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Andrew Pavlakis
Australia
Andrew Pavlakis is an Australian professional poker player who appeared in the 2025 Poker Palace Summer Championships Six Max High Roller event in Sydney. His participation in this A$1,150 buy-in tournament with a A$72,270 prize pool marks a notable entry in his live poker career.
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Wekisley Teixeira Silva
Brazil
Wekisley Teixeira Silva is a Brazilian poker player who made headlines by winning the Shark Play 15K GTD tournament at P2W Poker club in Brasília. He is part of the growing live poker scene in Brazil's Distrito Federal region.
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Filipe Do Nascimento Salgado
Brazil
Filipe Do Nascimento Salgado is a Brazilian professional poker player known for his strong online tournament results, including a 7th-place finish in the online poker XL Inferno Main Event for $36,508. He is a member of the Lobos Poker Team and has accumulated over $105,000 in WSOP earnings with 55 cashes.
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Moyses Afonso Assad Cohen
Brazil
Moyses Afonso Assad Cohen is a Brazilian professional poker player best known for his deep runs in online tournaments, including a third-place finish in the 2017 PokerStars Sunday Million for $109,155 and a strong showing in the 2026 SCOOP Event #39-H. Off the felt, he is also a partner in a real estate firm in Rio de Janeiro, balancing business and poker.
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Gianni Pireddu
Italy
Gianni Pireddu is an Italian professional poker player from Sassari, Sardinia, with a career spanning over 18 years. He is also a practicing lawyer, balancing his legal career with his passion for poker. Known for his deep runs in major tournaments like the World Series of Poker and his online success, he has accumulated significant earnings.
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Asghar Naghizadeh
Switzerland
Asghar Naghizadeh is a Swiss poker and backgammon player known for his live tournament success in Liechtenstein. He won a 2023 WPT Prime ticket by topping a field of 119 entries at the Grand Casino Liechtenstein, and also claimed victory in the Early Bird event at the same venue. Beyond poker, he is an active backgammon competitor, participating in international championships such as the German Backgammon Championship.
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Fariborz Azima
United States
Fariborz Azima is an American poker player widely recognized for his high-stakes cash game appearances on live-streamed shows like Hustler Casino Live, where his aggressive style entertains audiences. Despite a limited tournament record, he has one notable cash from the 2013 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Main Event, finishing 17th for $23,386. Outside poker, Azima has built a career as a principal software engineer at Monotype Imaging Inc. since 1983.
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Patty Yamano
United States
Patty Yamano is an American poker player who specializes in seniors events, winning the Venetian DCPS $600 NLH Seniors in 2025. She also cashed in three WSOP Circuit events at Lake Tahoe and reached Day 2 of the WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors with a top-three chip stack.
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