Brazilian poker is heading back to the beach. The Brazilian Series of Poker has confirmed that its next stop, BSOP Florianópoliswill land at the Costão do Santinho Resort in Santa Catarina from September 4 to 8, 2026, marking the tour’s first visit to the city in eight years. PokerStars has already opened its satellite calendar to get Brazilian grinders into the building, with the first qualifiers running this week.
A Long-Awaited Return
For players who have followed BSOP over the last decade, Florianópolis has been a notable gap on the calendar. The circuit has rotated heavily through São Paulo, and more recently leaned on Costão do Santinho’s sister property for BSOP Winter, but a dedicated stop carrying the city’s name has not happened since roughly 2018. Bringing the series back to Floripa, a destination already popular with poker tourists for its beaches and resort infrastructure, gives the BSOP calendar a fresh live-tourism angle heading into the back half of 2026.
The festival will spread 26 tournaments across five days, with buy-ins ranging from R$500 side events up to a R$25,000 high roller, giving both recreational players and high-stakes regulars something to target. The schedule mixes No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and assorted mixed-game formats, following the template BSOP has used successfully at its other stops this year.
How PokerStars Is Getting Players There
PokerStars is running the primary online satellite path into BSOP Floripa, and the qualifier calendar is already live. The first daily satellite went off on August 11 at 21:05 for a $109 buy-in, awarding five entries into the Main Event. Two days later, on August 13, a $215 satellite awards two complete travel packages, followed by another $215 qualifier on August 16 sending five winners to Florianópolis.
The headline event on the satellite calendar is a Mega Satellite on August 23, also at $215 buy-in, which will send ten complete packages to the festival. Beyond these marquee dates, PokerStars is running daily subsatellites and freeroll-style qualifiers at smaller buy-ins to widen the funnel for players who cannot commit to the bigger direct qualifiers.
Every complete package awarded through these satellites bundles three things together: a Main Event buy-in, five nights of all-inclusive accommodation at the host resort, and a slot for a travel companion. That structure turns a modest online buy-in into a full resort vacation for the winner and a guest, which is part of why BSOP satellites have historically drawn heavy traffic on PokerStars Brazil.
Where to Find the Satellites
Players looking to qualify can find the full satellite schedule inside the PokerStars client by navigating through Events, then Live, then Américas, and selecting BSOP Floripa from the list. From there, the lobby breaks out the daily subsatellites, the scheduled qualifiers, and the Mega Satellite dates so players can plan which buy-in level fits their bankroll.
For newer players who are still getting comfortable with tournament satellites and want to understand how qualifying structures work before jumping in, Poker Pro Academy’s guide to how to play poker is a useful starting point before committing real money to a qualifier ladder.
What This Means for the BSOP Calendar
BSOP has kept a busy 2026 schedule, and slotting a Florianópolis stop into early September gives the tour a natural bridge between its winter and summer seasons. Costão do Santinho itself is no stranger to BSOP traffic, having hosted the BSOP Winter series earlier in the year, so the venue’s staff and infrastructure are already tested for a tournament of this scale. That familiarity should help BSOP scale up quickly for a 26-event, five-day festival without the growing pains a brand-new venue might bring.
The eight-year gap since the tour’s last dedicated Florianópolis stop also means there is a built-in nostalgia factor for longtime Brazilian grinders, some of whom will remember the earlier era of BSOP events in the city before the tour’s more recent concentration around São Paulo and the Winter series brand.
What to Expect in September
With a R$25,000 high roller topping the buy-in range, BSOP Floripa is positioning itself as more than just a satellite factory for recreational travelers. The series appears designed to pull in a cross-section of the Brazilian scene, from grinders chasing value in the R$500 side events to regulars and pros eyeing the marquee high-stakes tournament later in the schedule.
Whether the tour treats this as a one-off return or the start of a recurring Florianópolis stop on future calendars likely depends on how strong the numbers come in this September. For now, Brazilian players have a clear two-week window to lock in a seat through PokerStars before the doors open at Costão do Santinho on September 4.
Full details on the remaining satellite schedule, including any additional Mega Satellites added closer to the festival, will continue to be posted inside the PokerStars lobby as the September dates approach.
