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Bruno Politano bagged one of the biggest stacks for his light
Welcome back to 888Live São Paulo! It’s Day 2 of the Main Event and we’re just about ready to kick off our live coverage, moving away from our feature stories that we’ve been working on for the first few days and moving into live reporting and hand coverage that you are used to seeing. Yesterday, on Saturday, two flights kicked off; Day 1e and Day 1f.
The first flight, Day 1e brought in 188 new players. Leading the way after 10 levels of play was Leonardo Rizzo. Rizzo bagged up 291,400 chips heading into day two. But as mentioned before, Day 1e also brought in a list of notable players and pros including Bruno Foster Politano who bagged the 6th most chips in his flight with 126,800. Also making it through day 1e were Sofia Lövgren who bagged up 80,700, Kara Scott with 68,000, and Tiffany Michelle who bagged 22,900. All of them will be returning today to kick off Day 2 at 2 p.m. local time. With the addition of Day 1f, the turbo flight which began at 8 p.m. local time on Saturday, there were a total of 757 entrants for the event, creating a small overlay for the massive R$1,000,000 guaranteed prizepool.
Overall Chip Leaders Heading into Day 2
Name
Chips
Rodrigo Navarro
306,200
Leonardo Rizzo
291,400
“Oponente”
195,400
Wilson Engel Junior
189,100
Vinicius Silva
186,400
Daniel Azis
184,700
Fernando Rocha
183,600
Eduardo Moura
173,200
Mario Borges
168,700
Action kicks off in just a few hours and we’ll be here with our normal coverage for the rest of the Main Event as the remaining 264 players battle it out, down to a victor. Players will be starting in level 11 with blinds at 800/1,600 with a 200 ante. Prizepool information will also be available later so we will update once that is in. For now, stay tuned and we’ll be sure to keep you updated the rest of the way!
Daniel Belatto was first to act. He opened with a raise to 4,000 from under the gun. Carlos Zemella called two seats over. Action folded around to Tiffany Michelle who was in the big blind. She moved all in for a total of 20,100. Belatto shoved all in over the top with a covering stack and Zemella folded bringing the two players to a showdown.
Michelle:
Belatto:
The flop was safe for Michelle when it came . The turn was also safe when the fell. The river was extremely brutal though when the peeled off, giving Belatto the winning full house and eliminating Michelle from the tournament.
"Well," Michelle said as she walked away from the table. "That's how it goes."
Sofia Lövgren had a pretty good start to the day, doubling her stack and trading some pots back and forth, but just a bit ago she lost a monster pot to another player at her table, putting her on a short stack.
In her final hand, Gabriel Castro opened with a raise to 4,500 from early position. Action folded around to the button who called before Lövgren moved all in for just over 12,000 chips. Castro moved all in over the top of that for roughly 40,000 and the button folded, bringing the two players to a showdown.
Lövgren:
Castro:
The flop was safe for Lövgren when it came but the turn was the and that put her opponent in the lead. The river was the and that did it for Lövgren who was eliminated from the tournament well before the money.
We caught up to the action on the flop of where Bruno Foster Politano faced off against two other opponents. Marcelo Ogusuku was first to act. He checked. The other player in the hand in middle position put out a bet of 7,300. Politano called as did Ogusuku.
The turn was the and Ogusuku checked again. The middle position player checked as well before Politano bet 13,200. Ogusuku thought for a little bit, then moved all in himself with a covering stack of both players. The middle position player folded but Politano didn't immediately release. He began talking to his opponent and asking questions. He then took a look back at the clock, then at his stack and laughed. He painfully put the remainder of his chips in the pot, about 26,700.
Ogusuku turned up for the turned nut flush. Politano kept his cards faced down and pulled back his bet jokingly, but eventually revealed for a turned flush as well. The river was the meaningless changing nothing and Politano was eliminated from the tournament.
"If I had more I probably could've folded," Politano said to us after the hand.
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.
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.
Ramos:
Monteiro:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aziz:
Opponent:
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.
. The turn was also safe when the 
fell. The river was extremely brutal though when the 
peeled off, giving Belatto the winning full house and eliminating Michelle from the tournament. 
and that did it for Lövgren who was eliminated from the tournament well before the money.
where Bruno Foster Politano faced off against two other opponents. Marcelo Ogusuku was first to act. He checked. The other player in the hand in middle position put out a bet of 7,300. Politano called as did Ogusuku. 
and Ogusuku checked again. The middle position player checked as well before Politano bet 13,200. Ogusuku thought for a little bit, then moved all in himself with a covering stack of both players. The middle position player folded but Politano didn't immediately release. He began talking to his opponent and asking questions. He then took a look back at the clock, then at his stack and laughed. He painfully put the remainder of his chips in the pot, about 26,700. 
for the turned nut flush. Politano kept his cards faced down and pulled back his bet jokingly, but eventually revealed 
for a turned flush as well. The river was the meaningless 
changing nothing and Politano was eliminated from the tournament. 
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 
but he did pick up a few outs to a straight on the 
turn. Unfortunately for him the river was the 
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.
and that gave him a set and the monster lead for the monster pot. The turn was the