{"id":37543,"date":"2025-04-03T22:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/?p=37543"},"modified":"2025-04-03T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:50:41","slug":"five-million-rand-guaranteed-in-next-round-sunbet-poker-tour-at-carnival-city-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/gambling\/five-million-rand-guaranteed-in-next-round-sunbet-poker-tour-at-carnival-city-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-million rand guaranteed in next round Sunbet Poker Tour at Carnival City in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 season will test the steeliest of nerves in SA\u2019s richest poker tour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the immortal lyrics of the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to know when to hold \u2018em and know when to fold \u2018em\u201d, because poker is not only about the luck of the cards dealt, but of finely honed skill and strategy. Ditch the mirrored shades, check your tells, brace yourself to up the ante and get ready for the glamorous Sunbet Poker Tour taking place across South Africa in 2025 with the next leg taking place at Carnival City in May with R5 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n

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Texas Hold\u2019em is one of the most popular community card poker games and the most prevalent poker variant played in casinos worldwide. Backed by Sun International, Sunbet has partnered with the renowned MonsterJam Poker Tour to bring a new era of Texas Hold\u2019em poker extravaganzas to our shores. If you can\u2019t get to Vegas, Sunbet will bring Vegas to you.<\/p>\n

Following the grand opening at Time Square Casino in Pretoria in February, the tour moves to Carnival City from 14 to 25 May \u2013 and the return to the casino, where excitement is running high for players and spectators. After that, it\u2019s Sun City in August, Boardwalk in September, and the culmination at GrandWest in Cape Town from 17 November. Last year, the 2024 season saw R70 million in prizes awarded around the country which is why the Sunbet Poker Tour is seen as South Africa\u2019s richest<\/p>\n

Think you have what it takes? The tour is open to all, from amateurs to professionals, with something to suit every kind of player, including you. Registration is simple \u2013 fill in your details on the Sun International website. You must be an MVG to register, but that\u2019s just as easy to sign up for at the same time.<\/p>\n

Players can also qualify through the satellite programme, and win seats into big buy-in SunBet Poker Tour, Carnival City events. These satellites run daily and start on Friday, 04 April, right up to 13 May 2025.<\/p>\n

EVENT DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
DATES & VENUES:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carnival City Satellites: 4 April \u2013 13 May 2025<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carnival City: 14 \u2013 25 May 2025<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sun City: 18 August 2025 \u2013 1 September 2025<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boardwalk: 24 \u2013 29 September 2025<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GrandWest: 17 November 2025 \u2013 1 December 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

TO REGISTER:<\/strong><\/td>\nVisit the Sun International website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For more information on the SunBet Poker Tour, go to https:\/\/sunbetpokertour.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025 season will test the steeliest of nerves in SA\u2019s richest poker tour In the immortal lyrics of the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to know when to hold \u2018em and know when to fold \u2018em\u201d, because poker is not only about the luck of the cards dealt, but of finely honed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5431],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37545,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37543\/revisions\/37545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}