Neymar is among the best at PokerStars’ Titans Event

A star of the pitch and an enthusiast of chips, Neymar took advantage of his recovery Sunday (25) to achieve a great result on PokerStars. At the star-studded tables of the US$5.200 Titans Event, the Santos number 10 player was among the prize winners, securing one of Brazil’s main prizes of the session.

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With the nickname “neymar-jr” and the red sword of a PokerStars ambassador, Neymar finished in fifth place out of 47 competitors in the Titans Event. Thus, he pocketed US$18.154, the second-highest payout in the competition. Finally, the title went to none other than Adrian Mateos “Amadi_017”, who earned US$82.611.

However, the biggest figure for the green and yellow flag came in the US$55 Mini Bounty Builder HR. “imposto e roub0” reached the heads-up, finishing in second place out of 4,821 entries for US$18.576. And still in this dispute, “cariocavip” took third place for US$12.039, while “chajan3000” walked away with US$5.324 in sixth.

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Still within the five-digit range, another star, like Neymar, made an appearance. Pedro Padilha “PaDiLhA SP” was the runner-up in the US$1.050 Sunday Warm-Up High Roller, and second place out of 40 entries earned him US$10.373.

In the cheaper version of the tournament where Padilha was in the heads-up, the US$109 Sunday Warm-Up, two Brazilians made it to the podium. Lucas Torres “O_LucasTorres” finished second out of 608 for US$7.653, with “dimitriboeir” in third for US$5.491.

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