Season 8 of PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour concluded last night after five intensive days of play in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Two Brazilian players, Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins and Afonse Henrique, played heads-up for the title.
Martins had a 2-1 lead when the battle started. Henrique, who had held the chip lead for nearly the entire final table, managed to narrow down the gap between him and Mart[...] Read more » LAPT Brazil: Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins Wins Grand Final
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Many congratulations to Yuri Martins on winning this tournament and taking home the first prize. it must have been extra special to win such a big tournament in his own country
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Sounds like a very interesting final table with the lead changing,Henrique must be disappointed to have had him down to 8 BB and still end up losing....though I am sure this has happened to all of us!!
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huge congratulations for yuri the nerdguy martins- he definitely was a worthy winner, well actually anu of the remaining dudes would be worthy winners just as well... if we dig even deeper, any of the entrants would make a worthy winner. still yuri is the man or the nerd this time. gg yuri.
Posted by pochui: huge congratulations for yuri the nerdguy martins- he definitely was a worthy winner, well actually anu of the remaining dudes would be worthy winners just as well...
How would you know this? I don't think anybody with a nickhname bad as this one deserves a win tbh.
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So the prize stayed at home, after the brazilians took care of their neighbours from Chile. Take in consideration that R$650k are more or less €160k, which makes it a very interesting prize. One can by a house with that value!
Posted by Fakiry: Take in consideration that R$650k are more or less �160k, which makes it a very interesting prize. One can by a house with that value!
Could buy a house for the tenth of that value too. The house will be in Moldova though, but still...
