After three days of bad jokes, gratuitous nudity and even a Sumo wrestling act, one man has finally managed to crack the stony facade of The Poker Face.

 

When Sebastian Roode took the stage at Clearwater Mall on 29 August he had only 30 seconds to get a reaction from Chris Forrest's poker face. In front of a packed audience, it was Roode’s ‘crazy-monkey’ impersonation of Forrest himself that had everyone in hysterics. Roode had some dubious contestants to contend with, including a flasher in ladies underwear and a granny giving a very bad rendition of La Cucaracha.  Whether his spectacular tumble at the end of his performance was intended or not, it managed to get a laugh from the Poker Face and win Roode the cumulative prize of R40,000.