Soccer Star Neymar Closing in on Titans Event Title
The $5,200 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Titans Event is a regular PokerStars tournament. Every Sunday, the best poker players on the planet buy into this tournament and duke it out for a bumper top prize and bragging rights. The WCOOP edition of the Titans Event saw 112 players buy in and create a $560,000 prize pool. Only 13 of those starters remain in contention fr the $129,043 top prize, and Brazilian soccer sensation Neymar is one of them.
Neymar's love for poker has been strong during the 2025 WCOOP. He's entered several high-stakes events, but the Titans could be his best shot at glory. The Samba star returns to the action second in chips with only 13 players remaining.
WCOOP 73-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebaaa11 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1,699,147 |
| 2 | Neymar | Brazil | 1,694,871 |
| 3 | CatfishBillyMan | Mexico | 1,637,283 |
| 4 | I sense blood | Kazahkstan | 1,444,583 |
| 5 | Sxmon | Austria | 1,052,405 |
| 6 | starswins :) | Denmark | 818,286 |
| 7 | Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois | Canada | 718,088 |
| 8 | Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 523,342 |
| 9 | darkziv | Brazil | 493,736 |
| 10 | Vitalijs "zavor" Zavorotnijs | Latvia | 433,233 |
| 11 | Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos | United Kingdom | 243,426 |
| 12 | kZhh | Hungary | 236,488 |
| 13 | Notmystyle | Canada | 205,112 |
Bosnia's "Ebaaa11" pipped Neymar to the chip lead by a little over an ante. Others standing between Neymar and WCOOP glory include Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Dominykas "Mikensonas" Milolaitis, and Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos.
Play resumes at 5:30 p.m. BST on September 22. Will Neymar come out on top and add a WCOOP victory to his long list of accomplishments away from the poker tables?