PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 187th $13,900 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #11: $800 Flip & Go 31st $2,800 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #4: $1,000 Mini Main Event 218th $2,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$10,300 EPT High Roller 21st $33,600 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$2,200 Eureka High Roller 41st $7,775 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$1,100 Eureka Main Event 106th $3,875 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$10,200 Mystery Bounty 11th $11,850 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 553rd $32,500 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #85: $1,500 Shootout 90th $5,759 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 29th $24,258 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 208th $5,253 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 4th $208,158 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 1252nd $1,684 2022 PokerStars EPT London2,200 UKIPT High Roller 31st £6,400 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 1st $276,067 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #55: $1,000 Tag Team 55th $2,633 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$3,500 NLH Championship 1st $696,011 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 11th $52,414 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 145th $8,701 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 137th $2,634 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #55: $400 Colossus 699th $910 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em 675th $2,085 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 93rd $902 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 200th $1,632 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 76th $1,805 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 137th $2,638 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #76: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold’em 477th $960 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em 124th $3,776 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 130th $1,475 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #65: $600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 284th $1,592 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 68th $1,804 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em 97th $6,411 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition Freezeout, $1M GTD 322nd $654 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague2,200 EPT National High Roller 108th €3,890 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila65,000 APPT Main Event 37th 231,500 PHP

Biography Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian former professional poker player. In 2007, she won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for 1,000,000, aged just 18. Over the course of her career, she amassed over $3.9 million in career earnings, good enough for second on the Norwegian all-time money list behind Felix Stephensen. Poker Achievements Obrestad was born in 1988. She discovered poker at a very young age, and generated her initial bankroll from winning freeroll tournaments online. She quit school to play poker and in 2006 won the UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic $5,000 Championship Event. She finished the tournament in 37th place taking home $12,415. The day before her 19th birthday, she won the WSOP Europe Main Event for 1,000,000. She became the youngest person ever to become a WSOP champion. In 2007, she finished runner-up in the EPT Dublin Main Event for 297,800. After winning the WSOP Europe Main Event, she was sponsored by numerous poker sites and travelled around the world playing poker. She regularly played in the partypoker Premier League and on Late Night Poker during the late 2000s. Obrestad says that around 2012, she lost her passion for poker. As a result she started playing poker less and eventually left the poker community in the late 2010s. Since leaving poker, Obrestad has set up a successful makeup channel called ‘Annette’s Makeup Corner’ on Youtube.

Biography Adam Friedman is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. After winning his first bracelet during the 2012 WSOP, Friedman then won the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship in back-to-back-to-back years (2018, 2019 & 2021), a feat no other player had ever accomplished. In 2022, he added a fifth WSOP bracelet in Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Poker Achievements Friedman shot to prominence back in 2005 after an infamous hand in that year’s Main Event was shown on the ESPN broadcast. During the 2000s, he regularly cashed in mixed game tournaments, including finishing 10th and 14th in the $10,000 8-Game Championships at the 2008 and 2009 WSOP respectively. He followed that up with a third-place finish in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E in 2011 before winning his first bracelet in 2012. He defeated Todd Brunson heads-up to win Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo for $269,037. A regular attendee of the WSOP, Friedman narrowly missed out on a second bracelet in 2016 after finishing second in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud.

Biography Sean Winter is an American poker player with over $21 million in career earnings as of June 2022. He finished runner-up to David Peters in both the 2019 and 2021 US Poker Open before winning the Championship in 2022. In 2018 he finished second behind Ben Yu in a WSOP $50,000 High Roller, narrowly missing out on a bracelet but still bagging a seven-figure score. The largest cash of his career also came in 2018, finishing second in the $250,000 partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Super High Roller for $2.4 million.

Biography Kevin Martin is a Canadian poker player who first appeared on reality TV series Big Brother Canada. Originally from Calgary, Martin is best known as one of the earliest adopters of the Twitch platform, having streamed his play since 2015. Martin can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. He is currently a member of the GGSquad on GGPoker, having joined in October 2020.

