BLACK OPAL 2024
BACCARAT TOURNAMENT RULES
A. GENERAL
1. The Black Opal Baccarat 2024 Tournament (“the Tournament”) is exclusive to qualifying MVG
Members, who are at least 18 years of age, who are not excluded from gambling activities or who
have not been refused entry to Sun International casinos. Exclusions and refusal of entries imposed
during the Tournament will exclude participation.
2. The Tournament will be hosted from 3 May 2024 to 28 July 2024 (“the Tournament Period”). Unitelimination heats will be held from 14 June to 7 July 2024. The Grand Finale will be held from 26-28
July 2024 at Sun City.
3. To be eligible, participants who are MVG Members (“Participants”) must register on the electronic
platform for free at each of the participating Sun International entities listed below (‘participating
entities”) at the designated VIP or MVG Desks or online for SunBet. Participants may register atmultiple participating entities.
4. Participating entities: Boardwalk, Carnival City, GrandWest, Sibaya, Sun City, Time Square and SunBet(online).
5. During the Tournament Period Players will earn points whilst playing tables games in land-based
casinos and betting on the outcome of Live Dealer games on SunBet (online) on an accumulative basis
across all participating entities where they registered to participate in the Tournament. The points
earning will commence on start of the gaming day on 3 May 2024 and will be terminate at 06h00 on
3 June 2024 (gaming day on 2 June 2024).
6. After 06h00 on 3 June 2024, the first 3 Players on the group leader board who accumulated thehighest table points will each secure a seat a seat at the semi-final table at the group finale.
7. Aside from the 3 group leader board players that progress to the group final round, top points earners
from the 7 entities will automatically qualify for a seat at the quarter-finals, including the 6 top players
from SunBet (online), the number of players reflected in the column LB Qualifiers for Sun
International casino properties will be selected from each casino’s leader board in rank order fromhighest to lowest to participate in that casino’s unit heats.

18. Six players will compete in each Sun International casino property heats and the winners thereof asreflected in column Unit Finalists will progress to the Group Finale event at Sun City.

Players per Table

Grandwest
Time Square
SibayaCarnival
Sun City
Boardwalk
MeropaSunBetTotal
Auto Qualifiers
Top Points Earners
Total Players

6
LB
Qualifiers
54
54
54
54
42
42
0
7
307

Unit
Heats

Unit
Finalists
9
9
9
9
7
7
0

50

9
9
9
9
7
7
0
6
56
3
7
66

Top Points
Earners

TOTAL#players

1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
7

10
10
10
10
8
8
0
7
63
3
66

9. Seat positions will be allocated by way of a random draw. Seat allocations cannot be changed.
participants/proxies must be present at the draw for seat allocations.
10. At the quarter final in the Grand Finale a player will only be permitted one seat per heat. All otherseats held by the player in the same quarter final heat will be forfeited without the option of a proxynomination or any form of compensation.
11. An eligible Player will be permitted only one seat in the group semi-finals in the Grand Finale.
Where a Player obtains more than one seat in the group semi-finals then he/she must relinquish
the additional seat(s) without the option of a proxy nomination. Should a Player qualify for a semifinal heat at the Grand Finale and is still to play in a subsequent quarter final heat in the Grand
Finale, the seat held by that Player in the quarter final heat will be forfeited without the option of aproxy nomination, and that particular quarter final heat will be conducted without the full quota ofplayers.
12. Players must be physically present to participate unless they have appointed a valid proxy bycompleting a proxy form.
13. A proxy will only be permitted to play on behalf of a participant in the instance where a participant
has gained a qualifying position on the leader boards of more than one participating casinos which
would require him/her to play in the heats at the afore-going casinos on the same day or in instanceswhere the participant is not be able to attend for serious reasons, such as ill-health or travellingabroad. The affected participant must notify casino management at least 48hrs in advance of theafore-going and he/she must sign the tournament proxy nomination form prior to date of the heat.
14. Seats are not transferable, and players or proxies must be present at least 15 minutes before theactual start of any heat, semi-final or final where the game rules and relevant protocols will be
explained in addition to the written game rules and protocols. Players or their proxies who are notpresent at least 15 minutes before the actual start of any heat, semi-final or final will forfeit theirseats. In such instances the games concerned will continue without the full quota of players.

