2022 World Series of Poker Week 4 in review

Following a handful of star-studded celebrity appearances last week, the 53rd annual World Series of Poker once again raised the stakes in week four of play with a new millionaire crowned and poker legend Phil Ivey’s bracelet run. With less than two weeks until the Main Event, the excitement of this year’s WSOP is reaching a fever pitch with much more action in the weeks to come.

Week 4 Highlights

- World-Renowned Brazilian soccer player, Neymar Jr., wins his first-ever WSOP cash
Last week, Neymar de Silva Santos Júnior competed in his first WSOP bracelet events. Neymar Jr. would go on to finish the week with his first-ever WSOP cash placing No. 49 and taking home nearly $4,000 in Event #41: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit.- Legendary musician, Steve Albini, claims his second WSOP Bracelet
Steve Alibini claimed victory in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E event, beating out a field of 773 and taking home $196,089 in cash. Best known for producing some of Nirvana’s most iconic albums, Albini took home his first bracelet in 2018.- Daniel Zack becomes first player to win two bracelets at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas
Poker professional, Daniel Zack, became the first player to take home two 2022 WSOP bracelets in Las Vegas. Zack won his second-ever WSOP bracelet during a seven-hour heads up earlier this month before earning his third bracelet during Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship this week.- Yuliyan Kolev wins his second gold bracelet in Event #37: $1,5000 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em
Seven months ago, Bulgarian Yuliyan Kolev took home his first online bracelet. Now he’s accomplished this feat in-person beating a field full of bracelet winners on Wednesday night, taking home his first live bracelet and claiming a whopping $1,125,141 in winnings.
What To Look Forward To

- Sunday, 26 June – Event #54: $500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’em
One of the WSOP’s charity-focused events, proceeds will be donated to the USO and other veteran organizations- Sunday, 26 June – Event #55: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em
Teams of two players must register and compete together for a chance at a prestigious gold bracelet in a team format- Monday, 27 June – Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em
Bigger blinds and bigger stacks are the name of the game as competitors face off in a high stakes game for a chance at a gold bracelet- Wednesday, 29 June – Event #61: $1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Female competitors will compete in a women-only $1,000 buy-in tournament for a chance at a gold bracelet

Upcoming WSOP live streams on PokerGO

- Saturday, 25 June – Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller
- Monday, 27 June – Event #51: $400 COLOSSOS
- Tuesday, 28 June – Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team
- Thursday, 30 June – Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

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Neymar Jr finishes sixth in the Super High Roller event

Neymar Jr finished sixh in the Super High Roller event at the PokerStars-sponsored Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) São Paulo, cashing R$79,440 ($21,470) after losing a flush x flush. The tournament registered 288 entries with a total prize pool of R$1.7 million ($460,000).

Fans and friends showed up at the tournament room to root for Neymar Jr who was welcoming throughout, taking pictures and signing autographs.

The Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil national forward was one of the nine players competing on the final table, which was supposed to resume on Tuesday. Neymar Jr had a wedding to attend, however, which was quite a big deal as he was best man. So, in a great act of fair play the table decided to pause until Wednesday. When the players made the decision, BSOP generously agreed to cover additional expenses, including hotel rooms and flight changes.

Over 16,400 people tuned in to watch one of the best football players in the world on the live stream, which is now available to watch on YouTube.

Neymar Jr wasn’t the only celebrity in attendance at BSOP. Manchester City striker and fellow Brazilian national Gabriel Jesus also joined the action at the Main Event on Monday, 23 July.

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PokerStars players join football legend for poker charity game

Team PokerStars SportStar and football legend Neymar Jr have invited stars from the world of sport, stage and screen, as well as fellow members of Team PokerStars, to a social, charity poker home game in Spain today to benefit the Neymar Jr Institute and Right To Play. Diego Garcia Bello from Galicia, Spain, will be joining the superstar footballer and friends for his first ever live poker tournament after winning his place in the home game for free at PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. brand.

"I am more than happy and delighted with this opportunity," said Bello. "This is amazing! It will be my first time playing live and on top of that I will be sitting with Neymar. It is absolutely great!"

Among those joining Neymar Jr on the felt will be fellow members of Team PokerStars Olympic gold medal hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo and WSOP bracelet winner Andre Akkari, and Brazilian actor Rafael Zulu.

Last Friday, Neymar posted via Facebook, "I love poker so I'm playing a game with my friends and celebrities to raise money for my charity, the Neymar Jr Institute. See highlights on Facebook on 17 March and watch me bluff my friends."

