The much-used phrase "it is all over however the shouting" hasn't ever been more apt. From two days of intense team poker, Brazil has emerged from a bunch of six qualifiying countries as this year's Americas Cup of Poker champions. The poker is over, however the shouts of celebration are just just beginning.

Brazil wins!

We provided a rundown of the way the Americas Cup of Poker works yesterday. Tonight let's discuss Brazil's route to victory.

Day 1

We spoke with Mexico's coach and Team PokerStars Pro Online member Jorge "Baalim" Limon yesterday about his team's status because the Americas Cup defending champs and their plans for the five six-handed sit-n-go matches making up yesterday's schedule.

Unfortunately for the Mexican squad, those plans weren't realized as they finished the day tied for last in points with Ecuador, with the latter earning the fifth seed way to tiebreakers.

Six countries per table on Day 1

Meanwhile Peru was the team accumulating essentially the most points, winning two of the five matches outright and picking up a second and a 3rd in two others. Despite those results, Peru only barely outperformed second-seeded Brazil, with Argentina (third) and Uruguay (fourth) filling out the brackets.

Here's how the points went on Day 1:

1. Peru -- 37 points2. Brazil -- 36 points3. Argentina -- 32 points4. Uruguay -- 29 points5. Ecuador -- 18 points6. Mexico -- 18 points

The finishes determined not just which teams would play another on Day 2, however the higher-seeded teams would get to select who played who within the heads-up matches as well.

Day 2

Best-of-five heads-up matches between the countries would determine things at the second day of play. While Ecuador and Mexico played one another to look who would finish fifth and sixth, the opposite four teams were still with hopes of changing into this year's Americas Cup of Poker champions.

Ecuador well handed Mexico, winning four of the five matches to take fifth and leave Mexico with a sixth-place finish. Meanwhile, the semifinal matches had top-seed Peru taking up fourth-seed Uruguay and second-seed Brazil play against third-seed Argentina.

Both of the semifinals were nailbiters, with Brazil beating Argentina 3-2 and Uruguay outlasting Peru 3-2 in addition. After falling behind Argentina would then win the third-place match versus Peru while the general continued to play out.

Mano a mano on Day 2

In the final, Brazil -- coached by Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari -- stormed out to a 2-1 match lead over the Francisco "paulwiter" García-coached Uruguayans.

Soon all were excited by the 2 remaining matches with Juliano Medeiros (Brazil) taking over Lisandro Agustin Clavijo Betancor (Uruguay) at the feature table while Lucas Penitente Sfalsin (Brazil) and Gustovo Schol Rios (Uruguay) battled on one of the vital outer tables. Brazil only had to win some of the two to assert the title.

Brazil edged in front in either one of the matches, and at last at the outer table came a large all-in hand that saw an eight at the board, Uruguay's Rios holding [10h]8♥ and Brazil's Sfalsin ahead with J♥8♣. The easier hand held, and Rios was all the way down to just five big blinds.

Soon Rios was all in again with K♦2♣ versus Sfalsin's pocket tens, and it seemed like Brazil was about to clinch the title with a 3rd win within the best-of-five. But a king flopped and Rios's hand held, and the title was still undecided.

Soon, though, another big all-in developed at the feature table between the Brazilian Medeiros and the Uruguayan Bentancor. When the hands were revealed, Medeiros called out to his teammates the cards -- A♥A♦ for himself, and A♣5♣ for his opponent.

The 4♠4♣3♠ flop heightened the suspense, giving Bentancor a wheel draw plus a backdoor flush possibility. However the 4♦ at the turn made a whole house for Medeiros, and after the river 5♦ the Brazilians were celebrating with one last victory chant so that it will surely last well into the night.

Brazil, 2015 Americas Cup of Poker champions

We shout our congratulations to Brazil! And kudos to boot to all six teams' players for winning their strategy to a perfect experience and memory here on the Atlantis.

2015 Americas Cup of Poker Results1st: Brazil ($32,500; $6,500 per player)2nd: Uruguay ($25,000; $5,000 per player)3rd: Argentina ($17,500; $3,500 per player)4th: Peru ($12,500; $2,500 per player)5th: Ecuador ($7,500; $1,500 per player)6th: Mexico ($5,000; $1,000 per player)

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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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