The outer table commenced with an open raise to 125,000 by Giovanni Zanette in the hijack and Edgar Antezana called on the button. Zanette bet the 8♣3♥3♠ flop for 175,000 and Antezana called with the words "it could be quick".
Zanette sized up to 350,000 on the J♥ turn and Antezana quickly called ahead of the 6♣ river. The down sizing to 60,000 by Zanette followed and Antezana called, but mucked against the 8♥7♥ of Zanette.
The largest live poker tournament in South Africa and biggest SunBet Poker Tour Main Event in history will determine a winner today as of noon local time inside of the GrandWest Casino outside of Cape Town. Held in cooperation between casino and entertainment operator Sun International and the Monster Jam Poker Tour, the 2024 SunBet Poker Tour GrandWest ZAR 15,000 Main Event ($828) attracted a field of 504 entries and generated a prize pool of ZAR 6,350,400 ($351,395), surpassing the guarantee by more than fifty percent.
Among the 12 hopefuls still in contention, ten of them hail from South Africa and try to keep the trophy on home soil. However, the man in charge is Colin Horgan from Ireland after he stormed throughout Day 1b and Day 2 with his aggressive style. He leads the way with 4,830,000 and is well ahead of Nic Ioannoy (3,160,000) as well as Diane Walker (2,505,000), the two closest followrs.
Walker is one of two women still in contention and joined on the final day by Ronit Chamani, who is 8th in the country's all-time money list with nearly $900k in cashes. Placed even higher on South Africa's The Hendon Mob ranking is Giovanni Zanette in fifth, who returns in the middle of the pack on a stack of 905,000.
Seat Draw for the Final Day
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Divan Le Roux
South Africa
1,745,000
29
1
3
Ronit Chamani
South Africa
1,470,000
25
1
5
Rohan Conradie
South Africa
740,000
12
1
6
Hennie Appel
South Africa
1,250,000
21
1
7
Colin Horgan
Ireland
4,830,000
81
1
8
Wessel Conradie
South Africa
905,000
15
11
1
Gareth Fourie
South Africa
795,000
13
11
3
Diane Walker
South Africa
2,505,000
42
11
4
Saurabh Gulati
Australia
850,000
14
11
6
Giovanni Zanette
South Africa
905,000
15
11
7
Nic Ioannoy
South Africa
3,160,000
53
11
8
Edgar Antezana
South Africa
1,060,000
18
The dozen contenders will return to blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a big blind ante of 60,000. All levels last 60 minutes long until a winner has been crowned and the action will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay on the Monster Jam Poker YouTube channel.
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