R$10 million guaranteed in the Main Event, R$15 million in the Championship and a R$1,200 tournament that promises to mint a millionaire. BSOP Millions 2026 now has a skeleton: the organisers unveiled the headline events on Wednesday, and the stop that closes the 20th anniversary season of the Brazilian Series of Poker runs November 13-28 at the WTC Sheraton in São Paulo. The stated goal is the biggest poker festival Latin America has ever hosted.
The facts: dates, buy-ins and guarantees
The Main Event keeps its R$5,000 buy-in and R$10 million guarantee, but this year locks in R$1.5 million for the champion up front. It starts November 16, allows a single re-entry per Day 1 and will have online satellites in the coming weeks.
The BSOP Championship, the festival's high-buy-in flagship, drops from last year's R$30,000 to R$25,000, with R$15 million guaranteed and R$3 million reserved for the winner. It begins November 21, also with one re-entry per flight.
The headline newcomer is the Millionaire Maker: R$1,200 buy-in, R$5 million guaranteed, R$1 million to the champion. The organisers expect it to draw the largest field in BSOP history when it kicks off on November 18. Alongside it come the Start-Up Mystery Million (R$1,500, with a R$1 million envelope in play once bounties open, November 13) and the classic Uma Milha (R$1,000, R$1 million guaranteed, November 24).
For the elite, the Super High Roller Series returns with nine tournaments: from the R$50,000 Invitational that opens on November 13 to the R$500,000 Super High Roller Main Event on the 20th, via the R$250,000 event on the 18th and several R$100,000 and R$150,000 stops. 24-hour cash games run for all 16 days, plus a Mystery Cash with up to R$1 million on the line. The full schedule is due in the coming days. Meanwhile, the season rolls on: BSOP Floripa starts tomorrow in Florianópolis.
Why it matters: how to pick your tournament in a 16-day festival
The first lesson is about reading the fine print: a guarantee is not a prize. A Main Event with R$10 million locked and R$1.5 million for first pays 15% to the winner and the rest down a long ladder; the Championship, at R$3 million out of R$15 million, is even more top-heavy. Understanding that structure before you sit down changes how you play the bubble and the final table, which is exactly what ICM describes.
The second is about budget. "One re-entry per flight" sounds like a cap, but with four or five Day 1s it quietly invites you to spend double. Decide how many bullets you bring to each event before you travel, and let that number come from your bankroll, not from the excitement of the trip.
The third is the most practical: if your roll does not stretch to the Main Event, the R$1,200 Millionaire Maker offers the best ratio between entry and top prize on the whole calendar, and satellites remain the cheapest road to the big stage. Pick one or two target events, train the formats you will actually play (a mystery bounty has its own rules) and leave the rest to watch.
What would your target event be in São Paulo? Tell us in the community: we will be following every November final table from here.