Brazilian Iago Botelho won an important title on Sunday (31) of the Anniversary Series on PokerStars. The professional’s result made him stand out in the country during the session, which had several other notable results throughout the three levels of the series.
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With the nickname “stek94”, Iago Botelho beat the field of 65 entries in Event 144-High (US$ 1,050 NLH Turbo PKO). For this result, he earned US$ 21,798, a record figure for Brazil on the day. In the Medium version, the country was one step away from the title, with “billionaaire” finishing second out of 551 in the US$ 215 buy-in competition for US$ 10,949.
Similarly, Brazil also took silver in the Low version, of US$ 33. “Marcelo PX” finished in second place among 3,143 entries, and for this result, pocketed US$ 7,223. Second place was also the result of Thiago Henrique “Thiaguin2C” in 135-Medium (US$ 215 NLH PKO Bounty Builder HR), a campaign that earned him US$ 12,833 in a field of 415 entries.
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And just as Iago Botelho did in 144-High, Ariel Suassuna “SuassunaMc” also stood out thanks to a title in this session. His achievement came in 139-Medium (US$ 55 NLH Sunday Kickoff), among 1,513 entries. As soon as he overcame this entire field, Suassuna received US$ 10,106.
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See more Brazilian results on PokerStars:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
| Tauan Naves “kylix42” | 2nd | 245 | US$ 215 Sunday Supersonic | US$ 6,880 |
| Davi Cola “DaviMMaker” | 3rd | 138 | 143-H: US$ 530 NLH 7-Max Turbo Mystery Bounty | US$ 6,709 |
| João Marcos Dall’Astra “DallastraJM” | 2nd | 1,717 | US$ 33 Mini Sunday Supersonic | US$ 5,684 |
| Pedro Paulo “FlipMaster08” | 2nd | 5,373 | 143-L: US$ 22 NLH 7-Max Turbo Mystery Bounty | US$ 5,651 |
