March 09 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for February 2018: Joao Simao
Congratulations to Team partypoker pro Joao Simao, GPI Player of the Month for February 2018! Simao has been one of Brazil’s best online poker players for years now. The former PocketFives Worldwide #1 has been a standout on the live circuit since joining the partypoker team.
KICKING THINGS OFF IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Simao’s February started at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov where he starred in the partypoker MILLIONS Germany, collecting four results, including a fourth place finish in the MILLIONS Main Event, earning the biggest payout of his career:
| EVENT | BUY-IN | ENTRIES | PLACE | PRIZE | GPI PTS | WINNER |
| Super High Roller | €25,500 | 51 | 2nd | $307,772 | 257.58 | Viktor Blom (SWE) |
| Super High Roller | €25,500 | 45 | 4th | $134,746 | 195.74 | Gerald Karlic (AUT) |
| NLH Warm-Up | €2,700 | 406 | 29th | $7,961 | 140.31 | Johannes Becker (GER) |
| Main Event | €5,300 | 927 | 4th | $345,275 | 432.45 | Patrik Antonius (FIN) |
MOVING ON TO URUGUAY
The Brazilian star wasn’t done for the month, returning to his home continent in South America and adding two more results, this time at the partypoker Latin American Poker Championship in Uruguay. Simao would yet again earn a fourth place finish in the Main Event…
| EVENT | BUY-IN | ENTRIES | PLACE | PRIZE | GPI PTS | WINNER |
| Super High Roller | $5,300 | 34 | 2nd | $50,000 | 169.39 | Fabrizio Cataldi (URU) |
| Main Event | $1,100 | 1,137 | 4th | $60,000 | 257.50 | Amauri Giovani Grutka (BRA) |
JOAO SIMAO – FEBRUARY 2018
| RESULTS | 6 |
| TOP 5’s | 5 |
| EARNINGS | $905,753 |
| FLAGS | 2 |
| GPI PTS | 1,452.97 |
| GPI WORLD | #87 |
| GPI BRAZIL | #2 |
| 2018 PoY | #4 |
Simao ends the month almost doubling his lifetime earnings, crossing the million dollar mark – and inching closer to the 2M threshold.
FEBRUARY TOP 10
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | RESULTS | WINS | TOP 10 | GPI PTS |
| 1 | Joao Simao | BRA | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1,452.97 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1,290.44 |
| 3 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1,179.75 |
| 4 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 9 | 0 | 3 | 979.56 |
| 5 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 4 | 1 | 2 | 950.12 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 927.04 |
| 7 | Keith Tilston | USA | 4 | 1 | 4 | 883.50 |
| 8 | Jake Schindler | USA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 821.60 |
| 9 | Viktor Blom | SWE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 785.81 |
| 10 | Ryan Yu | CAN | 3 | 0 | 2 | 772.29 |
2018 PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
| MONTH | PLAYER | NATION | GPI PTS |
| JAN | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,047.72 |
| FEB | Joao Simao | BRA | 1,452.97 |
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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
