Brazilian star Brunno Botteon is one of the beasts at the PokerStars tables enjoying the Anniversary Series battles. This Thursday (21), he stood out by reaching the heads-up of Event 73-High (US$ 530 NLH Deep Stacks), securing the country’s top prize in the session.
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With the nickname “botteonpoker”, Brunno Botteon achieved second place among 159 entries in 73-High. For this runner-up position, he received US$ 15,303. In the Medium version of this event, with entries at US$ 55, Brazil had two players on the podium: “31rgs” was second out of 1,505 for US$ 8,172, and Raffael Brum “raffael_brum” was third for US$ 5,825.
Still in the rhythm of valuable heads-ups, the country had Victor Hugo Bonifácio “victorbco” in second place out of 535 in 68-Medium (US$ 215 NLH PKO Bounty Builder HR), taking home US$ 12,289. In 77-Medium (US$ 109 NLH 6-Max Turbo), it was “Jmpoker1306”’s turn to cash in, finishing second out of 763 for US$ 10,179.
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Finally, Luís Gustavo “Lg#born2win” finished second in the field of 211 entries in 79-High (US$ 320 NLH 7-Max Hyper Mystery Daily Supersonic SE) and took home US$ 9,719. However, the session also saw Brazilians win titles, with Diogo Ferreira “offQbert45” standing out.
Ferreira won 70-Medium (US$ 109 NLH PKO), overcoming 657 entries to secure US$ 9,642. Similarly, Luigi Soncin “Gofaziin26”, who has already been a protagonist in other sessions this week, won 76-High (US$ 530 PLO8 6-Max), beating 64 competitors to pocket US$ 9,452, with Mário André “mario4ndre” in third for US$ 5,397.
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See more results from Brazil on PokerStars:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
| Mateus Saraiva “Mtzn” | 1st | 1,328 | US$ 55 Mini Bounty Builder HR | US$ 8,562 |
| Túlio Dutra “tuliodutra96” | 1st | 1,100 | AS Side Event: US$ 75 NLH 8-Max Mystery Bounty | US$ 6,253 |
| “cauee_am” | 2nd | 1,100 | AS Side Event: US$ 75 NLH 8-Max Mystery Bounty | US$ 6,228 |
| “XandiM.AA” | 1st | 3,675 | 77-L: US$ 11 NLH 6-Max Turbo | US$ 5,727 |
| Leonardo Nascimento “n1cetomeetyou” | 1st | 1,849 | 79-M: US$ 33 NLH 7-Max Hyper Mystery Daily Supersonic SE | US$ 5,009 |
| “BBSAURA” | 1st | 1,358 | AS Edition: US$ 27 Daily Eliminator PKO | US$ 5,001 |
