Sun International crowns king of baccarat

Veteran baccarat supremo Guobin Gao, a patron of Carnival City, beat out his rivals to be installed as 2024 Black Opal champion and bag the R1.5m grand prize in the recent finale of Sun International’s nationwide gaming extravaganza at Sun City.

With R2.5m in prize money on offer on the day, the stakes were high from start to finish in what is one of the richest gaming tournaments in the country.

The finale was a fitting conclusion to 10 weeks of intense action at Sun International casinos around South Africa as competitors battled to secure their seats at the glittering grand finale.

Hugely popular in the Far East and growing in favour across the world, baccarat is easy to pick up and you can join a game with virtually any sort of bankroll.

The grand finale, which saw the top six take to the stage at Sun City’s Encore nightclub – this time dressed up in a Kings and Queens theme – was a tense affair, with guests following every second of the action on screens and being entertained through dance and song.

The finalists pulled out all the stops across the ups and downs of a tense final, sizing each other up across the rounds in a bid to outmanoeuvre the table.

In the end, however, it was the canny Guobin who held his nerve and was crowned champion, continuing Carnival City’s hot streak in nationwide competitions.

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