Biography Georgina James, better known by her online nickname “GJReggie” is a British poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. James graduated with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath but switched to poker full-time after leaving her Business Improvement Manager role behind and taking part in the Run It Up Platinum Pass Challenge. Low-Stakes Mixed Games “Definitely Beatable,” says PokerStars Ambassador GJReggie

Biography Rafael Moraes is a Brazilian poker player and PokerStars ambassador. He sits with over $1.8 million in cashes and is in the top 10 of the Brazilian all-time money list. According to fellow Brazilian and PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari, Moraes is one of the best poker players in the world. Moraes: “Neymar Doesn’t Play Poker for Money; He Just Wants to Win!” Live Poker Achievements The largest cash of Moraes’ career came in 2016, finishing third in the EPT Monte Carlo 25,000 High Roller for 568,200. The following year, he won a WSOP Circuit ring in Sao Paulo for $94,321. In 2022, he added a BSOP title to his poker resume after winning the BSOP Rio de Janeiro High Roller for $58,096.

Biography Johan Guilbert, who is also known under his ‘YoH ViraL’ moniker, is a French poker player and vlogger with over $4 million in live tournament earnings. He is also a regular in high-stakes cash games, and regularly makes appearances on poker live streams such as Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike. Guilbert can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Guilbert has captured titles under the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour umbrella and also recorded a second-place finish in the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The 789,031 ($892,811) payout from the WSOPE Main Event is the largest of his career. Guilbert began playing poker full-time around 2010, mainly focusing on cash games. In recent years, he has joined the tournament high roller scene and picked up his first win on the circuit in 2021. He topped a $25,000 buy-in event at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe and then captured a WPT another $25K title at the 2021 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic a few months later. In February 2022, at the third annual Global Poker Awards, he was named as the GPI Breakout Player. Following his GPI award, Guilbert was selected to be one of the first season’s contestants on on Game Of Gold, a spin-off from the Poker After Dark brand produced by GGPoker.

Biography Johan Guilbert, who is also known under his ‘YoH ViraL’ moniker, is a French poker player and vlogger with over $4 million in live tournament earnings. He is also a regular in high-stakes cash games, and regularly makes appearances on poker live streams such as Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike. Guilbert can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Guilbert has captured titles under the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour umbrella and also recorded a second-place finish in the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The 789,031 ($892,811) payout from the WSOPE Main Event is the largest of his career. Guilbert began playing poker full-time around 2010, mainly focusing on cash games. In recent years, he has joined the tournament high roller scene and picked up his first win on the circuit in 2021. He topped a $25,000 buy-in event at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe and then captured a WPT another $25K title at the 2021 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic a few months later. In February 2022, at the third annual Global Poker Awards, he was named as the GPI Breakout Player. Following his GPI award, Guilbert was selected to be one of the first season’s contestants on on Game Of Gold, a spin-off from the Poker After Dark brand produced by GGPoker.

Biography David Kaye is an American poker player based in Michigan. He is a PokerStars Ambassador. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty 10th $2,500 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD) 1st $29,343 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)Sunday Championship ($130,000 GTD) 12th $959 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $400 Colossus 1038th $900 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 226th $1,741 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold’em 32nd $13,261 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $2,500 No-Limit Holdem 59th $11,607

