Brazil wins first Americas Cup of Poker

There was a time when people believed poker belonged to America. Once they said "America" they discounted everything however the "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA of..."

To be fair, america is where poker rose to popularity, but nowadays the sport belongs to the sector. Still, PokerStars saw fit to carry a contest to peer which country within the Americas--that's North, South, and everything in between--could claim poker as their own.

Tonight, that honor goes to Brazil.

PokerStars took its newest creation, the Americas Cup of Poker, about as far south because it could. Bariloche, Argentina played home to the contest during the last few days. The semi-finals saw the overall four teams head into competition to fight for the $100,000 first prize.

In the primary matchup, Team Canada faced Team Argentina in a chain of six heads-up matches. The end result? A tie. To figure out a winner, the 2 team captains faced off in a two-hour marathon that led to spectacular fashion.

Argentina's Leo Fernandez raised from the small ignorant of 1,100 and Canada's Darus Suharto re-raised to 2,700. Fernandez tanked for a moment before pushing the remainder of his chips into the center.

Fernandez: A♠4♠Suharto: Q♦Q♥

The flop ran out T♥6♦9♠. Suharto remained within the lead, and looked good for the win after the 2♦ fell at the turn. Then...the river...the A♣. The ballroom exploded and Argentina moved directly to the finals.

The fight between Costa Rica and Brazil went much the similar way. The heads-up matches led to a tie and compelled team captains Humberto Brenes and Alex Gomes to battle face to face. That match ended after an hour when Gomes made two pair to Brenes' turned top pair.

It was as though fate willed the match up. Saturday will see the 2 rival countries Brazil and Argentina face off at the pitch. The Americas Cup of Poker would see the similar battle.

It would lead to fairly unspectacular fashion, however. Within the end, Argentina's Leo Fernandez couldn't make ace-nine delay against Brazil's K-8 and Brazil walked away with the the Americas Cup title.

Congrats to our friends from Brazil on again proving their place within the poker world.

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