Basil Naicker fought his way to fourth place in the R7000 Freezeout in the Montecasino Poker Series on Tuesday night.
Entering final table as one of the short stacks (less than 10 blinds), he boxed bravely to jump all the way from the final 8 to the Top 4.
He showed why he’s one of the masters of the shortstack as he picked the right spots to secure crucial double-ups along the way, but unfortunately, had bad timing when shoving with A3 into the chip leader, who woke up with AJ. The bigger ace held up with a better kicker on a dead board.
This result earns him R40 000 in cash!
And this takes his total winnings to R46 000 in two tourneys at Montecasino, having cashed R6000 in the Mystery Bounty.
This is an amazing return as Basil won his trip to Jozi via a R100 Satellite!
“What a grind!” said Basil in reply to his impressive result, having started the Day 2 at 1PM.
“I got to enjoy 3 days of great poker. It was an amazing experience and I definitely look forward to the next tournament.”
Basil plans on playing one more tournament in the series – the R13000 Main Event on 3-5 December.