Biography Adam Hendrix is an American poker player with over $2.9 million in career earnings. The largest cash of Hendrix’s career came in August 2019, finishing second in the EPT Barcelona National for $384,231. During his career he has won titles in both the Poker Masters and the US Poker Open. His 2022 US Poker Open victory saw him win $211,200 after defeating Jonathan Little heads-up PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open$1,500 Main Event 5th $59,910 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas$10,400 WPT World Championship 141st $34,100 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 369th $9,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #8: Mystery Bounty PLO (Online) 8th $17,787 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 644th €2,630 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #19: $500 NL Hold’em Summer Saver 244th $873 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 147th $1,414 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #17: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Championship 147th $1,685 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 5th $570,671 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 134th $3,731 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 17th $48,800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 142nd $2,409 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 715th $800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Monster Stack 131st $9,020 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 54th $7,001 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty 37th $17,635 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 30th $50,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 326th $4,680 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 118th $1,206 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty 42nd $4,650 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) 57th $14,124 2022 MSPT Venetian Winter$1,100 Main Event 49th $2,730 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #29: $1,000 NLH Championship 28th $2,926 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #26: $3,200 NLH High Roller 6-Max 17th $8,606 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off 10th $2,990 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver 118th $1,038 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 4th $211,295 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 151st $2,625 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 8-Max 8th $26,336 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 18th $8,863 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty 780th $1,900 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 284th $876 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $600 Deepstack Championship 53rd $2,628 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 PLO 6-Max 122nd $1,426 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 35th $31,033 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 611th $1,050 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout 8th $26,160 2022 The Lodge Championship SeriesEvent #9: $800 NLH 98th $1,589 2022 Wynn Millions$3,000 $1k Bounty $200,000 GTD 6th $14,963 2022 Wynn Millions$1,600 Mystery Bounty $1,500,000 GTD 209th $2,275 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 29th $20,176 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 37th $4,927 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 85th $2,004 2021 Wynn Fall Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty 236th $3,520 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed 8th $100,773 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 69th $2,625 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $500 NLH Big 500 Kick-Off 110th $862 2021 US Poker OpenEvent #8: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 9th $18,900 2021 US Poker OpenEvent #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2nd $144,500 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 111th $7,200 Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event 178th $2,700 2021 Wynn Spring ClassicWynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship 9th $38,611 2021 partypoker MILLIONS OnlineMain Event 132nd $11,490 MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las VegasMSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event 14th $9,160 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 03: $10,300 PLO High Roller, $1M GTD 9th $30,470 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #80: People’s Choice Event Pros Vote 208th $1,614 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, $25M GTD 141st $24,886 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #74: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 99th $3,412 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 275th $2,145 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD 669th $488 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 245th $1,006 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD 919th $1,772 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 9th $17,858 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD 90th $4,828 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #56: $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition High Roller 105th $4,799 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #52: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 136th $2,770 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #26: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Grande Finale 282nd $1,013 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #22: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 79th $1,350 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #21: $777 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 144th $1,239 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #17: $777 No-Limit Hold’em 131st $1,257 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #15: $1,000 PLO 8-Max HR 27th $3,653 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed Deepstack 37th $3,318 2020 Wynn Spring Classic$1,600 No-Limit Hold’em 56th $4,136 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas$1,700 Main Event 5th $54,101 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship 150th $6,094 2020 Borgata Winter Poker OpenEvent #14: $1,090 Six Max NLH 35th $1,858 2019 Wynn Winter Classic$5,300 Championship Event 8th $63,852 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant$1,700 Main Event 44th $4,581 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant$2,200 High Roller 14th $3,692 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond$2,200 High Roller 16th $3,955 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona1,100 EPT National 2nd €346,500 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s CherokeeMain Event 99th $2,802 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty 156th $1,416 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #82: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack 5th $131,001 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 1069th $1,622 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 12th $56,703 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #25: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 61st $3,008 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 901st $874 2019 US Poker OpenUSPO #2 - $10,000 PLO 4th $64,000 201 World Series of PokerEvent #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 20th $5,670 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $365 PLO GIANT Pot-Limit Omaha 304th $667 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 51st $4,125 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 28th $11,987 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold’em 422nd $677 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 95th $2,263 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 2nd $137,992

Biography Ronaldo Lus Nazrio de Lima, commonly known as Ronaldo, is a former professional footballer and is considered as one of the best forwards to ever play the beautiful game. The Brazilian icon has played for the likes of AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid and the Brazilian National Football Team. On top of an endless list of individual and club honours, Ronaldo has two FIFA World Cup winners medals (1994, 2002).

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Till DawnMain Event 224th £5,000 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller 23rd 192,000 HKD

Biography Danny Tang is a Natural8 ambassador and WSOP bracelet winner. Consistently ranked as one of the best Asian players around, Tang has reached major heights throughout his career and continues to climb. Read More: Getting to Know Natural8 Ambassador and WSOP Champion Danny Tang Poker Achievements Tang spent much of his early career playing in England, including a 2nd place finish in the $1,100 partypoker WPT National Main Event for $130,263 in 2016. Later that year, he would cash at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the very first time. The following year, Tang cashed on numerous occasions in Macau before securing a breakout win at the PokerStars Championship Prague, winning 381,000 in the 10,300 High Roller. Tang returned to Las Vegas in 2018, and produced a deep run in the WSOP Main Event finishing 31st for $230,475. He followed that up with another deep run in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, finishing 13th for $102,782. Later that year, he finished fourth in the EPT Prague High Roller for 197,720. Having proved his abilities in High Rollers, Tang continued to excel in 2019. He finished runner-up in the Triton Montenegro Main Event for $1,796,498. Another seven-figure cash would soon follow at theWSOP, winning his first bracelet in Event #90: $50,000 High Roller for $1,608,406. Danny Tang Wins $50,000 Final Fifty for $1,608,406: “I Want to go Down in the History Books” “It means absolutely everything,” Tang told PokerNews. “Being one of the ambassadors for Hong Kong and Asia, and to just win the first bracelet in Las Vegas in a No-Limit Hold’em event. It’s just unreal. Words can’t describe it,” This result meant he was the second WSOP bracelet winner from Hong Kong, and the first among Natural8’s Team Hot. In 2022, winning Event #5: $50,000 Short Deck at the Super High Roller Series Europe in Northern Cyprus for $640,000. By year-end, Tang had won more than $4.1 million. Tang shone brightly in 2023, too, and banked almost $2.4 million during the first six months of the year, thanks, in part, to back-to-back victories in $50,000 buy-in events at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Cyprus worth a combined $1,295,000.

