Professional Lucas Rocha was inspired by the grind this Wednesday (13) on PokerStars. Of all the Brazilian results in the session – and there were many – the two main ones were from the Samba Team player. He, like most Brazilians on the site, took great advantage of the Anniversary Series contests.
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Leading the account “Rochinha2011”, Lucas Rocha reached the podium of Event 16-Medium (US$ 1,050 NLH Super Tuesday), played over two days. For third place among 179 entries, he earned US$ 24,438, a record amount for the country in the session. In this competition, Brazil also had Alexandre Mantovani “Cavalito” in ninth, taking home US$ 5,519.
Moreover, Lucas Rocha was crowned champion of 24-High (US$ 1,050 NLH 7-Max Turbo Fenomeno HR), a one-day tournament. He overcame the entire field of 72 entries to pocket another US$ 21,937. The other Brazilian highlight in this contest was Gustavo Castro “Rajadanaativ”, who finished fourth for US$ 7,125.
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And the Brazilian results didn’t stop there, as in the super valuable 16-High (US$ 5,200 NLH Super Tuesday High Roller), Bruno Volkmann “great dant” reached fifth place among 40 competitors, securing US$ 15,206. Meanwhile, in the 20-Medium (US$ 55 NLH Deep Stacks), Brazil topped the leaderboard with Felipe Andrews “AAndrewsKK”, the best among 1,632 entries for US$ 15,166.
In this 20-Medium, two other players from the country had notable campaigns: “LuqqDamz”, third for US$ 7,706, and “Maatheus_00”, fourth for US$ 5,493. Similarly, three Brazilians also stood out in the 24-Medium (US$ 109 NLH 7-Max Turbo Fenomeno), with 866 entries. Daniel Nicolini “danplow” won for US$ 14,508, making a deal in the heads-up with Caique Sanches “KaikeSilva” (US$ 14,427). Thales Koppe “thaleskoppe”, in fourth place, took home US$ 5,168.
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See more Brazilian results on PokerStars:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
| Giorgio Tonin “giorgiopf1” | 3rd | 149 | 20-H: US$ 530 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 10,692 |
| “bafo777” | 5th | 149 | 20-H: US$ 530 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 6,407 |
| Guilherme Langaro “Langarinhow” | 1st | 1,467 | 25-M: US$ 55 NLH Turbo PKO | US$ 10,389 |
| Victor Guimarães “FatGodPoker” | 1st | 353 | 21-M: US$ 109 5-Card PLO 6-Max PKO | US$ 9,460 |
| Mário André “mario4ndre” | 2nd | 36 | 23-H: US$ 1,050 NLO8 6-Max PKO | US$ 9,435 |
| Guilherme Decourt “guilherme12” | 3rd | 36 | 23-H: US$ 1,050 NLO8 6-Max PKO | US$ 6,204 |
| Ivan Limeira “ivan limeira” | 1st | 190 | AS Edition: StacKOsaurus US$ 215 | US$ 8,599 |
| Guilherme Beavis “teruliro” | 1st | 2,144 | AS Side Event: US$ 33 NLH 6-Max PKO | US$ 7,604 |
| José Orlando “Orlandinho33” | 5th | 73 | 17-H: US$ 1,050 PLO 6-Max | US$ 6,320 |
| “FernandesDiz” | 1st | 280 | AS Edition: US$ 109 Eliminator High Roller PKO | US$ 5,479 |
