The SunBet Poker Tour returns to the enduring GrandWest On line casino in Cape City from November 19–30, with a value-packed 16-event schedule and R10 million (≈$560,000) assured throughout the sequence.
The 2-week poker pageant guarantees the most important poker motion in South Africa to shut out the 12 months, highlighted by the R15,000 Monster Stack Foremost Occasion, which boasts a R4 million (≈$225,000) assured prize pool.
Highlight Occasion: R4 Million MonsterStack Foremost Occasion
The centrepiece of the GrandWest cease is the R15,000 buy-in MonsterStack Foremost Occasion, giving gamers a 100,000 beginning stack and a deep, player-friendly construction that provides loads of room to manoeuvre and showcase their expertise.
Gamers can select from three beginning flights:
Day 1A (Thu, Nov 27 at 12 p.m.) Day 1B (Fri, Nov 28 at 11 a.m.) Day 1C (Fri, Nov 28 at 7 p.m.)
Day 1A and 1B supply 60-minute ranges, with 40 minutes for 1C. Limitless re-entry is permitted by 13 ranges and late registration extends into Day 2 till 4:30 p.m. A champion will probably be topped on November 30, and poker followers can observe alongside because the PokerNews dwell reporting will probably be protecting the Foremost Occasion.

Final 12 months’s version was one for the historical past books, with Mauritius-based Saurabh Gulati topping a 504-entry discipline to say the 2024 GrandWest Foremost Occasion title and the lion’s share of a R6,350,400 ($351,395) prize pool after a three-way deal.
Gulati’s triumph was made much more memorable by a record-breaking last desk that includes two feminine gamers — Ronit Chamani and Diane Walker — who each made historical past by reaching the final three.
“It was stress within the begin, however after that it received simpler with the chip lead and every little thing. I had a ball time,” Gulati stated after the win.
The Hendon Mob Championship Cape City Million Returns
Additionally returning to GrandWest is The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) Cape City Million, probably the most well-liked mid-tier occasions within the area. With an R8,000 buy-in, a 30,000 beginning stack, and a R1.25 million assure, the occasion presents excellent worth for gamers trying to choose up a South African flag for his or her The Hendon Mob profiles.
Three Day 1 flights (Nov 23–24) lead into Day 2 on Tuesday, Nov 25, with 30-minute ranges and a giant blind ante format. One in eight entries will make the cash, and limitless re-entry is offered by the primary 11 ranges.

The 2024 THMC smashed its preliminary assure, drawing 299 entries and making a R2,009,280 ($111,000) prize pool. Cape City’s personal Muaaz Gani emerged victorious after a heads-up take care of Sugen Singh, maintaining the trophy on residence soil.
“Right this moment was really a day the place I actually wished to have that trophy,” Gani stated after the win, proudly holding The Hendon Mob Championship title.
With THMC now firmly a part of the SPT schedule, expectations are excessive for the 2025 instalment.
Extra Blockbuster Poker Occasions

Past the headline occasions, the GrandWest cease caters to all bankrolls and codecs:
R75,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler (R1M GTD)R25,000 Mega Million (R1.5M GTD)R10,000 Battle of the Ages (R250K GTD)R2,500 Cape City Women ChampionshipR50,000 Excessive Curler (R1.5M GTD)
Excessive rollers can get their repair in each the R50K and R75K occasions, every backed by seven-figure ensures. The Mega Million, in the meantime, supplies among the finest worth mid-stakes tournaments of the sequence, that includes a R25,000 buy-in, R1.5 million assure, and three days of motion from November 20–22.
Then there’s the R250K GTD Battle of the Ages. Debuting underneath the identical title on the 2025 WSOP, the occasion splits Day 1 flights by age group earlier than merging fields for Day 2. Lastly, the Cape City Women Championship returns on Saturday, Nov 22, with a R2,500 buy-in and a devoted highlight for South Africa’s rising group of girls in poker.














