BSOP Championship Penultimate Starting Flight Begins Today at 2 p.m.

Just two more chances remain to take a shot at a R$20,000,000 ($4,000,000 USD) guaranteed prize pool here in São Paulo, making the WTC Sheraton the place to be today.

So far, the 2025 BSOP Championship has attracted 305 entries, with 100 players successfully navigating their starting flights and securing a seat in Day 2.

The standout performers, so far, all emerged from Day 1a, where Alen Fillipi finished atop the counts with a commanding 1,260,000. Leandro Zavodini joined him in the seven-figure club with 1,018,000, while BSOP Ambassador Leonardo Rizzo rounded out an all-Brazilian podium with 783,000

Further down the leaderboard, there is no shortage of firepower, with players such as Fabiano Kovalski (559,000), Pedro Padilha (419,000), Daniel De Almeida (261,000), Joao Simao (243,000), Allan Mello (319,000) and Kelvin Kerber (36,000), already securing their seat for Day 2.

BSOP Championship Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Alen Fillipi	Brazil	1,260,000	210
2	Leandro Zavodini	Brazil	1,018,000	170
3	Leonardo Rizzo	Brazil	783,000	131
4	Gregory Fabião	Brazil	711,000	119
5	Brunno Albuquerque	Brazil	679,000	113
6	Lucas Roch	Brazil	670,000	112
7	Christian Poras	Brazil	632,000	105
8	Luigi Soncin	Brazil	625,000	104
9	Felipe Campins	Argentina	603,000	101

Players in Day 1c will begin with 100,000 chips, with blinds starting at 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante. The blind levels will increase every 60 minutes, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 9, with players allowed one re-entry during that window.

All Day 1 flights will wrap up after ten levels of play. Those who advance will return for Day 2 at 2:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, November 26, where blind levels increase to 90 minutes and six more levels of play are scheduled.