Winner to be Crowned in Record-Breaking 2024 SPT GrandWest Main Event
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.
All PokerNews updates for the final day will be published according to the security delay in order to not spoil any of the action.
Remaining Payouts for the Final Day
| Rank | Winner | Country | Prize (in ZAR) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,243,325 | $68,798 | ||
| 2 | 871,530 | $48,225 | ||
| 3 | 560,425 | $31,011 | ||
| 4 | 388,265 | $21,484 | ||
| 5 | 298,025 | $16,491 | ||
| 6 | 248,430 | $13,747 | ||
| 7 | 206,835 | $11,445 | ||
| 8 | 165,555 | $9,161 | ||
| 9 | 124,230 | $6,874 | ||
| 10-12 | 103,005 | $5,700 |