215. At each unit heat, players will be issued with R5 000 tournament chips. At the Grand Finale quarter
finals, semi-finals and finals, players will be issued with R10 000 tournament chips. Tournament chips
are not redeemable for any consideration. No re-buys are permitted, and players are not permitted
to introduce additional tournaments chips at any stage. Any attempts to introduce additional
tournament chips will result in immediate disqualification from the Tournament.
16. Tournament chips must always remain in the designated chip area on the table and in sight of otherplayers. All tournament chips must be returned to the casino after each stage.
17. Coaching of players is not permitted and may result in disqualification at the discretion of thetournament director.
18. Players play for themselves, and no alliances may be formed between Players. Tournament chips
cannot be pooled or transferred to other Players.
19. Under no circumstances will any bets be accepted after the dealer has called “No More Bets”
20. No bets will be allowed on perfect pairs.
21. For Players to qualify for the winner top up from SunBet, the Player must have a registered and active
SunBet account (to have an active SunBet account the Player must be fully registered and have madea deposit into this SunBet account).
22. Winning bets over the table limit will be paid out in accordance with the table limit.
23. Sun International reserves the right of admission to the Tournament.
24. Sun International reserves the right to terminate the Tournament at any stage without priornotification.
25. Tournament chips remain the property of Sun International and prizes are not transferable.
26. The published or displayed Tournament rules are the official rules that are applicable and willsupersede any other document containing similar content.
27. Sun International and the participating entity concerned reserves the right of admission to thetournament and furthermore reserves the right to terminate the tournament at any stage without
giving prior notification.
28. The leader board rankings are preliminary outcomes. The ranking displayed at each respective stage
will be confirmed by the entity concerned after it has verified the same by 10h00 the following day.
In the event of any malfunction of the system used for the automatic ranking on the leader boards,
the respective casino will manually rank the participants by relying on the tables points earned overthe period as recorded by that casino.

329. Prize money will be paid in line with the advertised prize schedule. Prizes are not transferable.
30. The tournament calendar and prizes will be advertised through the adverting channels used for thistournament. Dates and times are subject to change without prior notice. Participants must take careto ensure that they are aware of the correct dates and times.
31. By participating in this tournament it is deemed that participants agree to the tournament rules andfurthermore give consent to the casino displaying their personal information on the leader boards.
32. In the event of any clause, provision, term or condition in these tournament rules be found not to be
enforceable or invalid by any law or is waived by election of Sun International, such clause, provision,
term, or condition shall be severed from these rules to the extent that it shall not invalidate theremaining rules. Should Sun International be lenient in applying these rules, it does not mean that
Sun International has waived any of its rights.
33. Any indulgence given by the participating entities will not be deemed to be a waiver of any of theirrights in terms of these rules.
34. All disputes during the Tournament shall be referred to the respective Tournament Directors at

casino and group stages for resolution. The decision of the Tournament Director concerned will befinal and binding and no further correspondence will be entered into. In the Western Cape, allgambling-related disputes may be referred to the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board.

B. UNIT HEATS/ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT
1. Unit heats will be played with 6 players per table.
2. The players will get R5,000 in Tournament chips to play.
3. The heats will consist of 12 coups.
4. Any bet found to be over the max, will only be paid to the table limit.
5. The winners of each heat (highest chip total) will advance to the grand finale at Sun City.
6. The Inspector shall cut the cards.
7. All cards will be dealt face up in front of the dealer.
8. A rotating marker button which will be used to show the betting order, starting from player 1.
9. Each player will be requested to place their bet in a sequential order starting from the player withthe marker button.
10. Once a bet has been placed it cannot be changed.
11. Players may not play both Player and the Banker bets simultaneously.
12. Minimum is R100, maximum R10 000 and all bets must be in multiples of R100 – Tie R100 to R1000.
13. Players must play every coup with a minimum bet on either player or banker. Tie bets can be played
only in conjunction with a player or banker bet.
14. The dealer alone will handle the cards during the duration of the tournament.
15. A chip count will be done on the 6th and 13th coups.
16. In the event of a tie, an extra hand or hands will be dealt until such time that a winner is determined.
17. Pay-outs for both Player and Banker will be Even Money and Tie bets will be paid at 8 to 1.
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18. Players must be physically present to participate. Seats are not transferable and players not present
15 minutes before the actual start of any heat will forfeit their seat. In such instances the heat willproceed without the full quota of players.
19. Should a player that qualified for the unit heats according to the leader board not be able to attend
the unit heat on the set date and time because of exceptional circumstances the player would beallowed to nominate a proxy to play on their behalf. Unit management would need to be informedin writing at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the unit finals and the appropriate
nomination form needs to be completed and submitted to unit management.