The Facebook post has already amassed over 560,000 views to date. Fans will be able to see all the action from the star-studded home game in a video posted from noon tomorrow on Neymar Jr's Facebook page.

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PokerStars Milestone 12 challenge

It’s fair to say there was more than a little shock and awe when PokerStars.com announced that two of the world’s biggest sports stars – Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr – had signed for PokerStars as Brand Ambassadors in May 2015. The signings demonstrated a strong strategic move to introduce poker to mainstream audiences, Cristiano Ronaldo having the most popular Facebook page in the world with more than 100 million fans, and Neymar Jr also having over 50 million fans.

Both players have been used in PokerStars advertising and brand campaigns, including the recent Cristiano Ronaldo Spin & Go special edition where up to $1 million can be won for as little as $0.50.

Today’s Milestone Challenges are:
Challenge 1: Win one real money cash or Zoom game hand with a full house.
Challenge 2: Win five real money cash or Zoom game hands with a full house.

Complete the first Challenge to win a random prize up to $10,000.
Complete the second Challenge to win a random prize up to $100,000.

To be in with a chance of winning, players simple need to go to the Challenges window and click Start on the relevant Challenge. They then have 24 hours from the time they click Start to complete the Challenge.

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PokerStars giving fans a chance to play with Neymar in charity tournament

PokerStars.com, an Amaya Inc. brand and the largest online poker brand in the world, has launched a series of free online tournaments that will give fans the opportunity to meet Neymar Jr and join him in the Neymar Jr Charity Home Game, a star-studded, live charity poker tournament to benefit the Neymar Jr Institute. The charity event will take place on July 26 during the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) in São Paulo and will be streamed online at PokerStars.tv.

The event will bring together Neymar Jr, friends, celebrities and poker players for a fun-filled event with all proceeds from the USD $1,000 buy-in registrations going to the Neymar Jr Institute. The prizes up for grabs include an entry to the BSOP Millions, Neymar Jr signed memorabilia, PokerStars donated prizes, and much more.

The Neymar Jr Institute was established in 2014 and aims to help thousands of underprivileged children and their families from São Paulo by providing sports and school activities to develop skills that have an effective impact on their quality of life, helping to overcome social problems such as violence and crime.

“PokerStars is delighted to be supporting this event and the work of Neymar Jr’s Institute. It aligns with the key themes of our corporate giving programme ‘Helping Hands’ using sport to transform and enrich people's lives. This continues our long tradition of working with charities around the world,” said Sue Hammett, Head of Corporate Giving for PokerStars

To participate for free in the Neymar Jr Charity Home Game and join one of the biggest names in Brazilian sport, poker players and fans with a PokerStars account can take part in any of the free online tournaments on PokerStars. Online freerolls are already running at PokerStars.net.

The event will be broadcast at PokerStars.tv at 16:00 Brasília time. Everyone can get involved and interact with the tournament using the hashtag #HomeGameNJR.

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PokerStars gives fans a chance to meet Neymar Jr

Poker players will have a chance to meet Neymar Jr and take part in the European Poker Tour Barcelona as part of a new promotion, now running on PokerStars.com, an Amaya Inc. brand.

Participants will win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Barcelona to see Neymar Jr play football, get the chance to meet the Brazilian star in person, and even have a shot at playing him in a heads-up poker game. Plus, winners will receive entry of up to €2,150 to an European Poker Tour Barcelona Festival side event of their choice.

“I’m really looking forward to meeting poker-loving football fans in Barcelona,” said Neymar Jr. “While it might not be possible for me to play football against football fans, I’m excited to play poker against one of my fans heads-up.”

This opportunity will be the main prize in a series of special ‘Neymar Jr Final’ poker tournaments on PokerStars, which will be held on Thursday, June 18, and July 2, 16 and 30, at 13:15 ET. There will also be prizes such as added cash, unique Neymar Jr card protectors, and the top three players in each of the four tournaments will win a free prize package to Barcelona, for a total of 12 packages.

Each Neymar Jr Barcelona Package includes:

- Two tickets to a football match in Barcelona
- Seven nights’ accommodation at a four star hotel for two
- $800 in travel expenses
- An EPT Barcelona Festival side event prize worth €2,150
- An invitation to meet Neymar Jr at the filming of a series of celebrity poker duels in Barcelona and the chance to take a PokerStars group photo with him
- A PokerStars group photo with Neymar Jr

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