João Simão

João Simão
Personal information
Date of birth	November 11, 1988
place of birth	Belo Horizonte
Nicknames 0 0	INeedMassariPokerStars & 888poker joaosimaobhpartypoker & Full Tilt Poker galodoido13Americas cardroom
place of residence	Belo Horizonte
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 345,274
Total prize money	$ 3,099,138
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	15th
Best main event	no cash
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	3
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	5
Last updated: January 13, 2020

João Paulo Pires Neffa Simão (born November 11, 1988 in Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais ) is a professional Brazilian poker player .

Poker career

On-line

Simão has been playing online since June 2008 under the nicknames INeedMassari ( PokerStars and 888poker ) , joaosimaobh ( partypoker and Full Tilt Poker ) and galodoido13 (Americas Cardroom) . Its online poker tournament earnings are just under nine million US dollars , with the bulk of more than five million dollars on PokerStars was earned. From May 4 to 10, 2016, Simão was number one for a week for the first time in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide. He held the position for a total of four weeks. Simão has been part of the partypoker team since October 2016 .

live

Since 2010 Simão has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

At the beginning of July 2012 Simão was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in the money in a tournament of the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the 2013 WSOP , he reached a Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo final table and finished eighth for just under $ 25,000 in prize money. At the beginning of June 2014, Simão finished second in the high roller of the Brazilian Series of Poker in São Paulo for the equivalent of around 85,000 dollars. In mid-January 2015 he won a tournament as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) in the Bahamas with a prize money of more than 80,000 dollars. At the end of November 2016, Simão also won the high roller of the World Poker Tour in Punta Cana and received 88,500 dollars due to a deal with Alexandru Papazian . In mid-April 2017, Simão finished fifth in the Partypoker Millions High Roller in Nottingham for £ 85,000 , at that point the equivalent of more than $ 100,000. In February 2018 he reached the final table for over 360,000 euros at two super high roller events of the partypoker Millions Germany in Rozvadov and then came fourth in the main event for a further 280,000 euros in prize money. In April 2018 Simão finished sixth in the € 50k Super High Roller of the partypoker Millions in Barcelona for 180,000 euros. In mid-January 2019, he won a PCA side event in the Bahamas and secured a prize money of around 185,000 dollars.

Overall, Simão has earned more than three million dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him the second most successful Brazilian poker player after Alexandre Gomes . From April to November 2016 he played as part of the Sao Paulo Mets in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with his team.

Web links

• João Simão in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• João Simão in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• João Simão in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• João Simão in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ João Simão on poker4team.com, accessed April 30, 2018 (Portuguese).
2. ↑ joaosimaobh in the PocketFives database, accessed on April 30, 2018.
3. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players in the PocketFives database, accessed April 30, 2018.
4. ↑ Joao Simao Brings Some Samba Flair to the partypoker Team on partypoker.com on October 21, 2016, accessed on April 30, 2018.
5. ↑ ^{a b} João Simão in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018 (English).
6. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 54)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018.
7. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo (Event # 31)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018.
8. ↑ 2014 BSOP - Brazilian Series Of Poker (R $ 9,100 + 900 No Limit Hold'em - Eight Handed High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
9. ↑ PCA - 2015 ($ 1,940 + 260 # 28 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018.
10. ↑ partypoker WPT Caribbean ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018.
11. ↑ partypoker Millions (£ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Millions High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 30, 2018.
12. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) (1) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
13. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) (2) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
14. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
15. ↑ partypoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona (€ 50,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - € 50k Super High Roller # 5) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 30, 2018.
16. ↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 ($ 10,300 Pot Limit Omaha (Event # 42)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 16, 2019.
17. ↑ Brazil All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 16, 2019.
18. ↑ Sao Paulo Mets on the Global Poker League website, accessed April 30, 2018.