Professional Iago Botelho was the big Brazilian highlight on Sunday (12) at PokerStars, the day of the week when the red site delivers the most winnings. And the player reached the heads-up of the Titans Event, the most valuable among the grid’s tournaments. The competition has a buy-in of US$ 5.200, and the runner-up finish yielded by far the country’s main prize in the session.
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On PokerStars, Iago Botelho plays with the nick “stek94”, and in the Titans Event, he managed to finish in second place among 40 entries, pocketing US$ 50.523 for the performance. The only one to beat him was “PhlsFgg”, representing Belarus, who earned US$ 73.348 for the title.
Furthermore, Iago Botelho was also on another expensive tournament podium in the session on PokerStars. He finished third out of 38 in the US$ 1.050 Sunday Warm-Up High Roller, adding another US$ 6.262 to his bankroll. This tournament had a Brazilian victory with Marcos Antonucci “J3System”, taking US$ 13.358 for first place.
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Additionally, Sunday marked the start of the Irish Open Afterparty on PokerStars. And Brazil started with a strong presence, occupying two of the three podium spots. In Event 1 (US$ 55 NLH Fáilte), “fmartins123” was second out of 2.485 for US$ 12.964, with Renato Camilo “RenALLiin” in third, leaving with US$ 12.318 thanks to a 3-handed deal.
And taking advantage of the day off after the 1 to 0 victory over Atlético-MG on Saturday (11), Neymar was at the PokerStars virtual tables. His main result came in the US$ 1.050 Sunday High Roller, in which he took the nick “neymar-jr” to heads-up. Finally, the Santos forward finished second among 84 entries, winning US$ 11.877.
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Check out more Brazilian results on PokerStars:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
| Rafael Batista “batistafael” | 2nd | 3.691 | US$ 55 Mini Bounty Builder HR | US$ 12.753 |
| Michael de Lima “michael_mdlb” | 4th | 3.691 | US$ 55 Mini Bounty Builder HR | US$ 6.090 |
| Cayo Chagas “Cayao_aju” | 1st | 233 | US$ 215 Sunday StacKOsaurus | US$ 10.241 |
| Alessandro Piekazewicz “ale kmkz” | 1st | 657 | US$ 109 Sunday Cooldown | US$ 8.754 |
| José Carlos Brito “zekasurf” | 4th | 657 | US$ 109 Sunday Cooldown | US$ 5.711 |
| Breno Heleno “boraodota” | 2nd | 20 | US$ 1.050 Sunday Supersonic High Roller | US$ 6.336 |
| Matheus Fonseca “Mathecf” | 1st | 1.259 | US$ 33 Mini Sunday Supersonic | US$ 6.275 |
| “Gustavo_milhao” | 2nd | 427 | US$ 109 Sunday Warm-Up | US$ 5.614 |
