In August, Brazil’s Demitri1985hit his first major career score, taking down the $11 buy-in PokerStars Sunday Storm to the tune of $17,000 after a seven-way chop. He only started playing poker full-time in the last year, but he is the latest in an ever-growing line of Brazilian players to win major tournaments.

“I’m very happy with this result because it is by far my best result,” he told us. “I plan to hone my game in the short-term and play more comfortably with better funds without further worries.” Demitri1985 is on the verge of receiving his $100,000 cash badge.

He was a fan of chopping despite the number of people involved and explained, “I was very aggressive and ran a high risk of dropping to seventh place and only receiving $2,900. When the other six players asked for a deal, I agreed because I was third in chips. I played very badly ICM-wise at the final table, so, for me, it was a great deal.” The payouts in the deal ranged from $6,800 to our interviewee’s $17,000. Again, this was all for an $11 buy-in.

As far as the money goes, Demitri1985 plans on using the proceeds from his largest career online poker score to improve his game and play calmer and more focused in the future. He joked, “Also, my bankroll will be larger than what I’m used to.”

There were almost 30,000 entrants in that week’s Sunday Storm, a pretty daunting number for anyone to overcome. He explained, “We have a WhatsApp group and I remember I innocently commented with them during a break that I was in 1,000th place and for every hour that passed, the penny would drop more and more about what I could do in the tournament.”

He added, “When I made it to the final table, it was a dream come true. I believe that every player of micro-limits on PokerStars dreams of this final table. It was a great experience.” Eight of the top 25 finishers were members of PocketFives.

Demitri1985 got started in poker after randomly receiving an email from a play money website. He created an account on it and fell in love with the game, so much so that he has been playing full-time for the last 11 months. He closed by saying, “I want to thank PocketFives for the interest in my biggest achievement so far and I want to give a shout out to everyone who is reading this. Good flops for everyone!”

There are 2,080 Brazil poker community members on PocketFives with PLB scores and Demitri1985 is #321 among them. He’s #18 in the city of Belo Horizonte.

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