R27k High Roller Update: R3.5M Montecasino HR record

African Ace Poker Desk · 2026-11-05

R27k High Roller

The SA Poker Open High Roller has set a Montecasino record with its R3.5M prize pool. 44 players remain in the field.

The R27K High Roller has built a massive prize pool of R3.5M, which is recognised as a Montecasino record for this format.

High Roller – Payout Structure

Tournament Statistics

| Metric | Total | |---|---:| | Entries | 126 | | Uniques | 77 | | Re-Entries | 49 | | Add-Ons | 42 | | Prize Pool | R3 534 300 |

Prize Breakdown

| Position | Payout | |---|---:| | 1st | R1 070 000 | | 2nd | R660 000 | | 3rd | R410 000 | | 4th | R265 000 | | 5th | R204 000 | | 6th | R165 000 | | 7th | R140 000 | | 8th | R120 000 | | 9th | R110 000 | | 10th | R100 000 | | 11th | R100 000 | | 12th | R100 000 | | 13th | R90 300 |

After a total of 126 entries, 44 players remain in contention on Level 14 - 10000-20000-20000. The action is intensifying across the room as the field works toward the money spots, which include R1.03M for first place.

A.E. sits atop the standings with a commanding stack of 1.91M chips, good for 96 big blinds and nearly 2.7 times the average (828K).

Jean Ducasse trails in second place with 1.46M (73 big blinds), followed closely by Marko Nortje (1.34M), Netero (1.15M) and Jaryd Jardien (1M).

These top five stacks all return with 50 big blinds or more.

Chip Counts

| # | Player | Chips | Big Blinds | | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | | 1 | A.E. | 1,910,000 | 96 | | 2 | Jean Ducasse | 1,460,000 | 73 | | 3 | Marko Nortje | 1,340,000 | 67 | | 4 | Netero | 1,150,000 | 58 | | 5 | Jaryd Jardien | 1,020,000 | 51 |