Rafael Eltz cashes big with runner-up in Bounty Hunters HR Main Event

One of the big highlights of GGPoker on Sundays is the Bounty Hunters HR Main Event, which has a buy-in of US$ 525 and traditionally awards six figures to the champion. This Sunday (2), Brazil came one step away from the top of this podium, but Rafael Eltz earned an equally valuable cash by reaching the heads-up.

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With the nickname “geladinhaRLS”, Rafael Eltz finished in second place in the field of 3,262 entries of the Bounty Hunters HR Main Event. For this runner-up position, the Samba Team professional pocketed US$ 89,790, the highest Brazilian figure of the session on the site.

Similarly, Brazil came close to six figures in the GGMasters High Rollers US$ 1,050. In this contest, the best player from the country reached third place, and it was “THEuWmM26”. For the bronze medal among 808 entries, the player earned US$ 69,090.

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However, one of the biggest returns came in the Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event US$ 54, in which Guilherme Ramalho was crowned champion. By overcoming a huge field of 22,450 entries, he earned US$ 61,922. Moreover, still in this contest, Guilherme Schreiber “anao19_” finished sixth, taking home US$ 23,394.

And also, there was a Brazilian title in the US$ 525 PLO Sunday Secret KO HR, also with two highlights from the country. Renan Bruschi won, passing through 332 competitors to take US$ 40,452, while Geovanni Falconi was sixth for US$ 22,392. In the GGMasters Bounty US$ 320, Eduardo Silva was second out of 1,329 for US$ 29,566, with Matheus Zancan “Lucky-Nomad” in fourth for US$ 15,457.

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