Vicky Moodley picked up his third Concept Midweek Game tournament victory of the season on Thursday night at Goodwood Cricket Club.
His third tourney win came during his eighth final table showing in 18 games (17 Midweek & 1 Quarterly). This is the most by any player in the league to date this season, which is a final table strike rate of 44% – an impressive stat considering over 230 players have played on Concept tables.
But it wasn’t an easy ride to first place – in fact, it was tough for all of the final 9 as there was a series of bad beats and tilting poker action.
Leeroy Arendse was first out in 9th as he battled with a short stack. He shoved with A2 ❤️ suited and was called by Shane Davids with AJ ♠️ suited. Leeroy had outs with a ❤️ flush draw, but bricked the River to see Shane hold up.
Kyle Crowie made his third consecutive final table appearance, but fell short in 8th place in disappointing fashion. He went all in with Js and got called by Bentley Louw, who held AK off. The flop blanked in Kyle’s favour, but Bentley hit runner-runner for a Wheel to send Kyle packing.
Brian “Papa” Minnaar flexed his muscles when he eliminated two players in one hand. Clint made a move to ship with 53 but ran into Shane’s pocket Ks, who moved in over the top. But Brian made a big call with AQ off, which managed to hit a straight on the river. Clint was out in 7th, and Shane 6th.
Immie arrived at final table as the shortest stack and managed to hold on with all the action around him. But when he shipped with A9, he ran into Brian’s 10s, which held up and sent Imraan to the rail in 5th.
Bentley, who was making his debut Concept final table showing, was out in 4th when his A3 fell short against Vicky’s AQ
Brian was our in 3rd as his stack dwindled down. He eventually moved in with A3, which ran into Vicky’s AQ (a second time) – which held up again.
The heads-up battle didn’t take too long as Dylan went all in from the small blind with K4 ♦️ suited, and was dominated by Vicky’s KJ off, which went on to hit a straight.
This result gives Vicky a very healthy lead on the overall log, but with another 22 fixtures to go, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the rest of the pack to catch up. More so with the Quarterly Game happening on 9 July, gifting players the chance to win double league points on final table!
Register for the Concept QG on 9 July here: https://conceptpoker.co.za/qg-registration/
Results from Concept Midweek Game #17:
1 Vicky Moodley
2 Dylan Hughes
3 Brian Minnaar
4 Bentley Louw
5 Imraan Khan
6 Shane Davids
7 Clint Solomons
8 Kyle Crowie
9 Leeroy Arendse