The BSOP (Brazilian Series of Poker) released the schedule for the second stage of this season, which will take place in Natal, from May 30th to June 4th. The festival returns to the capital of Rio Grande do Norte after six years and will be held again at the Sehrs Natal Grand Hotel.
There will be 28 tournaments at BSOP Natal 2024, with a guaranteed prize pool of R$2.6 million. The inaugural event will be Start-Up Mystery KO, with a buy-in of R$1,200 and a guaranteed prize pool of R$400,000.
The main event will have a buy-in of R$3,000 and will distribute at least R$1 million in prizes to the best placed. The qualifying days will take place on May 31st and June 1st, with day 2 on June 2nd, day 3 on June 3rd and the final on June 4th, marking the end of the BSOP.
The most expensive tournament will be the High Rollers, with a buy-in of R$15,000 and a guaranteed prize pool of R$400,000, to be played between the 2nd and 4th of June.
Natal last hosted the BSOP in 2018, when Saulo Sabioni won the main event, becoming the first player to win the title twice. In 2023, Fernando Araújo equaled the feat by winning the tournament for the second time in his career.
The 2024 BSOP season has five stages in total. The first was in São Paulo. After Christmas, the festival returns to São Paulo in July. In October, it will be held in Rio de Janeiro and, in November, the season will close with the BSOP Millions, again in São Paulo.