One of the great Brazilian names on the first day of SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) was Neymar. The footballer, a PokerStars ambassador, went to the red site and wasted no time in the traditional series, advancing to two High final tables this Sunday (1º).
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Right in Event 2-High (US$ 530 NLH Scoop Kickoff), Neymar finished Day 1 with his nick “neymar-jr” leading the 16 remaining from the field of 240 entries, possessing 2.244.918 chips. This competition stopped at blinds 17.500/35.000 ante 4.500 and will return this Monday (2) at 14h30 (Brasília time), with US$ 23.074 reserved for the champion.
Furthermore, in 3-High (US$ 1.050 NLH Mystery Warm-Up), Neymar also appears among the nine survivors of the field of 141 entries. However, this time, he is the short stack, with 865.316 in the blinds 12.500/25.000 ante 3.250. The dispute will also return at 14h30 and reserves US$ 13.291 for the champion, but valuable envelopes of US$ 20 thousand and US$ 10 thousand are still in play.
More Brazil advancing on the first day of SCOOP
Two other High competitions had Day 1s held in this inaugural SCOOP session. And in both, Brazil was present. The most valuable competition is the 4-High (US$ 1.050 NLH PKO Sunday High Roller), with a prize pool of US$ 300 thousand. In the chip count, there are 34 players from a field of 286 entries.
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The best Brazilian among them is Daniel Aráujo “danieldl7”, in seventh in the count with 1.335.938. Breno Drumond “Breno2728” (1.007.840), Ivan Limeira “ivan limeira” (523.851), Eder Campana “edercampana”, Kelvin Kerber “Kelvin_FP:AR” (284.478) and Gabriel Medeiros “Gremio CEM” (185.022) also passed. This competition stopped at blinds 8.000/16.000 ante 2.000 and will return at 14h30, giving US$ 26.199 plus bounties to the champion.
Finally, three Brazilians appear among the 14 survivors in the 6-High (US$ 1.050 NLH 7-Max), which recorded 97 entries. Alisson Piekazewicz “heyalisson” (806.155) is sixth, followed by Renan Bruschi “Internett93o” (795.195) and, further down, “de_skills” (473.697). The Final Day of this event is at 17h05, with blinds at 8.000/16.000 ante 2.000, and a prize of US$ 26.250 for the champion.
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