Pastor, Kerber, Farias and Salas lead Latin American Armada in PokerStars WCOOP Finals

Argentinian Juan Martin Pastor won a million dollar bronze medal at the WCOOPWorld Championship.

Argentinian shark Juan Martin Pastor takes the podium at the World Championship, the top of the high-stakes category of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournament. The high-stakes cash game regular took home $559,385 after finishing third. In the same event, Brazilian Kelvin Kerber finished seventh for $159,597. In the Lower Main Event, the title went to Kelvin Farias, also from the land of samba, who took home $257,039 after striking a deal with the incognito “Goonie Tot”, which was marked by the Maltese flag. Bonus distribution has been signed. Legend Damian Salas was one of the event’s finalists but was eliminated early and finished in ninth place for $18,272.

Argentines and Brazilians are responsible for representing Latin America at the conclusion of the World Championship of Online Poker.

Defines the $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship and the $109 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, with Main Event The corresponding tournament or World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) concludes a festival where PokerStars brings together the international elite of this spiritual discipline brought to the screen.

Latin American representatives performed well in both competitions. Argentinian sharkJuan Manuel Pastorachieved the best price results. He finished on the podium at the $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, which is considered the Event #98-High of this edition WCOOP The senior cash game regular took home $559,385.

After the exit of the Tango Country Grinder, in the Red and Spades room, Briton nicknamed ‘xPatorcitox‘ Ivan ‘ILS007’ Stokes was In the end, he defeated the anonymous Swedish player ShipitFTW911 in the heads-up match and took all the chips. For his victory in the four-day tournament, Stokes earned a coveted $1,047,257, while his runner-up earned $765,388.

Brazilian Kelvin Kerber finished seventh at the WCOOP.

That was a good result for Latin America Zur The World Championship also included a seventh-place finish for Brazilian Kelvin “Kelvin_FP:AR” Kerber, which added $159,597 to his points tally. Another standout name among the finalists for the event is Nordic Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, who is historically considered one of the best-performing pros in online competition. The Vikings finished fourth on the strength of their performance and earned $408,827.

The tournament had 600 participants, reaching PokerStars’s estimated starting prize pool of $6,000,000 guaranteed. This prize money was distributed among the best 79 players in the final standings.

Farias earned big money with his title shot low in the main event. Salas is a finalist.

The Latin American Armada also had positive results in the Main Event Low Speed ​​Marathon category of this WCOOP, with representatives from Brazil and Argentina once again among the finalists By. Chapecoense Kelvin “CadeMito” Farias won the title by defeating the unknown “Goonie Tot”, considered the flag of the Mediterranean islandMalta. In the final duel, both sides agreed to cut the cash jump between the champion and his escort, soFarias won $257,039 and the Maltese $212,475. Brazil’s Kelvin Farias wins the WCOOP Main Event Low.

A total of 27,184 players entered the competition, with Argentina’s Damian Salas also making it to the finals. Unfortunately for the good of the region, the winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP) is having an atypical 2020 edition The first time you are eliminated in the final stage. So the shark from Chascomos, nicknamed “pampa27”, had to accept the $18,272 that ninth place brought him.

The Main Event Low pot for this WCOOP is $2,718,400, with a buy-in of $109. This exceeds the guaranteed minimum purse of $2,500,000 set by the organization. The awards ceremony left a positive balance for the top 3,863.