After starting the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) by reaching two final tables, Neymar returned to a valuable decision in the PokerStars series this Tuesday (3). The Santos striker, who is also an ambassador for the red site, appeared on the podium of Event 9-High (US$ 5.200 NLH PKO Bounty Builder SHR).
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With the nickname “neymar-jr”, Neymar was able to reach third place in the field of 49 entries after two days of the tournament. For this performance, he pocketed US$ 23.312. In the Brazilian session, this score was only smaller than that of Matheus Borsoé “Mborsoe2”, champion of Event 11-Medium (US$ 109 NLH PKO) for US$ 24.004.
This 11-Medium registered 1.722 entries, and besides Borsoé, Brazil also had Alysson Bruno “Brunopoker94” in second, taking US$ 13.992. Similarly, the country also had a one-two finish in the 9-Low (US$ 55 NLH PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR), with “andreyvolkan” beating the field of 4.422 entries for US$ 21.345, and André Magri “maggon10” in second for US$ 16.429.
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Another green and yellow one-two finish in the PokerStars session came in the US$ 530 Bounty Builder High Roller, which was a SCOOP side event this Tuesday. Dalton Hobold “daltonhb” dispatched 133 entries to pocket US$ 17.930, while Lucas Menck “mennck” finished second and left with US$ 8.273.
Furthermore, Brazil had other titles in numbered SCOOP events. For example, Ivan Limeira “ivan limeira” won the 18-Medium (US$ 55 NLH 6-Max Turbo PKO), beating 1.909 competitors to take US$ 11.671. Renan Bruschi “Internett93o” was the best among 36 in the 14-High (US$ 530 NL 5-Card Draw 6-Max PKO) for US$ 8.155, and José Gaudêncio “zegaudencio” beat 178 entries in the 10-Medium (US$ 215 HORSE 6-Max) for US$ 6.257.
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Check out more results from Brazil in the SCOOP:
| Player | Position | Entries | Tournament | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Araújo “danieldl7” | 2nd | 121 | 11-H: US$ 1.050 NLH PKO | US$ 15.614 |
| Raffael Brum “raffael_brum” | 1st | 1.809 | SCOOP Side Event: US$ 75 NLH 7-Max Mystery Bounty | US$ 13.803 |
| Francisco Correia “chicalltreta” | 23rd | 1.809 | SCOOP Side Event: US$ 75 NLH 7-Max Mystery Bounty | US$ 6.377 |
| Nilson Júnior “Cabeca Rush” | 2nd | 582 | SCOOP Edition: US$ 109 Fenomeno | US$ 7.580 |
| Fabiano Kovalski “Kovalski1” | 3rd | 605 | 17-M: US$ 215 NLH Turbo PKO Single Re-Entry | US$ 7.139 |
| “The1WhoKnocksss” | 4th | 605 | 17-M: US$ 215 NLH Turbo PKO Single Re-Entry | US$ 5.596 |
| “Ortega.And” | 2nd | 4.625 | 17-L: US$ 22 NLH Turbo PKO Single Re-Entry | US$ 6.235 |
| Thiago Grigoletti “tgrigoletti” | 1st | 2.361 | SCOOP Edition: US$ 27 Daily Eliminator PKO | US$ 6.076 |
| Murilo Fidelis “M.Flush.N” | 6th | 234 | 8-H: US$ 530 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 5.877 |
