Vicky Moodley picked up an important tourney win at Concept Poker Club Midweek Game #9 which sees him move to first place on the log.
Among the final 16 players, Vicki was one of the short stacks. But he got crucial double up with AQ♥️ against Clinton Reddy’s KK. The flop came 8♥️4♦️6♥️, which saw the stacks go all in. The turn was an A♠️. And the river downed K♥️, which saw Clinton jump to celebrate before he realised he was crushed by the flush.
This saw Vicky take a competitive stack to final table.
There was drama early on among the final 9 as Werner April was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. He tabled an all in with 8s against Gareth Duncan’s KQ.
Dylan Barnard errantly opened the wrong deck of cards, which would’ve seen Werner win. But Robbie Kayalsum had the correct deck in his hands and had to run a second round. This saw Gareth flop a straight to send Werner packing. Dylan’s apology to Werner didn’t make him feel any better, having made his first final table of the season.
Cas du Toit was then eliminated in 8th, his pair of 7s didn’t hold up against Ben Umbhau’s AQ.
Gareth then secured a double knock out against Dylan (7th) and Robbie (6th) – the two short stacks on the table. Both players shipped in early position, before Gareth called from SB. Dylan tabled A8 and Robbie A7, but Gareth ran a flush with K10♦️ to take the table down to five players.
Chris Hill finished in 5th as he pushed with K10. He got called by Gareth’s AK to fall out on an Ace-high board.
The tide then changed for Gareth after one massive hand against Ben.
Gareth tried to apply the pressure on Vicky’s short stack in the big blind, raising all in from dealer position. Unfortunately he was snapped called unexpectedly by Ben in small blind, tabling A10. Massive call! The board ran dry to give Ben an overwhelming chip lead.
Gareth fell out in 4th shortly thereafter, followed by Clinton Reddy in 3rd.
Vicky and Ben agreed to flip for the league points. Vicky took top spot, winning the defining hand with J2.
The victory sees Vicky move above Imraan “hat-trick boy” Khan on the Concept log.
Concept Midweek Game #9:
1 Vicky Moodley
2 Ben Umbhau
3 Clinton Reddy
4 Gareth Duncan
5 Chris Hill
6 Robbie Kayalsum
7 Dylan Barnard
8 Cas Du Toit
9 Werner April
Secondary note: Shane Stringer was the lucky winner of the freeroll raffle draw! For just R20, he has all his buy-ins paid for Midweek Game #10! Congrats!