Sunday (18th) was productive for Brazilians on PokerStars. Especially in the New Year Series events, representatives of the green and yellow flag achieved significant figures, with “jitsu4life” standing out. The title in a high buy-in event earned him a nice prize.
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The Brazilian “jitsu4life” was able to overcome the entire field of 341 entries in Event 124-High (US$ 530 NLH PKO Warm-Up) of the New Year Series. Immediately after completing this impeccable campaign, the player won US$ 33,800, by far the country’s biggest result of the session.
However, Brazil also stood out in a more accessible version of the event. In the 124-Medium, with a US$ 55 buy-in, “AArKKas13” reached the heads-up, finishing second out of 4,436 for US$ 14,412. “jaimico00793” was fourth for US$ 6,135, while Felipe Peres “Felipe688” took US$ 5,344 in sixth.
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Just like “jitsu4life”, other Brazilians reached the top of the podium in PokerStars Sunday events. Among the regulars, Andrey Lamego “Lamego10” took down the US$ 109 Sunday StacKOsaurus, surpassing 623 actions to pocket US$ 9,664. In the US$ 27 Sunday Eliminator, Paulo Taconi “fullTaconi” was first out of 3,226 for US$ 8,517, with “tigasAA” in second (US$ 6,349).
And still in the New Year Series, there was room for other valuable final tables. Diogo Brombim “khalifaman00” reached the heads-up of the 131-Medium (US$ 109 NLH Turbo PKO), finishing second out of 1,232 for US$ 10,243. In the 132-Medium (US$ 55 NLH 7-max Turbo Mystery Bounty Sunday Cooldown), “PETER_3BET” did well, taking US$ 7,732 for the runner-up finish among 2,822 actions.
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See more Brazilian results on PokerStars:
| Player | Position | Entries | Tournament | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “0ld Parr” | 1st | 198 | US$ 215 Sunday Supersonic | US$ 7,961 |
| “Beto Macedo CCH” | 1st | 5,716 | NYS 131-L: US$ 11 NLH Turbo PKO | US$ 7,067 |
| “WDispa.Jr” | 4th | 407 | NYS 125: US$ 320 NLH 6-Max PKO | US$ 6,686 |
| Thiago Grigoletti “tgrigoletti” | 1st | 265 | US$ 82 Sunday Hyper 7 | US$ 5,076 |
