The first event, the €1100 buy-in, attracted 1,918 entries, which is a record number (a growth of 35% since the last one in 2019). The famous tournament returned after a three-year-long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it came back with a bang. The tournament started on 28 April and it lasted until last weekend – 7 May. The European PokerStars Poker Tour took place in the iconic Monte Carlo Casino, which surely made participants feel like James Bond.
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Mesqueu is currently occupying the second place on the Brazilian leader board, having previously won the Brazilian Series of Poker in 2019. However, it was probably a good idea to gain some experience locally before moving on the big scene. Still, most of the poker tournaments he took part though were in Brazil or other South American countries. Perhaps this win inspired him to enlist in more competitions than previously and he soon became a rather prolific poker player. After all, he won first place in R$ 520 + 80 Pot Limit Omaha at his third official tournament, the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) in July 2010.įour years later, he won his first major game, $5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold’em – Six Max, at PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, with the prize money numbering over $40,000. Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu hails from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and he has been slowly gaining fame back home.īy looking at his player stats, which follow his participation in acclaimed poker tournaments, one can see that he was destined for greatness. In this article, we’ll tell you more about Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu, such as his road to becoming an international poker star, as well as some more about the tournament he deservingly won. He is the first Brazilian player to hold that title despite many other admirable players from his country in the past. The poker world just got a new champion and his name is Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu! The Brazilian player startled everyone when he won the Main Event of the European PokerStars Poker Tour (EPT) on.
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