Biography Neymar Jr. is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain. He is widely considered one of the most talented footballers in the world. Not only that, but he is fanatical about poker. So much so, that he even named his dog poker! Neymar and Poker In May 2015, Neymar joined PokerStarsas a brand ambassador. At the time, he was joined by another legend of Brazilian football Ronaldo as a member of Team Sportstars. “Growing up and playing football everyday has made me a competitive person,” Neymar Jr. said. “When I’m not playing football, playing poker and competing against my teammates on the road or in home games with friends is one of my favorite things to do.” Neymar has been heavily involved with PokerStars, hosting multiple charity home games, including one at EPT Barcelona won by Steve O’Dwyer. During the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) in 2020, Neymar made a deep run finishing 12th in Event 18-H: $2,100 NLHE 6-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO In December 2020, Neymar rejoined PokerStars and pledged to bring his flair and personality to the online and live tables. “As a true poker fan, I am excited to start a new chapter with PokerStars,” said the 28-year-old Neymar. “Together well be creating moments for our community and fans all over the world.” Read More: Three Reasons Neymar’s New PokerStars Partnership Will Succeed In January 2022, played in the PokerStars Winter Series making the Winter Series 40-H: $1,050 8-Max, Turbo Final Table Neymar Poker Fun Facts

Biography Viktor Blom, best known in the poker community by his online alias “Isildur1” is a Swedish professional poker player. He stormed into the online poker scene in late 2009, crashing the high-stakes games at Full Tilt Poker and challenging many of the top-class poker pros. Intro Blom was born in Sweden in 1990. He started playing poker around the age of 14 with his friends, and as soon as he turned 18 Blom started playing poker online. Due to the Swedish tax system, which rakes most of their citizens’ online poker winnings, Blom left his home country and moved to London at the age of 21. Despite his success at the online tables, Blom has a couple of dozen live tournament cashes, the biggest of which is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller title which he won in 2012.

Biography David Peters is an American poker player and four-time WSOP bracelet winner. As of June 2022, he sits sixth on the all-time money list with almost $40 million in career earnings. His most recent bracelet victory came in 2022 when he won Event #2: $100K High Roller Bounty for over $1.1 million. Biography Like many of his peers, Peters started playing poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Peters drew inspiration from Moneymaker who was an amateur who took on the pros in their backyard and walked away a world champion. Peters first cut his teeth in the online poker world, starting with freeroll tournaments. He won a freeroll for $600 and it proved to be the catalyst for a title-filled career that has seen him win more than $6.5 million from online poker tournaments and more than $39 million from live events. Known for his quiet, unassuming demeanor at the tables, Peters is one of the best poker tournament players to have ever picked up cards and chips. Ten of Peters’ live results weigh in at more than $1 million! His largest score came in 2016 when Peters finished second to Fedor Holz in a $200,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller Series event in the Philippines; he banked $2,699,752 as part of a deal with Holz. The man from Ohio has four WSOP bracelets on his long list of poker accomplishments. The first came in 2016 in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event with his second and third bracelets coming from the online poker world in 2020 and 2021. In 2021, he also won back-to-back U.S. Poker Open Championships. With the WSOP’s move from the Rio to Paris and Bally’s in 2022, Peters picked up his fourth bracelet in the first open event of the summer with victory in the $100,000 High Roller Bounty.

