Two Starting Flights Remain in the 2024 SunBet Poker Tour GrandWest Main Event
The 2024 SunBet Poker Tour stop at the GrandWest Casino in Cape Town is gearing up for the grand finale of the ZAR 15,000 ($828) Main Event, which has attracted 258 entries so far. The series is held in cooperation between Sun International and the Monster Jam Poker Tour and has become Africa's Richest Poker Tour throughout the last few years.
In 2024, the season ending marquee event here in Cape Town attracted a field of 429 entries and generated a prize pool of ZAR 5,405,400 ($289,916) to breeze past the ZAR 4 Million guarantee. By the looks of it, that doesn't seem to be much of a problem
today either as two starting days remain to boost the attendance. During the series so far, all figures have been up by 30% or more, and that is a very promising sign for the marquee Main Event.
Leading the way so far after two of four flights is Clive Berman with 677,000 followed by Gareth Fourie (676,000), Colin Horgan (662,000), and Joey Weissman (587,000).
Top Ten Overall Chip Counts After 2 Flights
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clive Berman | South Africa | 677,000 |
| 2 | Gareth Fourie | South Africa | 676,000 |
| 3 | Colin Horgan | Ireland | 662,000 |
| 4 | Joey Weissman | United States | 587,000 |
| 5 | Jaron Kavnat | South Africa | 550,000 |
| 6 | Matthew Whitelaw | South Africa | 509,000 |
| 7 | Christopher Dean | South Africa | 445,000 |
| 8 | Rajeev Poonhath | South Africa | 406,000 |
| 9 | Martin Diggle | South Africa | 369,000 |
| 10 | Rohan Conradie | South Africa | 349,000 |
All players start their journey with 40,000 in chips, which is good enough for 200 big blinds in the opening level at blinds of 100-200 and a big blind ante of 200. The late registration is open for the first ten levels, during which unlimited re-entries can be purchased. There will be a dinner break after level eight in the regular heat 1d, which kicks off at 11 a.m. local time.
For the penultimate flight, the levels last 50 minutes each throughout, while the turbo heat 1d kicks off at 8 p.m. local time and will feature 30-minute levels during the late registration and 15 minutes thereafter. Both flights will play a total of 15 levels or down to the top 15% of each respective field, whichever comes faster.
The PokerNews updates will focus on Day 1c, which will also have a live stream with cards-up coverage on a 30-minute delay as well on the Monster Jam Poker YouTube channel.