Bruno Foster, one of the most popular Brazilian poker players, has recently won his first WSOP Circuit gold ring. The poker pro topped the field of a R$2,300 Giant Omaha tournament or Event #8 on the schedule of the WSOP Circuit Brazil festival. The player captured a shiny gold ring and added R$112,000 to his poker bankroll for beating a field of 232 entries.
Transamerica Expo Center in São Paulo is currently playing host to the WSOP Circuit. One of the world’s most popular poker series added a majority of international stops to its latest season, thus expanding its global footprint to different exciting poker destinations. The beautiful South American country has actually become the third such international stop on the WSOP International Circuit calendar. The poker tour arrived in Brazil on October 26 for a thrilling festival featuring 14 gold ring events.
Foster scored his most recent poker victory on Saturday when the R$2,300 Giant Omaha final table was played. Action kicked off with Rodrigo Garrido holding the largest chip stack and Foster being second in chips. Eventually, the start-of-the-day chip leader was eliminated in 4th place.
Foster faced Fernando Scherer, a former swimmer and Olympic medalist, heads-up. Both players demonstrated excellent performance during the two-handed match, but Foster ultimately scooped the title being the one with greater poker experience.
It could be said that Foster is a poker celebrity in his home country. He is the only Brazilian player to have ever made it to a WSOP Main Event final table. He took 8th place in the WSOP $10,000 Championship in 2014 for a payout of $947,172. Overall, the player has more than $1.3 million in live tournament earnings. He is a brand ambassador for online poker room 888poker, which has been sponsoring WSOP events for some time now.
Commenting on his latest victory, Forster said that he was really happy to finally win a piece of WSOP jewelry and that the fact that he had done that in his home country made him even happier. The player also admitted that the task had been a challenging one as he had faced tough competition throughout the tournament’s every stage.
The WSOP International Circuit’s Brazil stop proved to be quite a success. The festival was kicked off with the multiple starting flight R$580 Brazilian Storm tournament that attracted the record number of 2,981 entries, thus becoming the largest ever WSOP event to have ever taken place outside the US. It was originally announced that the Brazilian Storm would feature a guaranteed prize pool of R$1 million. However, the record-breaking field eventually generated a prize pool of around R$1.5 million.
