The professional from Paraná Alisson Piekazewicz had an ideal performance on Day 3 of the R$ 25,000 BSOP Championship, the penultimate stage of the BSOP Winter tournament, this Wednesday (29) in São Paulo (SP). The online “heyalisson” surged into the lead and has a large advantage in pursuit of the seven-figure prize.
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From the total field of 240 entries, 24 players returned for Day 3 this Wednesday. The action unfolded over five 90-minute levels until the field was reduced to seven competitors, and at the moment of bagging chips, Alisson Piekazewicz totaled 10,755,000.
For comparison purposes, this amount is almost four times larger than the stack of the second place in the chip count, the player from Rio de Janeiro Gualter Salles, who advanced with 2,825,000 chips. The remaining hall also includes professionals Gabriel Tavares and Renan Bruschi, as well as the Colombian Carlos Serrano, who was the leader at the start of the round.
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Check out the complete chip count:
| Name | Chips |
| Alisson Piekazewicz | 10,755,000 |
| Gualter Salles | 2,825,000 |
| Gabriel Tavares | 2,765,000 |
| Cláudio Lúcio | 2,445,000 |
| Renan Bruschi | 1,965,000 |
| Sergio Andrade | 1,785,000 |
| Carlos Serrano | 1,460,000 |
At the FT, Vinícius Gonçalves (8th, R$ 130,000) and Ricardo Mostacero (9th, R$ 110,000) were eliminated, while other big names had already left the competition throughout Day 3. Among them, highlights include Kelvin Kerber (16th, R$ 68,000), Gustavo Campos (18th, R$ 58,000) and Dante Goya (20th, R$ 58,000).
The BSOP Championship will return at 2 p.m. (Brasília time) this Thursday (30), the last day of BSOP Winter, to crown its great champion. With a minimum payout of R$ 165,000 guaranteed, the players will fight for the prize of R$ 1,150,000 awarded to the winner. Additionally, the blinds return at 30,000/60,000 bb ante 60,000.
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See the remaining payouts:
| Position | Prize |
| 1st | R$ 1,150,000 |
| 2nd | R$ 765,000 |
| 3rd | R$ 505,000 |
| 4th | R$ 380,000 |
| 5th | R$ 285,000 |
| 6th | R$ 215,000 |
| 7th | R$ 165,000 |
