Neymar continues his run at PokerStars. Only two weeks after being Runner-Up in the Sunday Warm-Up, he now finished in 2nd place at the Titans Event for a staggering $66,056.16.
MTT Report Featured Poker Tournaments
- $5,200 Titans Event at PokerStars
- Bounty Builder Series 70-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max at PokerStars
- $40,000 GTD Sunday Big Shot 525 at 888poker
Neymar finishes in 2nd place at the PokerStars Titans Event
Due to its large $5,200 buy-in, the PokerStars Titans Event is one of the toughest and most prestigious online tournaments.
Last night football star Neymar came very close to winning it by losing heads-up to “Mikesonas” from Lithuania.
59 entries smashed the $200k guarantee by more than 48%!
In the end, there was $295,000 in the prize pool and $91,563,64 up top.
Seven places were paid and notables that cashed were German online crushers bencb789 and Cristian “WATnlos” Rudolph, who finished in 5th and 6th place as well as football legend Neymar.
The latter even made it to heads-up play and had the chance to win the biggest title of his poker career.
It wasn’t meant to be though, as he lost against “Mikesonas” from Lithuania. Still a very impressive performance and a huge $66,056.16 score for Neymar.
Czech Double Victory in Bounty Builder Series Event #70
The big online tournament highlight currently at Pokerstars is the Bounty Builder Series.
Event 70-H, a $530 NLHE 8-Max, had 532 entries, which was not enough to cover the large $275,000 guarantee.
The biggest name on the final table was two-time WSOP Main Event final tablist Antoan Saout. Saout took a strong 4th place for $13.498.80
It was the day of the Czechs, who landed a double victory. They decided to chop the remaining prize pool and only play for bounties.
One on one, “LIKEAG6” defeated his fellow countryman “Jakub_Odvar” to take home the $38.271,84 top prize.
Online legend Jerry “Perrymejsen” Ödeen ships the Sunday Big Shot 525
The $40,000 GTD Sunday Big Shot 525 is one of the biggest prized poker tournaments at 888poker and last night it had a famous winner with Swedish online legend Jerry “Perrymejsen” Ödeen.
82 entries were just enough to exceed the $40K guarantee and there was $41,000 in the prize pool.
The lion share of $11,172.50 was going to the winner, and it was Swedish online poker tournament legend “Perrymejsen”, who added another major title to his collection.
Ödeen beat “Hxs87” from Romania heads-up and was rewarded with a $11,172.50 payday.
