Family is very important for Yuri. Growing up in a family of father, mother and three kids, was hard at 3️⃣ times. His father ran his own company, on which his bigger brother helped out. As that went sideways, Yuri was 3️⃣ also dealing with a dilemma. Going to university or play poker? He took the risk and went on to follow 3️⃣ his dream to make his income from playing poker professionally.

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When we are looking purely at his live results, the 3️⃣ first big score appeared in his second tournament where he ended as runner-up, collectingR$109,449, losing the final Heads-Up against friend- 3️⃣ and former study partner Fellipe Nunes. This all happened in 2011, and when looking into his stats, he didn’t even 3️⃣ play that much live in the beginning. Two years later, he first made his way to the World Series of 3️⃣ Poker in Las Vegas, the dream of every poker player, sadly for Yuri it wasn’t quite his time yet as 3️⃣ he didn’t make any notable cashes that year.

His second bracelet he won during an online WSOP event in the likes 3️⃣ of aR$400 PL Omaha event, taking it down forR$221,557. Scores like this mean a lot to the passionate Brazilian and 3️⃣ to be able to reach to the top of the world, even more.

‘TheNerdGuy’ is someone to look out for at 3️⃣ the poker tables. Wherever he goes, he always tries to dominate the situation. And by continuously improving his game, he 3️⃣ is miles ahead of many regular poker players already. We are positive we will see much more of him in 3️⃣ the near future as he is currently one of the most valuable poker players in the world.