Maroun takes a knock
To illustrate how tight the game has become, Deon Minnaar folded AK to a raise in front of him.
In similar circumstances Warrick put down A Q after his small raise was reriased by Jonathan. Jonathan showed A 10 to Warrick’s disgust.
After what seems like ages of jockeying and just stealing blinds, a pot finally developed and caused a big swing in chips. Martin Maroun rearised Frano Lottering’s initial raise with pocket nines. Frano went all in with pocket Jacks and was called.
The Jacks held up and Frano is sitting pretty whilst Maroun is now the short stack.