MTT Report – Neymar Runner-Up in the Sunday Warm-Up, Graftekkel wins the Titans Event

Football star Neymar proved that he is also a good poker player by finishing 2nd in the Sunday Warm-Up, while Graftekkel won the Titans Event.

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Neymar finishes 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Neymar is not only one of the most popular football players on the planet, he is also a passionate poker player.

And now he came close to winning his first online major tournament by finishing in second place in the legendary Sunday Warm-Up.

MTT Report - Neymar Runner-Up in the Sunday Warm-Up, Graftekkel wins the Titans Event

The tournament is already a huge success as the $25M guarantee has already been cracked with one starting day left to play.

38 top players paid the $1,050 buy-in and boosted the $30,000 guarantee by more than 26 percent!

There were only six places paid and Team PokerStars Pro Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot became the unlucky Bubble Boy.

His teammate Neymar did better as he made it all the way to heads-up play!

The Brazilian football legend had the chance to win his first major title, but Swedish online reg “flerrehuve” denied him and Neymar took an impressive second place for $9,148.22.

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Graftekkel takes down the Titans Event for $83,672.34

The Titans Event is the most expensive weekly tournament at PokerStars and also has the biggest guarantee with $250,000.

Due to the very tough field, winning it earns you bragging rights and this week they go to online tournament legend Jans “Graftekkel” Arends.

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A remarkable 62 player registered and smashed the $250K guarantee by a whopping 24%!

$310,000 were in the prize pool and there was a staggering $83,672.34 up top.

9 places were paid and big names that cashed included Ole “wizowizo” Schemion, Dominik “Bounatirou” Nitsche, Bruno “great dant” Volkmann and Andy “BowieEffect” Wilson and Jans “Graftekkel” Arends.

The latter went all the way to victory and secured the massive $83,672.34 score by defeating “ketzerfelipe” from Brazil heads-up.

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what1slOv3 from Brazil ships the 888poker Sunday Big Shot 525

As the name implies, the Sunday Big Shot 525 is the biggest prized Sunday tournament at 888poker with a huge $40,000 guarantee.

77 entries were not quite to cover the guarantee, and there was a small overlay.

9 places were paid and heads-up for the title were DGrignon from the Netherlands and what1slOv3 from Brazil.

The latter had the better end for himself and took home the large $10,900 first place prize.

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