Biography Barbara Enright is an American poker player and three-time WSOP bracelet winner. In 2007, she became the first woman inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The following year she was an inaugural inductee into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Enright is the only woman to have made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in the tournament’s history. In 1995, she finished fifth for $114,180. Her first bracelet came in 1986, winning the $500 Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud for $16,400. Eight years later, she won the same event for her second bracelet and $38,400. The largest cash of her career came in 1996, when she won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em event for $180,000 and her third WSOP bracelet. In doing so, she became the first woman to win a bracelet in an open event.

Biography Before becoming a professional poker player, Marylands Justin Liberto worked in sales after graduating from Virginia Tech. A sports and music aficionado, Liberto has amassed over $4.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) according to the Hendon Mob. That includes a career-high $640,711 for topping a field of 1,043 entries to win the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed for his first gold bracelet at the age of 26. That same year, four-time gold ring winner Liberto won the Best All-Around Player at the WSOP Circuit stop in his hometown of Baltimore, MD (at the Horseshoe Casino), which qualified him for the 2014-2015 WSOP Circuit National Championship tournament at Harrahs Cherokee. Two years earlier at the 2013 WSOP, Liberto finished fourth out of a massive 6,343-entry field in Event #6: $1,500 NLH Millionaire Maker for $400,408. Amazingly, hed make another deep run in the Millionaire Maker five years later in 2018, ultimately finishing in fifth place for $303,294. When I came to the series a few years ago and finished 4th in the Millionaire Maker that allowed me to bypass some steps that most players would normally have to go through, Liberto said. I was careful not to overshoot my goals after that. Now, getting this win just makes things a lot easier. Other big scores from Libertos career include fourth place in the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) $5,400 Championship for $305,955; sixth in the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winner Open for $140,878; winning the 2019 WPTDeepStacks Maryland $1,500 Main Event for $116,363; and claiming victory in the 2019 Wynn Summer Classic $1,100 NLH for $94,659. Follow Liberto on Twitter @JustinLiberto.

Biography Pamela “Pamsi” Balzano is an Argentinian poker player and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. One of Latin Americas best-known poker content producers, Pamsi streams, commentates and hosts, always making things as fun as possible! Pamela Balzano Represents Argentinian Poker on Twitch, YouTube and Beyond She regularly streams on Twitch. In 2022, she finished 36th in the WSOP Ladies Championship for $3,886. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 100% up to a maximum of $600! The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

Biography Aliaksandr Shylko is a Belarusian poker player who won the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship for $3,121,838. He made a three-handed deal with with Germany’s Max Menzel (2nd - $2,859,990) and Brazil’s Philipe Pizzari (3rd - $2,524,871). Shylko described his four-day journey to the final table as smooth for the most part, but the penultimate day proved much harder. I had some very tough spots against Sam Grafton and another English player I made four hero folds which werent easy. Prior to the PSPC, Shylko’s biggest victory was the 2,200 Eureka Rozvadov High Roller in May 2022, while his biggest cash with a fourth-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Circuit Main Event also at King’s Resort Rozvadov.

Biography Aliaksandr Shylko is a Belarusian poker player who won the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship for $3,121,838. He made a three-handed deal with with Germany’s Max Menzel (2nd - $2,859,990) and Brazil’s Philipe Pizzari (3rd - $2,524,871). Shylko described his four-day journey to the final table as smooth for the most part, but the penultimate day proved much harder. I had some very tough spots against Sam Grafton and another English player I made four hero folds which werent easy. Prior to the PSPC, Shylko’s biggest victory was the 2,200 Eureka Rozvadov High Roller in May 2022, while his biggest cash with a fourth-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Circuit Main Event also at King’s Resort Rozvadov.

