Brazil has one of the most ravenous poker cultures on the planet with a solid domestic live  scene and some of the best online poker players on the planet. Despite this, only six Brazilian players have ever managed to take home a World Series of Poker bracelet and two of those came in 2019.

Nicolau Villa-Lobos has made a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event, he posted a runner-up finish to Mike Watson in the stacked High Roller field at the 2013 WSOP Europe series, but rather than travel the globe seeking only the toughest competition at the higher stakes, Villa-Lobos spends much of his… Continue reading Nicolau Villa-Lobos Growing Poker at Home While Seeing the World

With a population of 200 million and a gambling market worth upwards of $17 billion, Brazil is a country which online poker operators have been eager to tap into. With that goal in mind, partypoker recently announced a partnership deal with Brazilian poker proJoao ‘Joaosimaobh’ Simao, who will become the new face of the site… Continue reading Brazilian Grinder Joao Simao Named as Newest partypoker Ambassador

Earlier this year, former international footballer Denilson was signed by a different club. No, he wasn’t making a comeback in the world of professional football, but he was announced as a brand ambassador for 888poker. The highly decorated Brazilian footballer, who played 61 times for his country between 1996 and 2003 said that he hoped… Continue reading Brazilian Footballer Denilson Makes Natural Transition to Poker

Bruno Kawauti Talks Planning for the Future, and Predicting it Too There are not many things where, if you take 15th place, your life is going to completely change. That is the beauty of the World Series of Poker Main Event tough. Ever since Brasil’s Bruno Kawauti finished 15th in 2013, his life, his priorities,… Continue reading Brazil’s Bruno Kawauti Turning “Sick Dreams” into Reality

Brazilians are a very passionate people. In everything they do there is a lot of energy and intensity. When professional poker started in Brazil in 2005, some thought that those characteristics could reflect in a negative way in their performance at the tables. Fortunately, they are also very open to adaptation. And when they learned… Continue reading Brazilians Dominate SCOOP – Sights Set on World Series of Poker

If you were an up-and-coming poker player who just had a pile of cash fall into his lap, what would you do with it? How would it change your career? Would you play higher stakes? Would you swim your way out of make-up? Would you stake others in hopes that they’d have a monstrous score… Continue reading Joao ‘XxJoaoFeraxX’ Otavio Parlaying $213K Score into More Live Play

Last month, Brazil’s Rodrigo Selouan (pictured), known on PocketFives as selouan1991, final tabled the PokerStars Sunday $109 Rebuy and walked off with $18,000. It was his fourth largest online poker score to date and rocketed him to $553,000 in career online tournament cashes. “I was very happy with this final table,” he told us. “It… Continue reading “I Cannot Imagine Myself Playing Poker at a High Level Without a HUD”

In August, Brazil’s Demitri1985hit his first major career score, taking down the $11 buy-in PokerStars Sunday Storm to the tune of $17,000 after a seven-way chop. He only started playing poker full-time in the last year, but he is the latest in an ever-growing line of Brazilian players to win major tournaments.

Last year, Brazil played host to the World Cup. Next year, it’ll host the Olympics. The South American nation has had a host of success online as well. Late last month, in fact, Guilherme Cheveau (pictured), known on PocketFives as simply CheVeaU, won the PokerStars Sunday Million after a four-way chop for $153,000. Incredibly, it… Continue reading Two Wins, Four Final Tables in the Sunday Million for CheVeaU

In recent weeks, Brazil’s Joao Simao (pictured), known on PocketFives as joaosimaobh, won the PokerStars Sunday Second Chanceand Full Tilt Super Sized Sunday on the same day for a combined $60,000. He’s a proud Brazilian who has successfully managed to balance poker and his family and even final table a few major live tournaments. In… Continue reading The Power of a Poker House

In June, Rafael Watanabe do Prado (pictured), aka rwpradoon PocketFives, took down the Full Tilt Sunday Major outright for $31,000. There were 620 entrants that day and the tournament fell short of its guarantee, creating a little extra value for everyone who entered. The Brazilian was one of five PocketFivers at the final table.

In recent weeks, Andrey aslamegoLamego (pictured) took down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Upfor almost $80,000. The Brazilian was one of 2,432 players who entered that day and recorded his largest online tournament cash by a factor of five. He plays as Dr_Drey15 on PokerStars and can be found at #473 worldwide in the PocketFives Rankings, his… Continue reading “This Money Will Make My Life Easier During the Downswings”

Late last month, Vinicius Steves (pictured), who is known on PocketFives as jason132008, took second place in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Upand bagged $61,000. That week’s tournament had 2,585 entrants and the first place player, proh1t, earned $81,000. Steves explained, “It’s a very important tournament, even more so for my buy-ins, and to get two great… Continue reading “Poker is a Game of Constant Evolution”

Last week, 888 Pokerhosted the PocketFives Open. We had well over 200 players enter including two 888 sponsored pros: Bruno Politano (pictured) and Sofia Lovgren. The former finished eighth in last year’s World Series of Poker Main Event and said of that experience, “It was the best experience of my life. It was amazing! I… Continue reading 888 Pro Bruno Politano: “My Advice is Study, Study, Study”