Thursday (30) grind on PokerStars had the Brazilian flag at the top of the main competitions. The main result was from Luan Barbosa, who won the weekly Thursday Thrill High Roller and led the figures among the country’s representatives on the site that day.
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With the nickname “Relthor1301”, Luan Barbosa overcame the entire field of 27 entries in the Thursday Thrill High Roller, which had a buy-in of US$ 1,050, the most expensive of the session, and a PKO structure. At the end of the campaign, the professional pocketed US$ 11,388. Furthermore, the country also had Marcelo Aziz “marceloaziz” in fourth place for US$ 3,998 in this contest.
In the cheaper version, the US$ 22 Mini Thursday Thrill, the top of the podium also received a player from the green and yellow team. Rômulo Araújo “chaavees” outperformed a respectable field of 1,815 entries, turning the more affordable buy-in into a payout of US$ 4,268.
Brazil dominating the most coveted daily tournaments on PokerStars
Moreover, Brazilian titles did not stop there. In the US$ 530 Bounty Builder High Roller, “bafo777” was crowned champion by beating the 66 competitors in the competition, earning US$ 10,800.
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And in the cheaper and more popular version, the US$ 55 Mini Bounty Builder HR, Guilherme Padilha “fr4wtz” was responsible for taking Brazil to the top, overcoming no less than 1,455 entries to secure US$ 4,268.
Finally, it is also worth mentioning a Brazilian one-two finish. It happened in the US$ 75 Daily Cooldown, which had 291 entries. Murilo Souza “Muril0souza” won, earning US$ 3,565, while the runner-up “Anderson RT2” cashed even more. Due to the high amounts in the envelopes, the runner-up left with a total of US$ 6,116.
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