Event #6 Final Results

2012/2013 WSOP Circuit Africa            Event #6: $365 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em (Sunday, February 10, 2013) 76 entries / $22,800 prize pool The final table for Event #6 did not get underway until after midnight on Monday morning, and the players and rail were boisterous during the introductions due to the late hour and the fact that it was the last event of the 2013 WSOP Circuit Africa.  Two players still needed to be eliminated, however, before the money would be reached.  Here are the starting chip counts and seating assignments: Seat First Name Last Name Chips City / Country 1 Trevor Govender 56,000 Durban, South Africa 2 Nawal Jaftha 29,500 Cape Town, South Africa 3 Menesh Keshav 122,500 Pretoria 4 Ivan Pakkiri 190,000 Polokwane, Limpopo 5 Antonio Alfaia 56,500 Lisbon, Portugal 6 Cornelia Steenkamp 26,500 Groblersdal, Mpumalanga 7 Jason Anthony 52,500 Johannesburg, SA 8 Ahmed Karrim 121,500 Cape Town, South Africa 9 Jaco Van Niekerk 46,500 Centurion, Gauteng It was Cornelia Steenkamp who would be the bubble, when her Q-J was unable to overcome Trevor’s A-K, and the remaining eight players were guaranteed at least $911, with first place worth $7,753. It looked as if Nawal would be our 8th place finisher when she ran her pocket queens into Jaco’s pocket aces, but a lucky queen on the flop gave Nawal the double up.  Trevor wasn’t as lucky, as his all in shove with K♠9♥ was called by two players.  On the 8♠3♥3♣ flop, Antonio moved all in to push Jason out of the pot, and Trevor received the bad news.  Antonio had hit a pair with his T♥8♦, and the 2♦ turn and A♠ river failed to improve Trevor’s hand.  For his 8th place finish, Trevor will earn $911.  Trevor is 47 years old and has 3 kids, and lists his brother as his inspiration in poker. Antonio was next out the door when his 8♦8♣ ran into his opponent’s J♠J♣.  The board ran out A♠2♦2♠K♣A♣ to eliminate Antonio in 7th place.  He will earn $1,054 for his efforts.  Antonio is a 40 year old economist who previously placed 3rd in the 2010 WSOP Circuit Africa event. Jason was next to get all in and was in good shape to double up.  His A♥Q♠ had Ahmed’s A♠8♠ dominated, but Jason had a sweat on the J♠3♠5♦ flop as Ahmed picked up the nut flush draw.  The T♠ spelled disaster as Ahmed hit his flush and sent Jason to the rail in 6th place, good for $1,281. Jaco’s all in was called by two players, and they checked all the way to the river.  Menesh produced a winning full house to send Jaco to the rail in 5th place.  He will earn $1,638 for his efforts.  Jaco is a 37 year old structured finance director whose favorite poker player is Daniel Negreanu. Going into the break at 3am, the chip counts were as follows: Nawal Jaftha – 228,000 Menesh Keshav – 94,000 Ivan Pakkiri – 300,000 Ahmed Karrim – 146,000 Action had been slow before the break, but after the break Menesh bet enough from the small blind to put Ivan all in.  Ivan made the call with Ad4d and was ahead of the Q♠J♣ of Menesh The board ran out 8♠3♦7♦K♣A♠ to give Ivan a doubleup and crippled Menesh to less than 2 big blinds.  He got the rest of his chips in the next hand with J♣T♣ and failed to improve against Ivan’s A♥4♦.  Today is Menesh’s 3rd final table this week, and he collects $2,210 for his 4th place finish. Ahmed and Nawal took their turn next to have a major clash.  It was a classic coin flip with Nawal taking her 5♦5♣ up against Ahmed’s A♦Q♦.  It looked as if Nawal would earn a double-up on a 7♦7♠2♠K♦, but the A♥ river dashed her hopes at a WSOP Circuit ring.  Nawal hit the rail in 3rd place for $3,157. Thanks to that coin flip, Ahmed entered heads up play with a 513,000 to 247,000 advantage over Ivan.  Ahmed chipped away at Ivan’s stack until Ivan took a stand with A♠8♥.  Ahmed revealed 7♥5♦ and needed to improve to win the title.  His rail erupted when the dealer pealed the 2♦5♥T♦ flop, giving Ahmed the best hand.  However, the 8♣ hit the turn to pair Ivan, and put him in the lead.  When the 5♠ landed on the river, Ahmed’s rail exploded again.  His meek holding had rivered trip fives to lock up the win. Ivan is 40 years old and has 2 children, and has an impressive 12 final tables on his resume.  The $4,796 he earns for his runner-up finish is sure to be a highlight in his four year poker career. Ahmed is a 23 year old poker professional who says his favorite game is PLO.  On his bio sheet, he wrote that his player is Tom Dwan.  In celebrating Ahmed’s win, his rail poked fun at him for writing this down.  It was all smiles as Ahmed headed to the payout desk to collect his $7,753 prize for his first place finish.
Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize	City / Country
1	Ahmed	Karrim	$7,753	Cape Town, South Africa
2	Ivan	Pakkiri	$4,796	Polokwane, Limpopo
3	Nawal	Jaftha	$3,157	Cape Town, South Africa
4	Menesh	Keshav	$2,210	Pretoria
5	Jaco	Van Niekerk	$1,638	Centurion, Gauteng
6	Jason	Anthony	$1,281	Johannesburg, South Africa
7	Antonio	Alfaia	$1,054	Lisbon, Portugal
8	Trevor	Govender	$911	Durban, South Africa