Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 888Live Poker Festival Sao Paulo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Final Numbers From Day 1b and 1c
Day 1b and 1c both came to a close yesterday before the High Roller even had a chance to finish. In total 116 new entries came in, bringing the total field to 160 players. Later on today 888Live will kick off day 1d, which is the only flight for Friday along with the two invitational tournaments.
Leading the way after Day 1b was Wilson Engel Junior who was able to bag up 189,100 chips after the first ten level of play. He leads the 21 remaining survivors who came out of 1b. Coming out of Day 1c were only 10 survivors. Leading that pack was Daniel Marquez Azis who bagged 184,700 chips. Both players are still trailing the unknown masked chip leader known as "Oponente" from Day 1a who bagged 195,400, but will return on Sunday at 2 p.m. still with a chance to fight for the title. Among the survivors of Day 1c you'll see that Felipe Ramos made it through the day after busting the High Roller. He managed to bag up the 4th biggest stack in his flight and will return to Day 2 with 124,500 chips.
Chip Leaders From Day 1b
| Name | Chips |
|---|---|
| Wilson Engel Junior | 189,100 |
| Marcelo Da Cunha | 159,200 |
| Henrique Onodera | 129,800 |
| Andrey Lago | 119,500 |
| Lucas Grizendi | 110,000 |
| Manuel Cardoso | 103,900 |
| Paulo Gini | 100,000 |
| Denise Vilhalba | 94,200 |
| Wilson Roberto Silva De Almeida | 91,400 |
| Lucas Moreira Aranha | 66,600 |
Survivors From Day 1c
| Name | Chips |
|---|---|
| Daniel Marquez Azis | 184,700 |
| Eduardo Moura | 173,200 |
| Mauro Tabarin | 168,000 |
| Felipe Ramos | 124,500 |
| Nicky Tirta | 102,100 |
| Pedro Todorovic | 97,200 |
| Douglas Ferreira | 95,700 |
| Fernando Konishi | 87,700 |
| Norson Saho | 87,000 |
| Max Costa | 78,100 |
We'll be kicking off Day 1d later on today and we'll provide more feature style updates until the start of Day 2 when we'll begin our normal hand action. Be sure to stick around!
Some Updates From the Main Event Day 1b and 1c
Currently, the Main Event Day 1b has been capped out at 68 entrants for Day 1b. Of those entrants, there are currently 27 left alive with just a few levels left to play. Day 1c currently has 30 entrants in level 3. With two more levels left of registration, that number is sure to grow as players have started busting from Day 1b left and right.
The High Roller is currently down to just 15 players with Felipe Ramos busting out in the last level after not being able to find much traction after the dinner break. The prize pool has also been announced for that event and can be found within the tab for the High Roller as well as an interview with Bruno Politano who was the chip leader at the dinner break, but now sits in the middle of the pack.
A full recap of Day 1b and 1c will be posted Friday morning along with updates from the chip leaders and more and we will begin coverage of Day 1d with some looks at the Flop O Mania Tournament as well as the celebrity invitational.
In the meantime, PokerNews' Nicki Pickering caught up with Sofia Lövgren who talked about what she's been up to in São Paolo.
Watch Chasing – Taking a Closer Look at the Added Main Event Prize and What it Means
With Day 1b well underway and Day 1c just kicking off, we thought it might be time to start taking a look at some of the prizes that will go to the eventual winner of this event. As we mentioned before along with the prize money for first place and the $13,000 package to the World Series of Poker Europe in the Czech Republic the winner of the 888Live Festival São Paulo Main Event will also receive a custom Breitling watch made specifically for this event. The watch also has an estimated value of $13,000 and comes with a beautiful leather strap, while the watch face itself shares the colors of the 888Poker logo, blue and black.
We caught up with several pros, some of whom hadn’t seen the watch yet, but each had a different take on what it would mean to win the watch and how bad they would love to have a prize like that.
“I’m sitting right in front of this big banner that I feel like is this great advertisement,” Tiffany Michelle said about the Breitling banner that sat above her table. “I know that Sofia and Leo saw it and I just remember hearing at a distance them oohing and aahing over this watch but I have yet to view it. I’m a big watch girl because I have like giant hands so I need big watches to create balance on my hands. So I’m all about a watch.”
Despite the watch being an offset to her big hands, Michelle said that she also sees the practicality in a prize such as this.
