Crypto based poker site CoinPoker has added another big name to its international brand ambassadors, signing one of the best Brazil poker streamers and players – Olivio ‘Bigfat’ Gontijo.
Bigfat will be helping to grow the site in the Brazil online poker market, and joins a global team including Olga Iermolcheva, Mario Mosböck, Fernando ‘JNandez’ Habegger, Patrick ‘Pads’ Leonard, Charlie “’Iambluff’ Carrel, Tony G, Jonathan Little and others.
Olivio Gontijo’s Success On The Brazil Poker Scene
Online poker is extremely popular in Brazil, with a growing part of the population getting involved in the game.
Gontijo has been a professional poker player for 8 years, with his performance in tournaments like the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events earning him widespread recognition.
However, his online persona as ‘Bigfat’ – a charismatic and hilarious streamer with excellent poker skills – is what really propelled him to prominence. With 24.6k followers on the streaming platform Twitch, Gontijo is one of the key figures behind online poker’s growing popularity in Brazil.
Bigfat is also extremely popular on Instagram, with 13,400 followers and over 2.3 million views on reels.
For instance, his reel announcing his partnership with CoinPoker already has 12,000 views, while another post playing on the platform netted 30,000 views.
Bigfat’s partnership with CoinPoker is already paying dividends for his community. The influencer recently organized a freeroll with $300 in the guaranteed prize pool, in addition to $100 for the player who knocks him out.
Poker enthusiasts can follow CoinPoker’s X account for more freerolls, promotions and giveaways.
Bigfat Wins Main Event of CoinPoker’s $3 Million GTD CSOP
Olivio Gontijo is among a number of poker celebrities that participated in CoinPoker’s $3 million CSOP tournament, and he even took down the main event.
Watch one of his latest Twitch streams playing in the CSOP here, and a clip of the final hand of the main event below:
Bigfattop Has done it!!! He becomes 5k CSOP Main Event champion! pic.twitter.com/8uNeFGE69X
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) September 23, 2024
CSOP – Crypto Series of Online Poker – is one of the most prestigious online poker tournaments and attracts the top poker talents as well as amateurs. While the September edition of CSOP has now ended, it runs several times a year.
The events are divided into four tiers – Low, Medium, High and Super – ensuring that players with any bankroll and experience level can find an event of their choice. The buy-ins for CSOP events range from $1 to $5000, in addition to daily satellites and freerolls.
Players who rank in the leaderboard for their tier also earn additional monetary prizes.
Interested participants simply need to have an account on CoinPoker to participate in the CSOP next time round, and other promotions – such as qualifiers to the Irish Poker Festival (October 29 – November 3), which are running now in the CoinPoker client.
Newcomers should make sure to take advantage of the one-time 150% bonus up to $2000, as well as the 33% rakeback available for paying rake with CoinPoker’s native token, CHP.
Fan of casino games alongside poker will also find all the usual table games like Blackjack and Roulette on the site, with fast casino payouts over the blockchain.
CoinPoker accepts poker players in Brazil, and players from all over the world – thanks to being a blockchain poker site, there are no country restrictions.