The Oct. 4 tou ame t ca ied a $1,050 buy-i a d eco ded 436 e t ies, ge e ati g a $436,000 p ize pool. The followi g Su day’s eve t d ew 502 e t ies a d p oduced a $502,000 p ize pool, with Tava es wi i g both editio s.
Tava es discussed the esults i a Ame icas Ca d oom i te view, emphasizi g the ole of co siste cy i high-stakes tou ame t play.
“Whe you play high stakes, co siste cy is ve y impo ta t, a d wi i g tou ame ts like that is ve y impo ta t,” Tava es said.
He also desc ibed ma agi g a medium stack at the seco d fi al table while othe playe s held substa tially sho te stacks. His accou t focused o the patie ce a d discipli e equi ed du i g that stage of the tou ame t.
“The sho t stacks we e eally, eally sho t, a d I was a middle stack,” he said. “It was ve y ha d because I had to be ve y discipli ed, a d I was. It wo ked, but it was ve y tough.”
Tava es p eviously wo the $10 Millio GTD NLH Ve om i Ap il 2025, ove comi g a field of 3,735 e t ies. He has si ce secu ed a place i Day 2 of the cu e t $5 Millio GTD NLH Ve om PKO.
His qualifyi g stack of 4,248,891 chips came f om the ope i g flight o Oct. 4 a d a ked seco d amo g the stacks adva ci g f om Day 1A. The tou ame t has a $2,650 di ect buy-i .
Day 2 is scheduled fo Mo day, Oct. 19, at 1:05 p.m. ET. The emai i g sta ti g flights a e Day 1D today, Oct. 15, a d Day 1E o Su day, Oct. 18, with both begi i g at 1:05 p.m. ET.
B azilia playe s emai a impo ta t pa t of the Ame icas Ca d oom commu ity, with a st o g p ese ce ac oss majo o li e tou ame ts.
Additio al cove age of Tava es’s tou ame t esults a d mo e of his i te view comme ts a e available i a featu e o the Ame icas Ca d oom blog.
Ame icas Ca d oom is o e of the wo ld’s leadi g o li e poke desti atio s, se vi g playe s si ce 2001. K ow fo majo tou ame t se ies, i ovative p omotio s, a d a commitme t to the poke commu ity, the compa y is celeb ati g its 25th a ive sa y i 2026 while co ti ui g to expa d its tou ame t offe i gs a d delive wo ld-class o li e poke expe ie ces to playe s ac oss the globe.
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