Fernando 'Xuxa' Scherer Leads Brazilians in WCOOP-09-H Event

Fernando 'Xuxa' Scherer, playing under the nickname 'xueshe', has secured the 14th largest stack with 1,918,408 chips among the 101 survivors in the WCOOP-09-H $530 [Half Price Super Tuesday] event on PokerStars. The event, which has attracted 2,679 entrants, is set to award a top prize of US$197,977.83, approximately 650,000 reais.

Scherer is joined by nine other Brazilian players in the final stages of the event, which will take place on Wednesday starting at 14:00. The other Brazilian players include thaleskoppe with 1,814,452 chips, joaoMathias with 1,806,608 chips, tnapoleao with 1,441,539 chips, gusmaa with 1,428,399 chips, ArielBahia with 1,385,479 chips, dani aziz with 1,095,052 chips, paranoid999 with 553,378 chips, gui2x with 515,181 chips, and nelepo10 with 424,984 chips. All ten Brazilian players have already secured at least $2,680.

In the WCOOP-08-H $215+R event, Thiago 'tnapoleao' Napoleão is the top Brazilian contender with 662,152 chips. He is joined by his teammate Guilherme 'Anao19' Schreiber, who has 246,645 chips. With 37 players remaining, the top prize for this event is $94,644.