Throughout the GGWF (GGPoker World Championship), in addition to the daily contests, the phase tournaments also took over the schedule. The main one ended this Tuesday (2), the GG World Championship, with a buy-in of US$ 1,500 and an incredible US$ 10 million guaranteed. Brazil was present at the final table with Rafael Loiola.
After reaching the final table with a short stack, Rafael Loiola sought the valuable payjumps but ended up in ninth place among the 726 players on Day 2, from a total field of 7,309 entries. Even so, the result earned the Brazilian a notable US$ 174,213.
To give an idea of the size of the competition, the prize pool exceeded the guarantee, distributing an incredible US$ 10,415,325. The top three finishers made a deal that guaranteed seven figures for all of them. “Lord Given”, from Serbia, won and pocketed US$ 1,091,345, with the Finnish “Max Rotko” in second for US$ 1,094,691, and the Ukrainian “filthiest” in third for US$ 1,109,637.
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Following the Brazilian results on Tuesday, Pedro Padilha returned to the spotlight, reaching the heads-up of the pricey 302-Super (US$ 10,000 Tuesday Classic). Finishing in second place among 24 entries, he earned US$ 63,535. In the High version, with a buy-in of US$ 1,050, Dalton Hobold won, overcoming 234 participants to take home US$ 42,396.
Still in the scope of the most expensive GGWF contests, Brazil also had the title of Felipe Boianovsky in the 305-Super (US$ 1,500 Tuesday Deepstack Heater). In this competition, the star was the best among 52 entries and pocketed US$ 20,547. Finally, in the 304-Super (US$ 2,625 Tuesday Takedown), João Venturelli “msxiter” was second out of 43 for US$ 19,356.
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Check out more Brazilian results at the GGWF:
| Name | Position | Field | Tournament | Prize |
| “Freenergy” | 1st | 166 | 303-H: US$ 525 Omaholic Deepstack | US$ 17,296 |
| “doyourbest” | 6th | 873 | 301-H: US$ 525 Bounty Hunters Daily Main | US$ 16,265 |
| “patatipatataaaa” | 8th | 873 | 301-H: US$ 525 Bounty Hunters Daily Main | US$ 10,120 |
| “TANQUEKOSOVES” | 3rd | 262 | 299-H: US$ 525 Bounty Hunters | US$ 12,222 |
| Fernando Nogami “noth1ngpersonal” | 4th | 308 | 304-H: US$ 525 Tuesday Takedown | US$ 11,958 |
