Matt Beckett

21^st August 2010

The @ace high Royal Swazi Rumble tournament is down to 15 players. The average chip stack is 168,000, and the remaining field is CLASS!! Former All Africa winner, Gareth Kalil, leads with 385,000, Norman Keyser follows with 271,000, then Bennie Lingenfelder, the latest contender for top 3 BLUFF SA Ranking positions is on 238,000.

Warren Zackey 200,000, Keith Bishop 195,000.  Other players still in include Jay Sookoo, Mark Botha, Stuart Brodie and Muuaz Gani. We're looking forward to some top quailty play on the final table when they get there.

By Matt Beckett
21^st August 2010

Updates from the Ace High Poker team from the Royal Swazi Rumble :

15h00
New player Ashish Doorgashas is the new chip leader with 175,000, followed by Chris Sham, MJ Pieters, Gareth Kalil, Jay Sookoo, Daniel Lamberti and Dave Dadic. 38 players remain, avg stack 66,000, blinds at 1200/2400.

14h00

Lunch break on Day Two, field is already down to 60 players. Gareth Kalil is the chip leader with 153,000, close behind him are Jay Sookoo, David Dadic, Daniel Lamberti and Warren Zackey.

Mid-day Saturday : Start of Play                  

Chip leaders at the starts of Day Two: Warren Zackey - 87,500, MJ Pieters 80,700, Gareth Kalil 71,500, Louis de Lira 68,700, Daniel Lamberti, 67,100. Some big previous champions at the top of the leader board, should be a good day's play

Bluff SA Magazine Reporter
20th August 2010

The 6^th Royal Swazi Rumble is under way in Swaziland, with 84 players taking up their seats earlier this evening, the prize pool is a healthy R747,000.

Notable players include August 2010 All Africa Poker champion, MJ Pieters; Greg Ronaldson; Gareth Kalil; Warren Zackey; Nahum Lum; Daniel Lamberti; David Rosenthal; Justin Lowe; David Dadic; Jay Sookoo.

Most of the June final table have taken up their seats again, Ivan Pakkiri hoping for a back to back win?  Vic Witte, Karl Myburgh, Renier Britz, Tubby Jagga and Wynand Fick hope to improve their finishes with their eyes on the first prize money, but more importantly a championship title.

The current chip stacks are : Daniel Lamberti - 77,400; Nico Kleynhans - 65,700; Bruce Flowerday - 59,700; Adrian Raynard - 53,100 and Wynand Fick - 48,800

The first two players out are Nahum Lum and Pierre Roussouw.

We'll be receiving updates during the weekend, so keep an eye on our Facebook & Twitter pages, or bookmark BLUFF SA news for the news as we receive it.

Ivan Pakkiri - Royal Swazi Rumble Winner - June 2010