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The World Series of Poker Africa (WSOPA) is the second expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded pokertournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP started holding circuit events in 2005 in other states, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. In 2007, the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.[1] In 2010, the WSOP expanded overseas once again, only this time to Gauteng, South Africa. While the WSOPE awarded bracelets, the WSOPA was considered a circuit event with the winners receiving Championship Rings instead of bracelets. The WSOPA did not occur in 2011, but the series of tournaments resumed in 2012.
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2010 WSOPA[edit]
The first WSOPA was held in October 2010 at the Emerald Resort & Casino in Vanderbijlpark near Johannesburg, South Africa. Emerald Resort and Casino CEO Martin Rice said 'Poker has, over the past half-decade, accelerated in popularity. Our Emerald Poker Series, and its growing fields, is testament to the unlimited success of the sport. It was only natural to follow-on its popularity with the greatest tournament on the planet.'[2] The tournament consisted of two events, which were a $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha event with $300 rebuys and the $5,000 No Limit 'Main Event.'
Although the 2010 event was part of the WSOP Circuit, winners did not earn a gold ring or standing for the WSOP Circuit National Championship, both of which were common for other circuit events.[3] This policy changed in 2012.[4]
| Event | First Prize | Winner[4] |
|---|---|---|
| $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy) | $36,786 | Filipe Ramos |
| $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | $231,956 | Warren Zackey |
2012 WSOPA[edit]
The 2012 WSOPA was moved to 21–26 February and expanded to six circuit events, each of which counted towards Circuit National Championship standing and awarded a gold ring.[4] In addition to the six ring events, the week included a Ladies No-Limit Tournament and a Celebrity Tournament. All events at the 2012 tournament were no-limit.[5]
Five-time bracelet winner and former world champion Scotty Nguyen was the Master of Ceremonies.[5]
| Event | First Prize | Winner[6] |
|---|---|---|
| $350 No-Limit Hold’em | $22,842 | Gregory Ronaldson |
| $3,300 Main Event | $158,595 | Joe-Boy Rahme |
| $10,400 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | $97,000 | Rob Fenner |
| $560 Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em | $25,979 | Jason Strauss |
| $350 No-Limit Hold'em | $17,610 | Armand Saayman |
| $350 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em | $7,784 | Heau Pienaar |
2013 World Series of Poker Africa[edit]
The 2013 WSOPA was moved to 5–10 February and expanded to seven circuit events, each of which counted towards Circuit National Championship standing and awarded a gold ring.
| Event | First Prize | Winner[7] |
|---|---|---|
| $365 No-Limit Hold’em | $20,018 | Jarrod Solomon |
| $580 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | $12,920 | Greg Tucker |
| $3,300 Main Event | $101,267 | Michael Mizrachi |
| $580 No-Limit Hold'em | $19,741 | Todd Neville |
| $10,400 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | $38,400 | Roman Szymonowicz |
| $365 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em | $7,753 | Ahmed Karrim |
References[edit]
- ^'Harrah's Set to Launch World Series of Poker Europe'. Gaming Business. 27 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
- ^Parvis, Matthew (3 May 2010). 'Poker World Series of Poker Heads to South Africa?'. PokerNews. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^Katz, Dan (27 October 2010). 'Historic WSOP Africa Kicks Off'. Poker News Daily. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ abc'EMERALD CASINO AND RESORT TO HOST 2ND ANNUAL WSOP AFRICA FEBRUARY 21–26'. WSOP. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ ab'Scotty Nguyen to Host 2012 WSOP Africa'. Poker Listings. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^Holloway, Chad (1 March 2012). 'Recapping the 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Africa'. Poker News. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^'2013 World Series of Poker Circuit Africa'. Cardplayer. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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It was actually the second trip by the WSOP to the Emerald Resort and Casino in Gauteng, South Africa. Back in October 2010 came the first, with just two tournaments held, a $1,000 buy-in PLO event in which 37 entered, and a $5,000 NLH Main Event which drew 188. This time there were six events, four of which were low buy-in (less than $1,000), a $3,300 Main Event, and a $10,400 High Roller tourney.
They drew 20 for the High Roller, with Rob Fenner winning the ring and $97,000. A total of 218 played in the Main Event which was won by Joe-Boy Rahme -- apparently no relation to 2007 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher and fellow South African Raymond Rahme -- who took $158,595 for the win.
Meanwhile, the first preliminary event, a $350 buy-in NLH tourney won by Gauteng’s own Gregory Ronaldson, drew 324 entrants, a total which represents the biggest poker tournament ever held in Africa (in terms of field size). Ronaldson actually made the final table of the Main Event, too, and was thought by most to be a favorite to win it once they’d reached the final nine. Not only was Ronaldson second in chips with nine left, it was just a couple of months ago he was the talk of the Crown Casino in Australia when he won the $5K Heads-Up event at the Aussie Millions, knocking out Faraz Jaka on his way to defeating Sorel Mizzi in the final.
Ronaldson has also posted some decent results at the WSOP over the last couple of years, including a 198th-place finish in last year’s Main Event. He wasn’t the best finisher from South Africa, though, as Kosta Mamaliadis came close to making that international-flavored final table before getting knocked out in 13th.
Ronaldson would come up short at the Emerald last week, however, going out in fifth. Still, he took over $60,000 away from the series, and from his interview over on PokerNews it sounds like he’ll not only be returning to the WSOP this summer but showing up at other stops on the tour as well.
When interviewed after his Main Event win over on the WSOP site, Joe-Boy Rahme talked about how poker has grown in South Africa over the last five years since his namesake’s deep run in the 2007 WSOP ME. “We’re sending more and more players to Vegas for the annual WSOP each year and they are having great results,” he noted. “We play mostly in home games, but casinos are starting to recognize us and more games are becoming available.”
It’s interesting to contemplate Africa’s increased involvement in poker, a continent with 56 countries and over 1 billion inhabitants. South Africa is by far the country where the most poker is being played in Africa with something like 45 casinos, although like in the U.S. the online game has met with resistance, with a law passed in 2010 strictly prohibiting all forms of online gambling.
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The game is also quite popular in Morocco (where I had a chance to go to WPT Marrakech in late 2010) and Egypt. Tiny Swaziland -- which South Africa surrounds -- is a poker hotspot, too, it seems. In fact, if my cursory pass around the intertubes is to be trusted, it looks like over half of the countries in Africa have casinos.The WSOP Circuit event in South Africa did award rings but didn’t count toward the 2011-2012 WSOPC points leaderboard like the tourneys at the other 17 circuit stops in the U.S. do. I assume this year’s healthy turnouts means the WSOP will head back to Gauteng next year for another series. Meanwhile, we’ll have to keep an eye out for Ronaldson, Joe-Boy Rahme, Jarred Solomon, Darren Kramer, Mark Vos, and other South Africans this summer at the WSOP in Vegas.
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