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Biggest poker event in Latin America

BSOP reaches the fourth stage in São Paulo

The fourth edition of the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) begins today (Thursday), and runs until August 1 at the WTC Sheraton in São Paulo. The tournament will also feature the competition of the Brazilian Championship of Team Poker (CBPE), which puts the main names of the sport face to face. In all, 18 selections representing their respective states are inscribed.

The event, following the sports philosophy of the project, offers trophies and medals to the winners, but there are no monetary awards. And the idea is simple: whoever makes the most points is the champion. Teams must consist of six players and a coach. Names must include a woman's. The intention is to show that poker is also a women's sport.

"Promoting CBPE is a special moment for us. It's a totally different kind of tournament, since the collective is as important as the individual in a sport like poker, where people are accustomed to playing only for themselves most of the time. And when we see the teams united celebrating each point, it shows the importance of having a tournament in this style and we hope that this year we can have many emotions at the tables again,” comments Ueltom Lima, president of CBTH (Brazilian Confederation of Texas Hold'em).

The 18 registered teams that seek the title of the tournament are: Amazonas, Bahia, Brasília, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia / Acre, Santa Catarina , São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins.

In addition to the CBPE, the BSOP tournament grid has been completely redesigned to offer even more opportunities to its competitors. Tournaments vary between R$ 150 and R$ 7,000 buy-in. The awards depend solely and exclusively on the number of participants in each of the events.

BSOP is a series of poker tournaments held in Brazil since 2006. Today it is the largest poker event in Latin America, having reached the record of 3,457 participants in its final stage of the 2015 season, and with this mark reaches the status of the second largest poker tournament in the world. The BSOP is held in some of the best tourist destinations in Brazil and Uruguay and in some of the largest capitals in the country. The BSOP 2017 will have 7 steps.

Source: GMB