Brasil Poker Tour

The Brasil Poker Tour is a new live poker tournament series tailor-made for Brasil and local players. You can qualify online via satellites that are available for registration when the tour is running, so don’t miss your chance to win a seat.

BPT Season 1 Results and Winners

Events	Dates	Prize Pool	Winner
BPT São Paulo	April 14-17, 2011	R$636,320	Rolf Andersen (R$170,500)
BPT Florianópolis	October 6-10, 2011	R$409,304	Jorge Breda (R$115,024)
BPT Grand Final Carnival Poker Festival	February 21-24, 2012	R$576,000	Ariel Celestino (R$140,330)

Season 1 of the Brasil Poker Tour is now in the books, following a win at the Grand Final Carnival Poker Festival for Brazilian player Ariel Celestino, who collected the title and R$140,330 in cash. It was a spectacular finale to a hugely successful first season, with 288 players combining to create a big prize pool of R$576,000, and the top 40 players getting paid. Team PokerStars Pro Matthias De Meulder went deep to finish in 10th, and Team SportStar Walter Salles also cashed.

The opening event of the BPT was hosted in São Paulo and the new tour’s first champion was Rolf Andersen, who beat Sanyo Capobiango in the tense heads-up finale to take home R$170,500 in prize money. The stunning location of Florianópolis played host to the second event, where Jorge Breda took the winner’s slice of the R$409,304 prize pool. After leading the event for long periods, he made his big stack pay and claimed the title.

Stand by for details of Season 2 as they are released. Qualify online and you could be on your way. For all the details about the tour and the events on the schedule, check out the official website at http://www.brasilpokertour.com/, and remember you can also qualify for all of PokerStars other events like the European Poker Tour (EPT).

If you have any questions about the Brasil Poker Tour, contact support@pokerstars.com.