Brazilian players reach final tables at Americas Cardroom Venom PKOs

Brazilian poker players achieved significant success at the Americas Cardroom October Dual Venom Progressive Knockout (PKO) tournaments. In the No-Limit Hold’em (NLH) event, Victor Pedote, playing under the alias ‘meteli gol’, secured a seventh-place finish, earning approximately $104,088 including bounties.

In the Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) tournament, two other Brazilians reached the final table: José Orlando finished fourth with roughly $82,743, and Yuri Martins Dzivielevski finished fifth with approximately $72,633. These results contributed to a strong showing for Brazil, which saw 45 Day 2 qualifications across both formats.

The NLH tournament featured a $5 million guarantee and a total prize pool of $5,357,500, while the PLO event had a $1.5 million guarantee, reaching a final prize pool of $1,505,000. The NLH title was won by ‘PushLightYear’, and the PLO title went to ‘tigerseyes’.