The conclusion of the BSOP Championship, one of the major tournaments of the BSOP Summer, was full of emotions and great perseverance. This is because the final showdown lasted nearly 13 hours and demanded a lot of stamina from the players. In the end, Victor Onizuka
For the victory, after a deal when there were three players left, Victor took home R$ 789 thousand, as well as an exclusive card protector personalized by jeweler Pedro Yossef, valued at R$100 thousand. In total, the prize pool was approximately R$ 4.5 million, distributed among the top 31 finishers.
Victor Onizuka commented on what it was like to win the BSOP Championship in an interview with BSOP360: “It’s a very special tournament, with a different structure and a very large prize. It’s a buy-in that I’m not used to playing on a daily basis, so it’s undoubtedly very special, especially at a stage that was also very special for me, because I brought my wife. Without a doubt, one of the best stages, and I’ll be back next year.”
When asked about facing such a qualified field and a marathon of almost 13 hours, Victor explained: “I think it’s about daily preparation. When you repeat the same situation many times and reach moments of higher prizes, you are already used to executing those plays, and everything starts to flow more naturally.”
The BSOP Championship Final Table
Finally, the champion shares an interesting story: “I wanted to share something from this final table, because there were several players with whom I remember playing US$10 tournaments, and now we are playing R$25 thousand tournaments. Practically all the screen names started with me 10 years ago. I was even talking to Vinícius Gonçalves before the tournament today; we remembered that we made a final table of a US$16 tournament in 2015, and it was a very important FT at that time. And today we are playing a R$25 thousand tournament, with a millionaire prize. I think it’s very nice to see colleagues also achieving this evolution.”
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The 3-handed, deal, and championship title
When there were three players left, Onizuka, Matheus Rocha
Out of the lead, Rafael opted to call Victor’s 3-bet shove and showed K 10. With A K, Victor took the pot on the J J 6 A 6 board and advanced to the heads-up.
With a nearly 4:1 chip advantage, Victor didn’t take long to end the match. In the decisive hand, when the board showed 7 J 3 Q, he called Matheus’s check-raise all-in and showed Q Q. With A 6, Matheus was not saved by the 7 on the river.
BSOP Summer Championship
Buy-in: R$ 25,000
Entrants: 206
Prize Pool: R$ 4,480,950
The Final Table
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7th
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9th
*Deal at 3-handed.
