Nelson Dantas, one of our qualified players for the WSOP Main Event, just made his biggest cash out in a live event. Qualified for no more than $300 on Chilipoker.com, he just won over $40,000 finishing 236th out of 6,900 players, in the most prestigious tournament in the world.

Above average almost every day until day 4, he made it to day 5 with a stack around 279,000 chips, below average. He was happy and in the money.

Unfortunately, as he explains on his Facebook, he lost two big pots although he started favorite with AA, and then ended up losing a crucial coin flip, holding 33 vs AK.

236th for $40,654, the best ever live result for Nelsinho, who only had one Hendon Mob line until today, already in the WSOP Main Event two years ago -535th for $23,196-

We are very proud of him and we hope he will qualify for some more major tournaments on Chilipoker.com !

We have sent a total of 6 players to Las Vegas this year, for the main event of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP).

We’ve been introducing them week after week, and we are now already through the day 1 (our players played Day 1D), and the day 2 (Day 2B for us).

Unfortunately, Liz Lieu, our sponsored player, didn’t make it to day two, following a very tough decision.

A terrible set up for Liz Lieu

On the button with KK, she decided to 3bet a passive player who open raided under the gun. This same player made it 4bet and she called. This was level 5, on the blinds 100-200. With 7,500 in the pot already, the player UTG made a Cbet for 6,125, and raised for over 18,000, with 26,000 behind. The opponent moved all in, and the poker diva made the call. Classic opposition between the American Airlines (AA), and the Cowboys…

picture by Hugues Fournaise

On the other hand, it didn’t take long for us to realize that most of the players we had sent to Sin City where pretty solid players. Apart from Pawel, who was going to Las Vegas for one of his first live event, Patryk, Norson, Nelson and Marc are all professional players, and some of them where playing the main event for the 2nd or 3rd year in a row.

After losing Patryk Slusarek during Day 2, all our spicy eyes are now focused on Norson Saho, with a very nice stack a little under 250,000. Nelson Dantas, also made it to day 3, with 110,000 chips. They both from Brazil, and both above an average of 73,448 chips.

On the other hand, Pawel Zielony, and Marc Esteve, are a bit shorter. Marc is seating behind 58,500, a few chips away from the average. He will have to hold and play a solid game, but everything is possible for him. Pawel, with 57,400, is pretty much in the same situation.

Chilipoker sends 4 players to day 3

Chilipoker Players:

- Norson Saho : 248,600

- Nelson Dantas :110,500

- Marc Esteve : 58,500

-PAwel Zielony : 57,600

The chip leader at the end of day 3 is Ben Lamb, with 551,600 and will be a serious candidate for the final table.

Top Nine:

1- Ben Lamb : 551,600

2- Kevin Saul : 542,200

3- Aleksandr : 478,600

4- Ryan D’Angelo : 462,300

5- Tuan Vo : 434,500

6- Guillaume Darcourt : 410,500

7- Nicolas Fierro : 405,000

8- Narendra Banwari : 404,800

9- Stéphane Albertini : 400,100

6865 players started this WSOP main event, with a buy in of $10,000, and they are 2804 hoping to be part of the november nine, the lucky nine players who will come back in November to play the final table of this main event, and succeed to Jonathan Duhamel, from Canada, the 2010 World Champion of Poker.

The play will resume on Thursday, and we will try to give you some updates.

The main event of the World Series Of Poker 2011 has never been so close, and we keep discovering our qualified players, here, on the Chiliblog.

This week, an other brazilian player!

NELSINHO DANTAS:

Nelson, can you please introduce yourself  for our readers please?

My name is Nelson Dantas, I’m 35 years old, live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and i own a marketing agency. My second life is: Poker Player.

How long have you been playing poker for and how did you discover the game?

I’ve been playing  poker since 2002 and I started to play live in 2004. When I was younger i used to play five cards draw, and since I found Texas holdem, I never went changed back.

What do you play? What limits and what’s your favourite?

I always play Texas holdem. I don’t usually play many cash games, and usually go for tournaments. My favourite tournaments are the guaranteed with $109 to $300 dollars buy in. When I  play cash, I usually go for  $1/$2 tables.

Why do you play on Chilipoker?

I’ve known Chilipoker for some time, but I had never played there myself. When I started, my goal was to play the WSOP qualifiers and try to get a package for the  WSOP Main Event. I discovered that this Mega Super Satellite was the online tournament that was giving more on the guaranteed package and decided to play it, and all went well. Hope to keep playing there and keep winning tournaments.

Have you ever been to Las Vegas before, and have you played the WSOP before?

This is my fourth year in Las Vegas to play the WSOP main event. On the first year I went there because I was the Brazilian online champion, what guaranteed me a seat on the main event. That year i fell right near the bubble. With that came a sponsorship offer from another site which i accepted. On the second year with the sponsorship, I played the main event again and finished 535 th, being the second best Brazilian that year. And last year I also played the main event, but did not manage to get to day 3. I hope that this year i can get to the 6^th day.

How did you qualify this year and was it difficult?

I qualified by playing the satellite on Chilipoker with 30 packages guaranteed. Any tournament that awards 5% of the field is, we can say,  tough. But I tried to play a solid game to grow my stack continuously so that in the end of the game i would not have the problem to bust on the bubble. So I happen to pick up AA right on the third hand, where i was BB and the button had KK, forced an all in pre flop and doubled up right from the start. From there onwards I always managed to keep myself in the top 30. In the final i tried to keep myself within the top 15, and end up working just fine. GUARANTEED PACKAGE TO THE WSOP MAIN EVENT !

What events are you going to play once you are in Las Vegas?

I will arrive in Vegas on the 5^th and i want to play some tournaments at the Caesars, the Wynn and the Venetian, but from the WSOP I wanted to play just the main event. My focus this year is on the main event.

Is it going to be your biggest event ever? What other major events have you played before?

The main event is always the biggest event played by anyone, but i played several big tournaments, especially in Brazil.

Other than you, who do you think has a good chance for a bracelet this year?

The main event is very hard, not many people have a chance to get there, and the field is monstrous (around 7000 players) which does not give any favouritism to anyone. There are many aspects that influence a tournament where there are 9 days to find out who is the champion.

You manage to reach the heads up of the main event, in November. What do you do?

Going to focus even more to win, won’t let the opportunity slip through the fingers, in case i get to HU, but in case i get to HU the first thing i would do was to buy an apartment in Las Vegas to spend more time there. I Would also help some philanthropic identities here in Brazil.

What can you say to all the Chilipoker players to make them want to support you during the WSOP?

In the beginning i’ll post step by step of the main event on my twitter and facebook live, and also will pick a % to do a Freeroll on the site for all my followers.

Follow me:

Twitter: @nelsinhodantas

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/NelsinhoDantas

What do you think about the Chilipoker team for the WSOP and about the fact that we Connect Players?

I think it’s very interesting because it gives a strong base and safety to us players, besides we have contact with other players from the same team to exchange experiences and all…

Are you looking forward to meeting Liz Lieu?

Yes, always. Let’s see if she can give some luck to the WSOP event. hehehe

Thanks Nelson, and Good luck for the series!!

In other news today, our CEO Alexandre Dreyfus and Also Norson Saho, made it to day 2 in the event #54 at the WSOP, a $1,000 NLHE. Norson has 17,500 chips and Alex about 15,000. There are 360 players left and they both are between 160th and 200th so far. Good luck to both of them!

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