This week the World Series of Poker Main Event, in all its glory, returns to the Rio for what is strongly rumored to be the very last time. Thousands of players – both pros and recs – will pony up the $10,000 buy-in in hopes that after more than two weeks, it will be they… Continue reading First-Round Picks: The 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event

It’s been over six years since Brazil’s Yuri ‘Yuri Martins’ Dzivielevski was the #1-ranked online poker player in the world and this week he took another step closer to becoming it again. After weeks of hovering inside and out of the worldwide top five for the better part of two months, the tournament superstar unseated… Continue reading Brazilian Yuri Dzivielevski Making Another Run At Online Poker #1

It wasn’t that long ago that a quick scan of the top ten online players in the world would be packed with some of Sweden’s most well-known online grinders. Names like ‘Lena900’, ‘C Darwin2’, Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar, and Robin ‘robinho’ Ylitalo routinely held down a number of the top spots in a constant battle to… Continue reading Brunno Botteon, Brazilians Take Over Online Poker’s Top Ten

With some of the biggest online poker series of the summer concluding last month, it should be no surprise that the PocketFives Monthy PLB race for September was packed with some of the best players the online poker world has to offer. When the dust settled on the World Series of Poker Online series and… Continue reading Chris ‘Gettin Daize’ Oliver Clinches September Monthly PLB Title

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.