Venezuela wins Americas Cup of Poker

Venezuelan voters will soon decide who they would like to guide their nation after one of the hard-fought presidential elections in that country's recent history. Before that occurs however, all the country can cheer as one for its nation's poker championship.

Late last night, the Venezuelan poker team defeated Team Brazil within the finals of the PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker. Led by the well known captain Jesus Bertoli, Guillermo Alfonzo Arjona Torres, David Moncada, Orlando Álvarez, and Carlos Luis Pernia won a team prize of $32,500 for his or her efforts.

Americas Cup champions, Team Venezuela

This was the fourth year for the Americas Cup. After a sequence of online competitions on PokerStars, six countries advanced to the live finals here in Panama to compete for the $100,000 in prize money. The 2 day battle pitted the countries against one another in a sequence of six-max and heads-up games. Within the end, Brazil submit a powerful fight, but Venezuela emerged with the victory.

Here are the general results for the 2012 Americas Cup of Poker. Congratulations to Team Venezuela.

2012 Americas Cup of Poker final results

1st place: Venezuela ($32,500 -- $6,500 per player)2nd place: Brasil ($25,000 -- $5,000 per player)3rd place: Chile ($17,500 -- $3,500 per player)4th place Peru ($12,500 -- $2,500 per player)5th place: Mexico ($7,500 -- $1,500 per player)6th place: Colombia ($5,000 -- $1,000 per player)

Brad Willis is the PokerStars Head of Blogging

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