BSOP Winter crowned five separate champions over a single Sunday at the WTC Sheraton in São Paulo, headlined by Artur Azevedo’s win in the Uma Milha, the tournament series’ marquee mid-series event. Across five different formats and buy-ins, the day produced a mix of deep-field grinds and smaller, tighter fields, giving BSOP Winter one of its busiest single days of the series.
Azevedo Tops a 1,512-Entry Field in the Uma Milha
The Uma Milha, a R$1,000 buy-in event carrying a R$1,000,000 guarantee, drew a massive 1,512 entries, comfortably clearing its guarantee and building one of the largest fields of the week. Azevedo outlasted the field to take the title, banking R$153,000 under a final agreement reached among the top finishers. Evandro Soares finished runner-up and Eduardo De La Rocque took third, with both settling for R$108,000 apiece under the same deal, a reminder that final table agreements in Brazil often see stack size at the moment of the deal, rather than eventual finishing order, determine how the money actually splits. Felipe Difini rounded out the top four for R$85,000, while Carlos Nakamura, Colombia’s Santiago Prieto, Willian Cestari, Rafael Barreto, and the United Kingdom’s Daniel Van Geete filled out the remainder of the unofficial final table.
Tiago Leonel Closes Out the Instituto Garra 8-Max
In the R$4,000 buy-in 8-Max 1-Day Instituto Garra, Tiago Leonel took the title after a heads-up agreement locked in R$72,000 for the win. Shorter, one-day formats like this one have become a staple of BSOP’s daily schedule, giving players who cannot commit to a multi-day structure a chance to fire a bigger buy-in and still walk away with a result inside a single session.
Gadotti Takes Down the Omaha 5-Cartas
The R$2,500 Omaha 5-Cartas drew 206 entries, and Daniel Gadotti emerged from the pack to win the title. A three-handed agreement saw Gadotti collect R$83,900, with Evandro Prestes taking R$58,200 for second and Matias Cirgliano earning R$51,900 for third. Five-card Omaha events remain a smaller niche on most Brazilian series schedules compared to hold’em, but a 206-entry field for a R$2,500 buy-in shows there is still a solid, dedicated audience for the format inside the BSOP ecosystem.
Giordano and Campusano Battle It Out in the 4K Second Chance
The R$4,000 Second Chance event, designed to give players eliminated earlier in the series another shot at a title, brought in 89 entries. Marcelo Giordano won the tournament outright for R$72,240, with Chile’s Luis Campusano finishing runner-up for R$54,760. Unlike the other events decided by deals that day, the Second Chance appears to have played to a clean conclusion, with both prizes reflecting standard payout structure rather than a negotiated split.
Oliveira Claims the Ladies Event
Rounding out the day, the R$1,000 Ladies event brought together 88 women for a title eventually claimed by Clarice Oliveira, who won R$18,300. Regina Cassab finished second for R$12,200, and Nivea Leite took third for R$8,300. Dedicated Ladies events remain a fixture on the BSOP calendar, and an 88-entry field for a R$1,000 buy-in is a solid turnout for a series that runs a packed daily schedule across multiple simultaneous formats.
Why the Deals Looked the Way They Did
The identical payouts for second and third in the Uma Milha, and the three-way split in the Omaha 5-Cartas, are both consistent with how BSOP final tables typically resolve once a small group of players agree to lock up money rather than play out every hand to a natural conclusion. These agreements are usually built around an independent chip model calculation adjusted by whatever the players at the table negotiate among themselves, which is why finishing order on paper does not always line up with a strict escalating payout ladder. It is a common enough practice across major Brazilian series that regular BSOP grinders tend to expect it once a final table gets short-handed with a meaningful guarantee still on the line.
A Snapshot of BSOP Winter’s Depth
Five champions crowned in a single day, spanning buy-ins from R$1,000 to R$4,000 and formats ranging from massive-field no-limit hold’em to niche variants like five-card Omaha, is a fair snapshot of what makes a series like BSOP Winter such a heavy lift for both players and organizers. The WTC Sheraton in São Paulo has hosted a steady rotation of these results throughout the series, and the Uma Milha’s 1,512-entry turnout in particular stands out as a sign that the mid-series marquee events are still drawing serious volume even as the calendar pushes toward its final days. For players building toward their own run at a BSOP title, understanding tournament structure and final table dynamics, including how deals like the ones struck in the Uma Milha and the Omaha 5-Cartas actually work, is worth studying well before sitting down. Poker Pro Academy’s guide to major tournament series covers the format basics that carry over from the WSOP to national series like BSOP.