Biography Koray Aldemir is a German poker player. He won the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $8,000,000 and has amassed over $20 million in lifetime earnings. Biography Aldemir discovered poker in 2006 before playing online. He eventually moved to Vienna and picked up his first recorded cash in 2012. He spent most of the 2010s traveling around Europe to play, while also visiting the WSOP in Las Vegas. The best result of his early career was a 16th place finish in the 2015 EPT Malta Main event for 35,800, but the following year he would smash that with the first six-figure cash of his career. He finished second in Event #33: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Summer Solstice for $252,805 before notching his first-ever seven-figure score of $2,154,265, finishing third in Event #67: $111,111 No Limit Hold’em High Roller for One Drop. Aldemir would continue to travel and play, winning a Triton Poker Main Event title in the Philippines for $1.29 million, and narrowly missing out on the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event title, finishing third. Now a regular on the High Roller scene, Aldemir would cash at the 2018 Poker Masters and the 2019 US Poker Open, winning Event #9: $50K NLH for $738,000. Aldemir had already cashed eight times at the 2021 WSOP before he made the final table and had a comfortable run to make the final nine players. He entered the final table as the chip leader and remained as such for most of the action, eventually defeating George Holmes heads-up to be crowned world champion. In 2022, Aldemir made another deep run in the Main Event in his quest for the first title defense since Johnny Chan in ‘87 and ‘88. He made it to Day 5 as of the time of writing.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em II 1st €444,840 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em I 7th €63,000 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 242nd $12,100 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #7: $50,000 Super High Roller 17th $93,200 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 18th $90,700 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions 46th $11,800 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 109th €16,500 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #12: 50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller 3rd €266,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 1st €600,000 2023 PokerStars WCOOPWCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD 16th/sup> $49,894 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 EPT Main Event 76th €13,050 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 EPT High Roller 6th €220,800 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 4th €108,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 3rd €160,400 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 23rd $123,600 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed 10th $75,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 6th $320,900 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague50,000 EPT Super High Roller 3rd €386,870 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em I 3rd €95,080 2022 PokerStars EPT London25,000 Single-Day High Roller II 1st £196,170 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 6th £132,430 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo50,000 No-Limit Hold’em 5th €148,440 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €387,435 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #5: $75,000 Short Deck 5th $268,000 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #2: $100,000 NLH 8-Handed 5th $529,000 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 69th €14,720 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-92-M: $1,050 PLO 6-Max, PLO Main Event, $750K Gtd 91st $2,282 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max, Super Tuesday SE, $650K Gtd 10th $11,481 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship 3-Stack 4th $63,918 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 50th $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st Final Day, $5M GTD 315th $3,377 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $4,670 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 24th $6,849 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 3rd $249,324 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #23: $10,300 WPT High Roller, $1m GTD 7th $37,676 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #29: $25,500 WPT Super High Roller, $1m GTD 6th $65,700 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ 2-day event 5th $230,453 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-93: $25,500 Super High Roller 2nd $435,832 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday 20th $19,341 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller Bounty 9th $22,972 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million 20th $52,164 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-16: $25,500 Super High Rollers 9th $67,830 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-03: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 4th $60,595 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #30: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. 5th $238,691 2021 partypoker MILLIONS OnlineMain Event 3rd $422,422 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #6: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. 9th $74,821 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 16: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max High Roller 8th $31,492 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 07: $10,300 NLHE High Roller, $1.25M GTD 7th $60,264 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #10: $25,500 High Roller Championship, $5m GTD 16th $68,000 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #74: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 129th $3,412 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 297th $2,145 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 56th $2,229 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD 85th $8,100 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 1st $1,489,289 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #32: $100 The Opener Final Day, $2M GTD 251st $851 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 12th €40,320 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 183rd €11,090 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT5,300 EPT Main Event 120th €8,800 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT25,000 EPT High Roller 8th €104,610 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT100,000 EPT Super High Roller 4th €554,950 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 4th $319,780 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 5th €155,010 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 No-Limit Hold’m 4th €42,390 2018 Caribbean Poker Party$10,300 High Roller 3rd $210,000 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona10,300 High Roller 12th €21,600 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series MacauHK $250,000 6-Max Event 12th 552,000 HKD 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo CasinoMain Event 89th €9,540 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino25,750 High Roller 21st €50,400 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino25,500 Single-Day High Roller 7th €100,000 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino50,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €652,000 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino100,000 Super High Roller 3rd €832,800 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller 18th 210,000 HKD 2017 PokerStars Championship PanamaMain Event 67th $7,720 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama$50,000 Super High Roller 2nd $372,360 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$25,750 High Roller 12th $66,220 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 8th $125,900 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$100,000 Super High Roller 4th $576,300 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague5,300 Main Event 191st €7,560 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona50,000 Super High Roller 7th €232,600 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 6th $235,460 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 Super High Roller 7th $286,920 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague50,000 Super High Roller 6th €172,100 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta5,300 Main Event 7th €91,550 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona5,300 Main Event 31st €32,125 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona10,300 High Roller 42nd €21,000 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta5,300 Main Event 82nd €10,850 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta10,300 High Roller 28th €23,300 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta25,500 High Roller 3rd €263,000 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona5,300 Main Event 17th €54,700