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.
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.
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."
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!