“Well, two things,” she said. “First of all I think cold hard cash speaks volumes but there is something about a watch that I think is very practical for a poker player. Because now you get to show it off at the table. Like Sofia Lövgren was sitting next to me and I’m sitting there and she had this gorgeous watch on and I noticed that I was checking it out being like, ‘Wow, where did you get that watch?’ So compared to any other piece of jewelry, lets be honest, most men don’t wear jewelry, I think a watch is totally practical because not only is it something you can flaunt at the table but it’s practical because you use it to tell time. So it makes the most sense to me compared to like a bracelet that guys are never going to wear. I mean you put it in your trophy stand and you never see it again but I think a watch is a great way to display your bragging rights practically at the poker table.”
Bruno “Foster” Politano saw the watch and just the thought of it made him light up with joy, despite not being a normal watch user himself.
“Yes!” Foster said with a big smile on his face “The Breitling! Oooo! It’s a dream. I never… I don’t use a watch, it’s not my ambition, but this watch is really really really beautiful. It’s something I want to win.
Felipe Ramos had big plans for the watch already and thinks that as a branding choice, this is one of the smartest investments any company can make right now, by buying into the poker world.
“I love that,” Ramos said. “Especially because I see these big brands looking into poker as a very good opportunity, a business opportunity for them, which it is. We gather all kinds of human beings here and all kinds of classes. So it’s a pretty smart investment and I’d like to congratulate the Breitling company and also 888 because this is amazing. Good job.”
To Ramos, the watch represents more than cash can. It’s a trophy, a way for him to show his success.
“I simply care about that more than anything else, more than money or anything else because this is something you cannot buy,” Ramos explained. “This kind of stuff, you cannot buy, you need to earn, these are the things that are worth the most.”
For Ramos, he doesn’t want to keep and wear the watch. He has special plans for it.
“I remember when two years ago when I cashed in the WSOP Main Event they gave a special hat for only the thousand players that cashed in the Main,” he said. “ I thought that was so special that I had to share it with my friends on social media. So I had a drawing on my Instagram and I gave my hat away. And that was so nice because this kid that owns it right now sends me a picture from time to time in a special place saying “I have it, and this is for life. I’m not going to sell it. People ask me for money. I’m not gonna sell it.” So this is really cool, you know? I think that this is a really really good prize for a really good achievement. If I get it, I already know what I’m going to do with it. I’m gonna give this as a gift to my father that he deserves very much. And he likes watches as well and is a very simple, humble guy, so I think he’s gonna like it.”
While the watch means something different to all of these players, we can already tell it’s a hit as a prize and something that all of those competing in the Main Event are going to vying for.
Currently there are 10 entrants in Day 1c of the Main Event with all of them still alive, while 35 of the starting 68 are alive in Day 1b, brining the current entrant pool to 122. Be sure to stay tuned as we play our way down to the winner of not only the prize money and the WSOPE package, but of this beautiful Breitling watch as well.
Action is Underway for Day 1b of the Main Event
Welcome back everyone to the 888Live Festival in São Paulo. We're already into level three for Day 1b which has seen 42 players hop into the event, with 40 of them still alive. Registration is open until level 5 so there is still some time for that number to keep growing, and with 44 entrants yesterday, that number is sure to be eclipsed today.
On the other side of the venue the High Roller is just about ready to restart with 43 players remaining. Sitting atop the leaderboards are Bruno Politano and Felipe Ramos who are sure to take their hot start and continue running it up. Action for the High Roller kicks off at 5 p.m. local time. Updates and stories about the High Roller can be found in the High Roller tab above or by clicking here.
In the meantime, Nicki Pickering has given us a tour of the beautiful venue here in São Paulo so make sure you check that out below.
Day 1b Set To Kick off Soon; Day 1c Begins at 8 p.m. Local Time
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of 888Live São Paulo. Day 1a saw 44 players enter with only 13 surviving through the day. Today both Day 1b and 1c will commence at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time. We can expect to see plenty more joining the action with the High Roller registration closing and the Main Event being the only game in town. Players are also able to re-enter on any of the starting flights, so some may fire multiple bullets.
The plan for today is to play 10 levels for each flight, starting with a stack of 25,000 and blinds starting at 50/100. We'll be keeping a close eye on the field to see who joins and we'll be bringing you longer feature pieces about today's action as well as a recap at the end of the day to tie it all together. Once Day 2 begins on Sunday we'll be right back with our normal hand for hand coverage.
Be sure to stay tuned as we bring you all the fun and action from Day 1b and 1c of 888Live São Paulo.
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