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Brazilian players remain unbeaten in the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online festival after Lucas Ferreira won Event #2: $300 Gladiators of Poker. His victory follows countryman Raphael Caixeta’s earlier win in the $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off, which paid $207,167.
The $300 buy-in event attracted 17,077 entrants, generating a prize pool of $4,764,483. After Day 1 action trimmed the field to 1,307 players, the tournament continued until only nine remained for the final table, with $2,287,090 still up for grabs.
Ferreira, competing under the alias “Fino y Elegante,” entered the final table with a commanding stack of 140 big blinds, well ahead of Russia’s Vladislav Saprykin and Rafael Santanna Barcia, who held 77 and 52 big blinds respectively.
Poland’s Michal Nocon fell first in ninth place for $72,417, followed by Rishi Mehra of Singapore and Brazil’s Luciano Hollanda, who earned $93,906 and $121,774. Kevin John and Jian Zhao rounded out the sixth and fifth-place finishes, collecting $157,914 and $204,781.
Saprykin’s run ended in fourth for $265,561, while Santanna Barcia’s third-place exit, worth $344,383, set up heads-up play between Ferreira and Sunaina Bhartia. Despite a substantial pay jump of $133,150 between first and second place, no deal was made, and the two played it out.
Ferreira ultimately prevailed, earning $579,752 along with a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event. Bhartia settled for the runner-up prize of $446,602.
