Throughout this Monday (23rd), the universes of poker and football mixed in Brazil. Neymar, Santos striker and PokerStars ambassador, responded to a journalistic article about the time he spent playing poker in recent days. In his response, the footballer stated that “he was very happy with his performance”.
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And for good reason. That’s because, on Monday, Neymar took the podium at Event 129-High of the SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker), the Main Event 2nd Chance High, with a buy-in of US$ 5,200. With the nick “neymar-jr”, the striker finished in third place among 44 entries, pocketing US$ 41,198.
By a narrow margin, this was not Brazil’s main achievement of the day. That’s because the professional Iago Botelho “stek94” became champion in Event 122-High (US$ 1,050 NLH 7-Max), securing a prize of US$ 45,000. Also in this competition, the green and yellow flag also shone with Bruno Volkmann “great dant”, who finished in fourth place in a field of 198 entries for US$ 14,000.
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SCOOP runs until Wednesday (25th), meaning the main competitions are coming to an end. One of the highlights of this session was the traditional Event 1 (US$ 55 NLH PKO), organized in phases. In total, 14,836 entries were registered, bringing 1,837 players to Phase 2. And among so many competitors, Lucas Diniz “AAdiniz” reached second place, cashing US$ 41,033. Furthermore, Bernardo Peters “Bernardo807” finished in fifth, pocketing US$ 14,396.
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Also on Monday’s grind, PokerStars held a Super High Roller with a buy-in of US$ 15,000. Event 128-High on the schedule attracted 35 entries, and Brazilian Alan Karas “dictba” reached an honorable fifth place, pulling US$ 39,611. Neymar also participated in this competition, but busted before the money.
Finally, it’s worth noting the Low version of the Main Event 2nd Chance, which had entries at US$ 55. That’s because, in a field of 3,393 entries, Brazil simply occupied all six top positions. Those responsible for this feat were César Neto “cezinhaaaaaa” (1st, US$ 28,737), Wagner Rogacheski “Rogacheski” (2nd, US$ 20,485), Gustavo Goto “PIUlimeira” (3rd, US$ 14,602), “asdz1” (4th, US$ 10,409), Allan Justino “JUSTINO” (5th, US$ 7,420) and Jhonatas Staygler “jhstaygler” (6th, US$ 5,289).
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See more Brazil results on PokerStars:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Corrêa (ViKKingBR) | 1 | 5,809 | 118-M: US$ 55 NLH PKO Sunday Warm-Up | US$ 26,879 |
| Daniel Wellington (77.danielw) | 2 | 1,931 | 122-M: US$ 109 NLH 7-Max | US$ 21,503 |
| Fernando Valverde (fernandoefv) | 2 | 3,431 | 125-M: US$ 55 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 17,551 |
| Felipe Badotti (fcb-serv) | 4 | 3,431 | 125-M: US$ 55 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 8,918 |
| 0ver.thinking | 5 | 3,431 | 125-M: US$ 55 NLH Deep Stacks | US$ 6,357 |
| Maicon Morales (Morales 198) | 4 | 379 | 129-M: US$ 530 NLH Turbo Main Event 2nd Chance | US$ 15,623 |
| Pedro Madeira (gusmaa) | 4 | 1,151 | 117-H: US$ 215 NLH Sunday Kickoff | US$ 13,397 |
| vinicin_kbc | 3 | 5,575 | 121-M: US$ 55 NLH PKO | US$ 12,364 |
| DeddysHome | 4 | 5,575 | 121-M: US$ 55 NLH PKO | US$ 8,534 |
| mAAndrAAKK | 5 | 5,575 | 121-M: US$ 55 NLH PKO | US$ 7,417 |
| joaopia | 1 | 5,308 | 122-L: US$ 11 NLH 7-Max | US$ 7,401 |
| Geovanni Real (GeovanniReal) | 2 | 8,622 | US$ 11 Sunday Storm PKO | US$ 5,510 |
| Beto Macedo CCH | 2 | 3,768 | 130-L: US$ 22 NLH 7-Max Turbo PKO | US$ 5,414 |
