{"id":84248,"date":"2020-04-29T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=84248"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:48:51","slug":"brazils-b1ack_b1rd-says-cash-game-leaderboards-are-sensational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/brazils-b1ack_b1rd-says-cash-game-leaderboards-are-sensational.html","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s \u201cB1ack_b1rd\u201d Says Cash Game Leaderboards are Sensational!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSensational\u201d is how Brazilian grinder Leonardo \u201cB1ack_b1rd\u201d Santos<\/strong> describes our Cash Game Leaderboards<\/strong><\/a>. He may be a little biased because he recently topped the $1\/$2 No-Limit Hold\u2019em race and secured a $7,500 payday.<\/p>\n

Leonardo is a 30-year-old cash game pro who lives in Aruja, Sao Paulo with his wife of three years and their one-year-old daughter. He started his poker career playing for play money and progressed through the ranks to the point where he\u2019s been a professional six-max cash game player for the past 11-years.<\/p>\n

From Video Games to Poker<\/h2>\n

\u201cI used to play Age of Empires<\/em> as a teenager. Some of the good players from that game discovered poker. After talking to them, I got to know the game and decided to take the chance. I had my first poker experience back in 2007-2008, first playing play money and micro stakes. I went broke a few times, but I eventually became a poker pro in 2009 when I reached the NL200 ($1\/$2) stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leaderboard champion admits he previously struggled with establishing a study routine, but he\u2019s currently part of a poker team called BrpC and they\u2019ve helped him remove a lot of bad habits. Leonardo now studies for an hour in the morning and puts in another study session later in the afternoon. All that went out of the window when he made it his goal to win the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no time to study because I had to put all my effort into play. In fact, I gave up all my leisure time too, but this wasn\u2019t difficult as we\u2019re currently in lockdown because of the COVID-19 virus. Basically, I divided the day into 3-4 hours blocks with a 10-minute break every two hours. I also took a big one-hour break between each block.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mental Toughness is Key to Success<\/h2>\n

Grinding cash games against talented players for long periods can take its toll mentally, and it\u2019s a strong mental game that Leonardo says separates the best players from the rest of the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn interesting thing is that for the first three days, no matter how tired you are, it\u2019s not so hard to maintain the routine mentioned above. But by the fourth day you just don\u2019t want to see a poker table in front of you! Being able to handle this is what makes the players at the top of the leaderboards so special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leonardo says his victory wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the support of his wife, Debora. She fully supported Leonardo once he explained that he would need to dedicate the entire week to grinding online cash games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout her, I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Brazilian star has dreams of becoming a regular at the $2\/$5 (NL500) tables as soon as possible, so is investing the $7,500 he won from the Cash Game Leaderboards into his bankroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suggestion For Improving the Leaderboards<\/h2>\n

It goes without saying that Leonardo is a fan of the Cash Game Leaderboards, although he has a suggestion that would improve it for him and possibly other leaderboard chasers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cash Game Leaderboards are sensational! It encourages regulars to face each other and consequently creates more daily action. The rush of competing every day to be at the top of the leaderboards is exciting too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a suggestion, I think it would be interesting for the prize distribution to be better. For example, today they award the 12 players that generated the most rake. Maybe increasing this to 20 players and reducing the top three-to-five prizes a little would benefit people that also generate a lot of rake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before he got back to the table, Leonardo gave the partypoker blog readers his tip to become a better cash game player.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake your time and don\u2019t be hasty. The most important thing about poker is to never stop learning and improving. From that point on, evolution will come naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cash Game Leaderboards Continue<\/h2>\n

The Cash Game Leaderboards continue throughout May with another $1 million being awarded across the 16 different leaderboards. You don\u2019t need to opt-in, just hit the No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/strong> or Pot-Limit Omaha<\/strong><\/a> cash games or fastforward<\/a> tables and you\u2019ll earn leaderboard points. It\u2019s as simple as that.<\/p>\n

Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n

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If you already have an account with us, click here to open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSensational\u201d is how Brazilian grinder Leonardo \u201cB1ack_b1rd\u201d Santos describes our Cash Game Leaderboards. He may be a little biased because he recently topped the $1\/$2 No-Limit Hold\u2019em race and secured a $7,500 payday. Leonardo is a 30-year-old cash game pro who lives in Aruja, Sao Paulo with his wife of three years and their one-year-old<\/p>\n

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