All Africa Poker Tournament - July 2010
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8/3/2010 10:28:11 PM
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On 29 July 2010 111 poker players from around Southern Africa took their seat at Piggs Peak Hotel and Casino, Swaziland to play in the R3 000 000 All Africa Poker Tournament. From beginners to professionals everyone had their eye set on making it to the Final Table where they would have the opportunity to play for a guaranteed first prize of R1,000,000.
Some of the best players to name a few Jarred Solomon, Ryan Brauer, Darren Kramer, Ryan Dreyer, Eugene Du Plessis and Ryan Eber came along to improve their name on the SA poker scene. Defending champion Darren Kramer had a chance to make history by going on to win the tournament for a third time as well as a potential back to back win.
After numerous attempts, Super Sport presenter Neil Andrews improved on his last tournament position and made it through to the Final Table. One of the all time favourite jockeys, Robbie Sham, also defied all odds, making through to the top ten. Robbie grinded the last few sessions but remained patient and waited for the right hands to make a move.
As the blinds were getting bigger and the stakes growing higher the big stack players continued to bully the short stacks as they had to push All In and try to double up. After playing for 3 long, tiring days and suffering bad beats along the way the Final Table had arrived and the top 10 players had come closer to being crowned an All Africa Poker Champion.
The Final Table included MJ Pieters, Ryan Eber, Robbie Sham, Matt Train, Bennie Lingerfelder, Chris Convery, Neil Andrews, Thomas Toich, Anthony Gordon and Frano Lottering. Ryan Eber, who has won the All Africa Tournament before had the chance to win it for a second time, joining Peter Vermaas, Darren Kramer and Chris Convery in the record books. Chris Convery however may have done what no player has ever accomplished and be crowned champion for a third time.
The Final Table started at 17:00 on Saturday 31 July 2010. The blinds and antes were starting to eat the stacks away and the time came to start shipping the chips across the line. In the early hours of Sunday morning we were finally down to two players. MJ Pieters and Ryan Eber were heads up and the pressure was on.
In one exciting hand Ryan had taken a massive blow. MJ picked up 6 4 and Ryan 2 4. The flop came 7 3 5, giving MJ the nuts. The turn was an Ace giving Eber the lower straight. Both players found themselves All In and Ryan was in trouble.
A few minutes later MJ pushed All In with Ace King and Eber had no choice but to call holding Queen Six. A King fell on the flop and MJ remained good all the way. MJ had taken down the pot knocking Ryan Eber out in second place. Eber walked away with R500 000. In the early hours of Sunday Morning MJ’s dream had finally come true as he was crowned the All Africa Poker Tournament Champion, winning R1,000,000 in prize money
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World-class Feature Table Studio debuts at All Africa May 2009
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5/21/2009 8:14:09 PM
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The 17th All Africa Poker Tournament is about to get underway. It is a particularly unique start to the event because the specially built Feature Table Studio was unveiled and will be used for the first time tonight.
The All Africa Poker Perfect Pair, Danny K and Lee-Ann Liebenberg did the honours with the ceremonial scissors in a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by the 112 players who received their first view of what must look like poker heaven!
The Studio Tournament Room is the first of its kind in Africa but certainly is of world-class calibre, rivalling even the facilities at the World Series of Poker and WPT international events.
The Feature Table Studio boasts state of the art production facilities which will provide Michael Collet Productions with the ability to provide greatly enhanced broadcast quality programming.
Plenary seating promises to enhance the spectators viewing pleasure by allowing all members of the audience an unobstructed view of the action.
Lee-Ann closed off the ceremony by presenting defending champion Gareth Kalil with a framed photo to commemorate his win in February 2009.
The players are at the tables and Tournament Director Sandy Koor has just uttered the words that all poker players live for: Shuffle up and Deal!
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Kramer is King of All Africa Poker
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8/18/2008 1:46:52 PM
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Darren "kingkramer" Kramer has won the R3,000,000 All Africa Poker Tournament which took place this weekend at Piggs Peak Casino, Swaziland. Kramer said, "I have learnt patience ... although I still can't sit still for more than two seconds. I am very happy; this is the one I always wanted to win."
Kingkramer went heads up against Jay Sookoo, another seasoned All Africa player and took down the title as follows:
Jay completes and Darren checks. The flop comes 4 5 2 and everybody checks, Turn is a Q and checks again, the river brings a 6 . Darren bets 120k and Jay moves all-in for all his chips.
Jay shows JK for King high and Darren shows 3 5 for a straight, taking down the All Africa Poker Tournament title and R1,000,000!
Jay Sookoo, eliminated in second place, won R435 000 and a WPT BOOTCAMP PACKAGE valued at R70,000.
Kingkramer is no novice to poker and we have seen him take down numerous tournaments online at Piggs Peak Poker, including winning his seat to the All Africa Poker Tournament. He has also featured on the final table previously at the All Africa Poker Tournament. Not only is he now a poker millionaire, but he will also be representing Team All Africa Poker at the WPT Bootcamp, taking place in the sunny Caribbean island of Punta Cana later this year. I am sure Darren will have some tips to offer other players himself... If you would like to follow in his footsteps and win your seat to the next All Africa poker Tournament, you can register today to play in one of the many online satellites available at Piggs Peak Poker.
Congratulations King! We are very proud of you!
Check out our winners page to view the results.
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