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All Africa Poker Channel captures latest local poker action.
Michael Collet Productions manages the All Africa Poker channel on DSTV. The TV crew captured the poker tournament which was held at Montecasino. The PokerNews Open 2008 Main Event was won by 24 year old Capetonian Darren Kramer who walked away with the R1,100,000 first place prize. The final table consisted of players such as Anton Bertilsson; Grant Nelson; Michael Holm; Chris Convery; Darren Kramer; Melanie Banfield; Danny K and Berrny Lengenfelder.
Other top finishers were Chris Conery in 2nd place, Michael Hollom in 3rd place, Melanie Banfield in 4th place and Danny K in 5th place. To be seated at the televised final table at this event which drew significant international interest, each of the 8 players had to battle it out against 175 other players, 57 of whom came from 19 different countries across the globe. The final stretch of the tournament was conducted in good spirits, with the usual number of humorous jokes passing between the players and the spectators. Chris Convery, Darren Kramer, Melanie Banfield and Danny K all had one thing in common. They have all previously played at the All Africa Poker Tournament, considered by most to be the ultimate tournament in Africa.
Melanie Banfield caused quite a stir, as she was the only lady to make it to the final table proving that dynamite does come in small packages. Melanie was also the leading lady at the last All Africa Poker Tournament held in November 2007 where she finished in the top 25.
Some regular faces were amongst the entrants who are frequently seen playing at the All Africa Poker Tournament held at Piggs Peak, Swaziland. Among them were poker commentators, Ryan Dreyer, David Dadic and Ryan Brauer, celebrity and Idols presenter, Colin Moss, The Tournaments highest poker earner - Ray Rahme, as well as Sandy Koor, Tournament Director of the All Africa Poker Tournament.
Wendy Graaf, Group Marketing Manager of Piggs Peak, Swaziland, was also seen at the event. “We are fanatical supporters of any event that could enhance the growth of poker”, Wendy said. “This is why it’s of utmost importance that tournaments such as these are televised, to show to everyone out there that our local players have what it takes to compete on an international level.” Wendy highlighted the amount of work that goes into producing such a huge event. She says it takes many weeks of post production and after filming over six hundred hours of footage to produce the highly entertaining and compelling poker programmes shown on the All Africa Poker Channel 393 on DSTV.
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