The Brazilian Series of Poker, held between November 27 and December 4 at the Sheraton Sao Paulo WTC Hotel, has its big champion. His name is Wilson Calixto and he took the total amount of R$1,050,000 (US$420,000) after a three-handed deal with the other two players who remained last on the final table.
The BSOP attracted a great number of players. A total of 2,749 took part in this year’s Main Event. By comparison, last year, Murilo “muka_gaming” Ruiz was the one to emerge victorious from a total of 2,400 players. Another interesting fact about the 2014 BSOP is that it became the second-largest championship to be held outside Las Vegas. The only one that beat its record was the so-called Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath which attracted 3,394 players.
And here are some highlights from the final table. A total of 10 poker pros appeared on the last day of the event. Adecir Cassol and Marcel Carli left shortly after the beginning of the game.
Humberto Meireles was the next to be eliminated. He was defeated by the soon-to-be-champion and finished eight, taking home the amount of R$105,000. Meireles was then followed by the Chilean poker pro Sebastian “El conejo” Ruiz. He was eliminated by Ednei Carrilho and received R$125,000 of the entire prize pool.
Neném Brito was the next to leave the final table. He too was defeated by Carrilho. At this point of the game, it was Calixto who held the majority of chips. The soon-to-be-champion eliminated Anderson Cruz, sending him to fifth place.
Carrilho, who began the game as one of the chip leaders, was the next to leave. He took the amount of R$314,400 for his fourth place. Thus, it became clear that Lucas Iglesias, Luiz Duarte, and Wilson Calixto were the last three with chances for the title.
The remaining players decided to strike a three-handed deal. In other words, Calixto was to receive R$800,000 of the prize pool, while Iglesias and Duarte were to get respectively R$790,000 and R$710,000. In addition to this, the champion was to be awarded a trophy and the additional sum of R$250,000.
Shortly after the deal was cut, Iglesias was eliminated by Calixto. Thus, it became clear that he would face Luiz Duarte in a heads-up play. It began with Calixto as a chip leader. He held a total of 43.9 million of all the chips and his opponent had 38.6 million.
At the final hand, Calixto went all-in and Duarte called off. He had Q3 in his hand, but it was not enough to beat Calixto’s J5 and with the board showing [7h] on the river,
As already mentioned, Calixto took the amount of R$1,050,000 for his victory.
