Brazil has one of the most ravenous poker cultures on the planet with a solid domestic live  scene and some of the best online poker players on the planet. Despite this, only six Brazilian players have ever managed to take home a World Series of Poker bracelet and two of those came in 2019.

Markku ‘markovitsus’ Koplimaa had himself a very busy – and very fruitful – July as took down the PocketFives Leaderboard for the month. Koplimaa picked up 2,601 PLB points through his 20 qualifying cashes to win the Monthly PLB for the first time in his career.