Only 27 players remain in the 888Live São Paulo Main Event and after 10 scheduled levels of play, as well as one unscheduled one, it’s 18-year-old Guilherme Cazula who leads the way. Cazula was able to bag up 1,706,000 chips to bring into the final day of play which begins tomorrow, Monday at 2 p.m. local time.
Many heroes fell today short of the money. It was a list of big name pros that were felted well before the money bubble as even popped. Bruno Politano went out flush over flush, Tiffany Michelle was two outered on the river, Leo Margets fell at the feature table and they weren’t the only ones. One of the biggest to fall was Felipe Ramos. Ramos four-bet shoved with ace-queen off and he was called by Gustavo Monteiro’s ace-king off. He couldn’t catch up and Monteiro made a straight to leave Ramos with less than one big blind. He was eliminated shortly after that.
Kara Scott was one of the only 888Ambasadors to make it into the money. She was eliminated at the feature table after dinner break and will not be making it on to Day 3. Unfortunately for Scott she was too late to join the Ladies Event which kicked off today and brought out 45 players. With a $13,000 WSOPE package offered for the winner the tournament saw big names such as Leo Margets, Tiffany Michelle, and Sofia Lövgren all hop in, although none of them made it to the final table. The ladies event is planned to finish tonight as well and we will post a full results list tomorrow along with the name of the winner who will be flying out to World Series of Poker Europe.
Of the players remaining, three men tangled back and forth with the chip lead. Guilherme Cazula, Daniel Aziz, and Osvaldo Ruben Irrazabal. Irazzabal was at the feature table for most of the day and we were unable to catch much of his action and stack building. Aziz, however, was very active throughout the day, and on multiple occasions took massive pots down to vault himself from the middle of the pack to the chip lead. Cazula also had a roller coaster of a day. On one of the last hands of the night, he was able to take a big pot from Leonardo Rizzo when he made a flush against Rizzo’s two pair. Cazula, Aziz, and Irazzabal finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in chips, in that order.
Day 3 action will begin in level 22 at 2 p.m. and the plan is to play down all the way to a winner. Currently, all the players remaining are guaranteed R$6,300 but of course they are all aiming for the R$200,000 first place prize. We’ll be back Monday to wrap up the coverage of the 888Live São Paulo Main Event.
After a raise from Naresh Trivedi in late position, Daniel Aziz reraised from the blinds, making it 100,000. Action was back on Trivedi and he moved all in for roughly 450,000. Aziz called after some thought.
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The board rolled out keeping Aziz in the lead the whole way. He took down the big pot with his pair of tens and that allowed him to retake the chip lead.
Guilherme Cazula has been on a roller coaster ride of a day. He recently talked us over a couple hands that he played that had his chip stack bouncing up and down.
In the first hand, according to Cazula, Maria Aparecida De Alencar Oliveira, who goes by Cida, opened with a raise to 30,000 on the button. Cazula defended from the big blind. The flop came down and Cazula checked to Oliveira who bet 30,000 again. Cazul put in a three bet to 80,000 and Oliveira moved all in for right around 265,000. Cazula called and showed while Oliveira held on to . The turn was and and the river was a and that earned Oliveira the pot as she made a better two pair than Cazula.
He then mentioned that a few hands later he made a big call with on a nine-high board in a three-bet pot, and that got his chip stack back up to close to a million.
It's been a wild ride for Guilherme Cazula, but with 10 minutes to go, he just might make it to Day 3.
It's another massive pot for Daniel Aziz that vaults him back into the chip lead.
In the hand, Day 1 overall chip leader Rodrigo Navarro shoved all in from under the gun for 77,000. Next to act, Naresh Trivedi called the bet. On the button Daniel Aziz opted to raise, making it 200,000 total to play. The player in the big blind then moved all in for 124,000 total. Trivedi called the 200,000 raise from Aziz creating three pots. A main pot of 77,000 and four calls plus blinds and antes, a side pot with 47,000 more for the big blind's all in and a 150,000 side pot between Aziz and Trivedi with action still to go.
