ZAR50,000 High Roller to Determine a Winner Today

During the 12-day live poker series, the most expensive tournament on the schedule was is the three-day ZAR50,000 High Roller ($2,664). A total of 72 entries created a prize pool of ZAR3,024,000 ($161,105), which doubled the initial guarantee of ZAR1,500,000.

After two days, the money stages were reached and the conclusion of the tournament will unfold on the live stream table as of 12.30 p.m. local time with cards-up coverage and commentary on a security delay of 30 minutes.

Final Table Seat Assignments

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Nic Ioannoy	South Africa	2,945,000	49
2	Imran Bhojani	South Africa	3,995,000	67
3	Muaaz Gani	South Africa	1,540,000	26
4	Eben Mare	South Africa	485,000	8
5	Kinesh Pater	South Africa	2,100,000	35
6	Ronit Chamani	South Africa	3,005,000	50
7	Nahum Lim	South Africa	2,340,000	39
8	Cliton Taliwanth	South Africa	5,120,000	85

Cliton Taliwanth starts the final table as the chip leader with 85 big blinds but it won't be an easy or short ride to victory with an average stack of 40 big blinds. Recommencing blinds will be 30,000-60,000 with a big blind ante of 60,000 and there are 56:29 minutes remaining in level 17.

The bubble burst on stream last night when Tim A flopped top pair with the A♥Q♠ and couldn't get away from it throughout a board of A♠10♠6♦3♣J♣ to get shown 6♠6♥ for a set of sixes by Taliwanth. That sent the latter into the top spot and secured a cash prize for the remaining eight contenders.

Payout Information

Place	Country	Prize in ZAR	Prize in USD
1	South Africa	R1,000,000	$53,000
2	South Africa	R650,000	$34,450
3	South Africa	R476,000	$25,228
4	South Africa	R348,000	$18,444
5	South Africa	R225,000	$11,925
6	South Africa	R150,000	$7,950
7	South Africa	R100,000	$5,300
8	South Africa	R75,000	$3,975