$6,000 BSOP Championship Day 1b | 2025 BSOP Super High Roller Series

11-23-2025 19:30 UTC-3

Luca and Arantes Go Toe to Toe

Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Alexandre Arantes opened to 3,200 from under the gun, which saw Ivan Luca respond with a three-bet to 9,500 from the button. Undeterred, Arantes four-bet to 38,200. The raising wasn't finished yet, as Luca five-bet jammed for 94,500.

Arantes folded, but threw in his one-time 'Winner Showdown' card, too, forcing Luca to show.

Luca obliged, flipping over Q♠Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Luca	135,900 42,400	42,400

Alexandre Arantes	79,000 79,000	79,000

Tags: Ivan Luca Alexandre Arantes

11-23-2025 19:24 UTC-3

Morelli Building

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With a 6♠J♠Q♦8♦ board in the middle, and roughly 29,000 in the pot, the action was on Thales Morelli in the cutoff.

In a pot versus both players in the blinds, who had both checked, Morelli put out a bet of 25,000.

The small blind quickly relinquished his cards, and, after some consideration, the big blind followed suit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thales Morelli	205,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Thales Morelli

11-23-2025 19:12 UTC-3

Galindo Bombs River

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Battling blind versus blind, Humberto Galindo and Camila Kons were looking at a 2♣10♣A♥ flop, with roughly 12,000 in the pot.

Galindo checked over to Kons before calling her bet of 3,500.

The action checked through on the 8♥ turn, and the 3♦ river completed the board.

Galindo then assembled a big bet, putting 29,700 into the middle.

Kons took a moment to consider, but decided to let go of her cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Galindo	167,000 38,500	38,500
Camila Kons	85,500 10,500	10,500

Tags: Camila Kons Humberto Galindo

11-23-2025 18:54 UTC-3

Updated Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Valerio	304,000 40,000	40,000
Thales Morelli	212,000 21,500	21,500
Ademar Alves	182,000 31,000	31,000
Andrea Quadros	165,000 26,500	26,500
Ilya Baradzin	132,000 41,500	41,500
Humberto Galindo	128,500 79,000	79,000
Breno Drumond	126,000 19,000	19,000
Camila Kons	96,000 3,000	3,000
Allan Mello	74,000 30,500	30,500

Rafael Mota	55,000 22,700	22,700
Masato Yokosawa	51,500 40,500	40,500

Viacheslav Balaev	47,500 78,500	78,500

11-23-2025 18:39 UTC-3

Mello Barrel Does the Job

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With 6♠Q♣3♠ face up on the felt, and roughly 9,000 in the pot, Eduardo Pires checked from the big blind, over to Allan Mello in the hijack.

Mello put out a bet of 2,700, which Pires called.

The turn saw a flush completing 10♠ join the board, and when Mello continued with a bet of 7,000, Pires chose to check-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduardo Pires	145,000 13,000	13,000
Allan Mello	43,500 54,500	54,500

Tags: Allan Mello Eduardo Pires

Level: 5

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

11-23-2025 18:16 UTC-3

Break Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The remaining players are taking a 15-minute break.

11-23-2025 18:12 UTC-3

Mota in the Blender

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rafael Mota opened the action to 2,500 from the hijack, receiving calls from Ilya Baradzin in the small blind and the player in the big blin.

Once the dealer had spread the Q♣6♥4♥ flop, Baradzin led out for 3,000. The big blind folded, and Mota raised to 16,000, which Baradzin called.

The 4♦ turn saw Baradzin deploy the same trick, leading out this time for 20,000, which Mota just called this time.

The 10♣ completed the board, and Baradzin moved all in, covering Mota's remaining 32,300.

Mota burned through three time extensions before electing to fold. He wasn't left wondering, though, as Baradzin flipped over his hand, revealing K♥Q♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Baradzin	173,500 22,000	22,000
Rafael Mota	32,300

Tags: Ilya Baradzin Rafael Mota

11-23-2025 18:01 UTC-3

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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11-23-2025 17:52 UTC-3

More for Valerio

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrea Quadros raised to 2,500 on the button before seeing Jose Valerio three-bet to 10,600 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Quadros called.

The dealer laid out a 9♣6♠J♥ flop, which saw Valerio down-bet for 2,500. This was too rich for Quadros, who returned her cards to the dealer.