The flop came down and both players checked. On the turn, Trivedi checked. Aziz announced a bet, and Trevidi quickly folded awarding Aziz the side pot.
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Both players were already drawing close to dead with Navarro only being able to chop with another queen on the river, but it was the that came and that awarded the monster pot to Aziz who once again holds the top chip leader spot.
After a raise from a player on button, Daniel Aziz reraised from the big blind, making it 105,000. Action folded back around to the button and he moved all in for a total of 388,000. Aziz thought about it for a little bit and tossed in a chip to call. He was pained to see how far behind he was.
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But he didn't stay behind long. The flop came down and that gave him a set and the monster lead for the monster pot. The turn was the which was a blank as was the on the turn. That awarded Aziz the massive pot and put him as the first player in the room over 1,000,000 chips.
Andrea Quadros came third place in the high roller earlier this week. But it seems her luck may have run out as she just stone bubbled the Main Event. Quadros was all in with pocket tens and she was called down by another players pocket nines. It was not looking good for her to double up as her opponent had flopped trip nines and she was far behind. She couldn't recover and she was eliminated in 82 place. Immediately after Quadros headed over to the Ladies Event to quickly register.
On an alternate table, Patricia Alencar also found herself all in and at risk. She moved all in on the turn with the board reading [Ksd5c6d] against one other player who called her shove. Alencar was holding while her opponent held . She was able to fade with the on the river and that allowed her to double back up to over 200,000 chips.
A player under the gun opened with a raise to 15,000. Action folded to Daniel Aziz in middle position and he reraised, making it 35,000 to play. Action folded around and the player under the gun called.
The flop came and the under the gun player led out, putting out a bet of 30,000. Aziz quickly moved all in over the top with a covering stack. The player under the gun thought for a long while before revealing his and folding his hand, allowing Aziz to take the pot and move to around 700,000 chips, which is one of the biggest stacks in the room right now.
Aziz has a lot of experience playing poker and taking down tournaments in Brazil. Last year he won the Campeonato Paulista de Poker in São Paulo, taking down R$70,000 for his victory.
We missed the preflop action but a big pot erupted at the feature table that thrust Junior Viana into the chip lead with over 500,000 chips. Viana was holding against another opponents for a pot worth over 250,000.
The board rolled out and that made Viana's pair of kings best and allowed him to take over the chip lead from his neighbor Sandro Santos, who has slipped from where he once was at the top of the leaderboard.
Felipe Ramos opened with a raise on the button to 9,000. Next to act was Gustavo Monteiro who reraised, making it 28,000. Action folded back to Ramos and he shoved all in for right around 145,000. Monteiro didn't take long to call.
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The flop gave Ramos no extra outs when it came but he did pick up a few outs to a straight on the turn. Unfortunately for him the river was the and although h made a pair, Monteiro made the nut straight, and Ramos was left with 2,500 chips just 48 players away from the money. He'll have to do some work with his half a big blind stack if he wants to make a cash today.
Patricia Alencar started the day as one of the biggest stack in the room. A favorable few levels have put her up on the top of the leaderboard, possibly even the biggest stack in the room.
We caught Alencar involved in a pot against one other opponent with a board of showing. Action was on Alencar and she lead out with a bet of 25,000 which was a little less than half of the 55,000 chip pot. Her opponent thought for a while before folding his face up.
With that pot Alencar moved to nearly 350,000 in chips, which doesn't seem to be matched by anyone else in the room.
keeping Aziz in the lead the whole way. He took down the big pot with his pair of tens and that allowed him to retake the chip lead.
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and that earned Oliveira the pot as she made a better two pair than Cazula. 
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and folding his hand, allowing Aziz to take the pot and move to around 700,000 chips, which is one of the biggest stacks in the room right now. 
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