2017 888Live Poker Festival Sao Paulo

High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 888Live Poker Festival Sao Paulo

Event Info
Buy-in
R$2,500

Welcome to 888Live São Paulo!

888Live São Paulo Kicks Off Today
888Live São Paulo Kicks Off Today

Today 888Poker kicks off the 888Live Festival in São Paulo. The tournament itself will take place at the Casa Bossa – Shopping Cidade Jardim and will run from September 6 – 11.

The six day festival will be a host to multiple tournaments, including a R$2,500 (~$800 USD) High Roller with R$200,000 (~$65,000 USD) Guaranteed, a R$500 (~$160 USD) Ladies Event, and of course the R$1,000,000 (~$320,000 USD) Guaranteed Main Event which PokerNews will be providing coverage for throughout the week.

São Paulo has been dubbed my many, including 888Poker’s own Bruno Foster Politano, as the best place in Brazil to play poker. It is the country’s most populated city with over 12 million people living in it and is home to the country’s tallest buildings, as well as over 12,000 different restaurants. São Paulo is also touted for having some of the best nightlife in the country, so, if you’re not playing poker there should be plenty to do and plenty to eat.

A list of poker superstars is slated to attend including Politano, as well Sofia Lövgren, Kara Scott, Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman, Leo Margets, Tiffany Michelle and Nicolau Villa-Lobos.

Also this week will be two invite only tournaments including a celebrity event and a Flop O Mania – 6 Max event, both taking place on Friday, September 8th. Flop O Mania is 888Poker’s newest innovation in Poker. The game released earlier in mid-August and is very similar to No-Limit Hold’em, albeit one big change; There is no preflop. This creates a faster paced, more action heavy game. You can try your hand at Flop O Mania on 888poker by downloading the client on 888poker.com.

The celebrity invitational tournament is set to feature 888poker ambassador Denílson de Oliveira Araújo will join his friend and former soccer world champion Cafu. The special celebrity charity event hosted by 888poker will make a donation to the “Cafu Foundation.”

The R$1,300 (~$420 USD) Main Event here at 888Live São Paulo will feature six starting flights over the next four days, starting Wednesday, September 6th at 8 p.m. local time all the way up to Saturday, September 9th with two final starting flights at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time.

One of the biggest draws of the 888Live Festivals is not only the prizepools and awesome venues, but the fact that the winners of the Ladies Event, the High Roller, and the Main Event will all receive $13,000 Packages to the WSOP Europe which kicks off on October 19th in the Czech Republic.

Full Schedule For 888Live São Paulo:

DateTimeTournamentBuy-inGuarantee
Wed 6 Sep3:00 p.m.High Roller SatelliteR$30010 seats
 5:00 p.m.High Roller Day 1R$2,500R$200,000
 8:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1aR$1,300R$1 million
Thu 7 Sep2:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1bR$1,300R$1 million
 5:00 p.m.High Roller Final DayR$2,500R$200,000
 8:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1cR$1,300R$1 million
Fri 8 Sep6:00 p.m.Flop Omania 6-MaxFreeroll 
 8:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1dR$1,300R$1 million
 9:00 p.m.Celebrities Freezeout Invitational  
Sat 9 Sep2:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1eR$1,300R$1 million
 8:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1fR$1,300R$1 million
Sun 10 Sep2:00 p.m.Main Event Day 2 R$1 million
 8:00 p.m.Ladies Event Day 1R$500 
Mon 11 Sep2:00 p.m.Main Event Final Day R$1 million
 7:00 p.m.Ladies Event Final Day  
 7:00 p.m.Last Chance TournamentR$150 

Day 1a through 1e will feature 10, 50-minute levels and a starting stack of 25,000 chips, while Day 1f will only play 30-minute levels through the day. Once players reach day 2, things will slow down a bit with 60-minute levels. Players will have a break every two hours.

For the start of the tournament, we at PokerNews will be providing longer, feature updates about the tournament, and will begin a traditional live updates style on the start of day 2. Make sure you stay tuned to catch it all.

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