Gabriel Tavares will represent Brazil in a valuable final decision at PokerStars. This Sunday (18th), he qualified for the Final Day of the US$ 5,200 Main Event-High of the New Year Series, advancing with one of the largest stacks to compete for a six-digit prize.
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The competition, which had US$ 500,000 guaranteed, registered 106 entries, raising its prize pool to US$ 530,000. The action unfolded until the bubble burst, meaning until only 13 players remained. And when the round ended, Gabriel Tavares “gtavares10” advanced with 3,583,069 chips, the second largest mark in the partial standings.
Above Gabriel Tavares in the chip count is only “AcidVaule”, from Belarus, with 5,155,279 chips. The tournament, which is at blinds 25,000/50,000 ante 6,000, will resume activities this Monday (19th) at 2:30 PM (Brasília time), with a minimum payout of US$ 11,236. The champion, finally, will take home US$ 122,130.
Brazil alive in other versions too
And it won’t be just Gabriel Tavares who will fight to bring a New Year Series Main Event title to Brazil. In the Medium and Low versions, the green and yellow flag is also still represented heading towards the Final Day.
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In the intermediate tournament, with a US$ 1,050 buy-in and PKO structure, ten Brazilians appear among the 79 remaining players from a field of 659 entries. Henrique Lessa “554477” is the chip leader, advancing with 2,877,413 chips. Furthermore, still in the top 10, Gabriel Medeiros “Gremio CEM” and Yago Simplício “yhsimplicio” also appear. This competition will award US$ 49,815 plus bounties to the champion.
In the Low version, which had US$ 109 entries and is played in Mystery Bounty format, there was a gigantic field of 10,041 actions. In summary, 106 participants remain in the fight, with Brazil also very well represented. The best Brazilian at the moment is “RealDanCooper”, sixth in the chip count. The cheapest version will award US$ 57,740 to the champion, in addition to the amounts from the envelopes.
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