The remaining 24 players will try to book their spots at the final table when Day 4 of the R$25,000 BSOP Millions Championship begins at 2 p.m. local time.
Many of the biggest names on the Brazilian and Latin American poker scene have since come and gone in the days since the tournament began with 503 entries, but the field is still littered with high-profile pros seeking to capture the title here at the WTC Sheraton in Sao Paulo. They include Diego Ventura, who holds the No. 1 spot on Peru’s all-time money list and whose list of accolades includes a WSOP bracelet and a runner-up finish in the PCA in 2015.
Ventura enters the day in second place with 3,650,000. He’s looking up only at chip leader William Fernandes (4,460,000). Paulo Goncalves (3,300,000), Luan Coelho (2,865,000), and Rafael Mota (2,735,000) round out the top five.
Day 4 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Fernandes | Brazil | 4,460,000 | 112 |
| 2 | Diego Ventura | Peru | 3,650,000 | 91 |
| 3 | Paulo Goncalves | Brazil | 3,300,000 | 83 |
| 4 | Luan Coelho | Brazil | 2,865,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Rafael Mota | Brazil | 2,735,000 | 68 |
| 6 | Marcos Kenne | Brazil | 2,560,000 | 64 |
| 7 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 2,415,000 | 60 |
| 8 | Breno Drumond | Brazil | 2,380,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Murilo Milhomem | Brazil | 2,350,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Robert Burlacu | Romania | 2,320,000 | 58 |
Joao Vieira (2,415,000) headlines the remaining field and begins the day inside the top-10 on the leaderboard. The Portuguese online legend has three WSOP bracelets and more than $9 million in live career earnings, but even those figures are far eclipsed by what he’s accomplished on the virtual felt where he’s earned more than $25 million and won nine WCOOP titles.
Romania’s Robert Burlacu (2,320,000) and Canada’s Santiago Plante (850,000) hold the distinction of the remaining players who traveled the farthest to be here. Plante made the final table of EPT Barcelona in 2023, earning a career-best score of €511,300, and is coming off a runner-up finish in a WPT event in his native Montreal last month.
Other players still in the hunt include Breno Drumond (2,380,000), Murilo Milhomem (2,350,000), Joao Valli (2,130,000), and Alexandre Mantovani (1,505,000).
The action on Day 4 picks up with around 45 minutes remaining in Level 19 with blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante. The plan is to play down to the final table of eight today. Everyone left has locked up R$73,130 for making it this far, while a spot at the final table is worth at least R$244,850. The champion will earn R$2,140,000 (US $370,000) out of the more than R$11,000,000 prize pool.
The feature table will be streamed on the BSOP YouTube and Twitch channels on a 30-minute delay. PokerNews will be providing updates throughout the day on a delay to match the stream, so stay tuned for all the action.