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Players from Brazil occupied the top three spots in the PokerStars Jet Set Cruise progressive knockout tournament this weekend. The $75 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed event saw 7,115 players take to PokerStars’ virtual felt, and “manocaio” outlasted them all. With bounty payments included, the Brazilian champion padded their bankroll with $45,580, an impressive return on their singular $75 bullet.

The eventual champion built a large stack on Day 1 and returned to the action in the top ten. At that stage, they’d collected $607 in progressive bounties, but they ended the night with $18,051 worth of scalps, plus $30,529 from the regular prize pool.

Two others who ended Day 1 in the top ten reached the final table. “VelascoNoBad” returned in fourth place, with Belarus’ “HungurySunFlower” topping the chip counts.

Jet Set Cruise Final Table Results

With bounties included, none of the nine finalists could take home less than $3,871, the sum “HungurySunFlower” banked after falling in ninth. Denmark’s “smartsowhat” ($4,951), “dan6794” ($5,826) of the United Kingdom, and Austria’s “Marinelord27” ($8,287) busted in succession, leaving the remaining five players to enjoy a five-figure score.

“CatfishBillyMan” of Mexico claimed the first of those $10,000+ prizes, namely $11,489. The Mexican was joined on the rail first by “ChrisLee1609” then by “BernardoDG,” who scooped $15,740 and $20,207, respectively.

Heads-up pitted “VelascoNoBad” against “manocaio.” Both players secured at least $30,522 from the regular prize pool, leaving ample final bounties to play for. Those bounties found their way to “manocaio,” who emerged victorously with a total haul worth $48,580, leaving the runner-up to console themselves with a still healthy $34,318 consolation prize.

$1 Million Guaranteed Jet Set Season Finale Starts July 6

The $109 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed Jet Set Season Finale is this weekend, and is the perfect way to cap off the latest PokerStars season. Cards are in the air from 6:05 p.m. BST, with late registration open for exactly four hours. Up to five re-entries are permitted while late registration is open, so winning a few seats via satellites is worthwhile. Should you max late register for this event, you’ll sit down with 12.5 big blinds and a dream!

The first 15 levels increase every 15 minutes. Levels 16 to 37 each span 12 minutes, before returning to 15 minutes per level until a champion is crowned. That champion will be decided at some point on July 7, as the Jet Set Season Finale is a two-day affair.

Satellites for the Jet Set Season Finale run around the clock. However, a handful of them stand out from the crowd, not least because they guaranteed 100, 150, or even 200x $109 seats!

At 6:05 p.m. BST on July 5, an $11 satellite boasts a 150-seat guarantee. An impressive 200 seats are guaranteed in an $11 satellite at 4:05 p.m. BST on July 6, the day of the $1 million guaranteed event. Don’t forget you can win your way into those $11 satellites for only $1.10!

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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