High Roller Champion to be Crowned in the 2024 SPT Pretoria August Edition

The most expensive tournament on the schedule of the 2024 SunBet Poker Tour Pretoria stop in August is the ZAR50,000 High Roller, a three-day tournament which kicked off on Tuesday, August 6. A total of 51 entries generated a prize pool of ZAR2,142,000 ($116,210) and Day 2 concluded upon completion of level 15. By then, only seven players remained on the stone money bubble.

Leading the way was Greek business owner Costa Giannakopoulos, who is based in the nearby Tanzania, as he bagged up 3,990,000 in chips. Gavin Sardini, who reached the final table of the Main Event here in March, advanced with 3,255,000. "Ben" (2,940,000) and Ahmed Karrim (2,840,000) were separated by two big blinds only while Max Deveson (1,075,000) and Nico Wiechers (835,000) were shorter than that.

However, the bottom stack belonged to David Ng from Mauritius, who returned with just 370,000 and a mountain to climb at blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000.

Final Day Seat Assignments

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Nico Wiechers	South Africa	835,000	17
2	Gavin Sardini	South Africa	3,255,000	65
3	Ahmed Karrim	South Africa	2,840,000	57
4	David Ng	Mauritius	370,000	7
5	Ben	South Africa	2,940,000	59
6	Max Deveson	United Kingdom	1,075,000	22
7	Costa Giannakopoulos	Tanzania	3,990,000	80

Only the top six spots were guaranteed at least ZAR100,000 for their efforts with a top prize of ZAR850,000 awaiting for the eventual champion. The action has already commenced at 11 a.m. local time and can be followed with cards-up coverage and commentary on the Monster Jam Poker Tour YouTube channel.