C. GROUP FINALS
1. The group finals will be hosted at Sun City in NorthWest Province on the weekend of 26-28 July 2024. The group
finals will comprise of the following rounds: quarter finals, semi-finals and finals.
2. The respective winners from each heat in the unit finals qualify to play in an elimination format tournament withquarter finals, semi-finals, and finals stages at the group finals weekend.
3. SunBet qualifiers will qualify to play in the quarter finals at the group tournament.
4. The top player with the highest chip count at the end of the determined number of coups from each heat will
advance to the next stage of the tournament as per the structure proposed below.
5. The tournament structures below illustrate how the grand finale tournament will be conducted utilising 3 tables.
Take note of the various player participant structures in the various stages of the final tournament.

56 Unit Winners & 7
Top Points Earners

Finals Elmination Format
QF - 3 Rounds, 7Players/Table
Quarter Table 1
Table 2
Finals Table 3

Heat 1

Qualifiers
7
7
7

Quarter Table 1
Table 2
Finals Table 3
Heat 2

7
7
7

Quarter Table 1
Table 2
Finals - Table 3
Heat 37
7
7

Semi Finals

63
Quarter Finals
Unit winners
top points earner

63
55
8

Semi finals
Auto-qualifiers
Top 3 chip earners
from each of thesemi-final heats

123

FinalsHeat Winners

66

SF - 1 Round, 6Players/Table

Final, 6Players

Qualifiers

Table 1

6 players incl. Autoqualifiers

Table 2

6 players incl. AutoFinals
qualifiers

12

Qualifiers

top 3 players from table 1
Top 3 players from table 2

69

6. The quarter finals, semi-finals and finals will be conducted using the same mechanics and format as the unit heatswith changes to the following rules:
6.1. 63 Players will compete in the Quarter final heats. These will be played over 14 hands (coups) with chip counton the 7th and 13th coups.
6.2. A total of 9 players will progress to the semi-finals and the 3-group auto-qualifiers, totaling 12 players thatwill play in this round. A total of 6 players per table on 2 tables.
6.3. Semi-finals will be played over 18 hands (coups), with a chip count on the 12th and 17th coups.
6.4. The final 6 on the finale table will be made up of the top 3 from each table in the semi-final round. The finals
will be played over 18 hands (coups) with chip counts on the 12th, and 17th coups.
6.5. In the finals, there will be no maximum bet limit for the last 3 hands.
6.6. The players will each get R10,000 in Tournament chips to play in the various stages.
7. There will be a heat and seat draw for each of the quarter finals and semi-final rounds.
58. Should 2 or more finalists exit the final table on the same coup the relevant prize money applicable to thosefinishing positions will be added together and divided equally.
9. The 54 players that are eliminated during the quarter-final round will each receive R3,000 non-neg chips andR2,500 SunBet voucher, as consolation prize.
10. The 6 players eliminated from the semi-final round will each receive R7,500 non-neg chips and R5 000 SunBet
voucher as a consolation prize.
11. The 6 finalists will each receive a R10,000 SunBet voucher and their associated prize money.
D. MAIN PRIZE POOL
1. The total main prize pool for the Tournament is valued at R2.5milllion and will be distributed as per below:
Black Opal 2024
Prize Allocation

Value

1st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize
4th Prize
5th Prize
6th Prize
TOTAL

R1 500 000
R500 000
R250 000
R125 000
R75 000
R50 000
R2 500 000

Allocation %
60%
20%
10.0%
5.0%
3.0%
2.0%
100.0%

E. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
1. Travel arrangements for the respective Players and their partners to travel to Sun City must be finalised within
the deadlines set by Sun International, failing which the Players and their partners will be liable for their own
travel costs.
2.

Players will be liable for costs incurred for any changes made to travel and accommodation bookings, whereapplicable.

3.

Players and their partners will be liable for all costs in respect of goods or services that are not included in thetravel and accommodation bookings.

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