moolman (pictured) who finished top of the counts. There were unofficially 353 entries including re-entries. Moolman starts Day 2 tomorrow with an impressive 255,300 in chips, approximately 5 times the average.

It was during the last part of the day that Moolman began to accumulate his mountain of chips. He scored a handful of knockouts. The first one coming when he held pocket tens on an flop. His opponent had two-pair with . The turn paired the board with another and all the chips went in. Moolman held to score the first knockout.

Another elimination came when he had against on the flop. All the money went in and Moolman turned the for his flush. The river was a brick and he crossed the 200,000 mark. It was smooth sailing from there.

Nawal Jaftha (pictured) was not so lucky as she was eliminated on the very last hand of the night. She had a straight draw against top pair and Ahmed Karrim’s flush draw. The player with top pair held to take her last 37,000 chips. Karrim was left with 32,200.

Here’s a look at how some other notables ended up:

Rex Hsu – 213,000
David Rosenthal – 180,700
Theo Hunter – 132,500
Justin Uys – 98,500
Muaaz Gani – 70,800

Action will resume at noon on Saturday November 23rd for Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks Johannesburg Main Event. Registration will be open until the start of Level 10.