A Brazilian poker player managed to take home an incredible $1,192,802.46 (£958,305.13) after a four-way deal during the PokerStars Sunday Million tournament.
AAAArthur - whose real name is Alex Brito - satellited into the event for just $11, and eventually came into the final table of nine with the shortest stack after a record-breaking field of 93,016 players.
After three days of play, 38-year-old Brito ended up scooping the victory, taking home a frankly bonkers amount of money - and significantly more than he'd started with.
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Brito originally started with a $0.25 Spin & Go, which he won. He then used his winnings to enter a $4 satellite, which he also won.
From there, he gained entry into an $11 satellite with 100 seats guaranteed. He won one of those too.
Following the win, Brito told PokerStars that he'd always been 'fascinated by this sport', saying he first discovered poker 15 yers ago.
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"I've always loved card games, but due to the rush of everyday life, I could never play as often as I wanted to," he said.
"Every year, I read about the Sunday Million Anniversary but didn't try to play it. This year was different. I don't know why, but I wanted to play it so much."
Brito, who lost his job as a Commercial Manager six months ago, said the penny hadn't quite dropped yet about his new bank balance, adding that he plans to celebrate with his family by just being together at home.
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When it's all sunk in, he hopes to visit Las Vegas and play poker there.
"The game of poker doesn't care about your social condition," he said.
"Believe me, you must never give up. I'm an example. I'm just an aspiring poker player, a recreational player who has now managed to change life for his family thanks to poker.
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"When we face our problems and the mistakes we've made, we learn and become better people. Even when life is rough, you have to stand up and be happy.
"One day the storm will pass, and everything will fit."
The PokerStars tournament commemorated the 14th anniversary of the Sunday Million, and had a total prize pool of $18,603,200.
After the table struck an ICM deal, four players picked up over half a million each.
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Here are the final table payouts in full: AAAArthur - $1,192,802; Stefan 'CrAzY_sTeFaN' Dragos - $921,328; caroline2963 - $786,873; salonteskis - $826,920; AlexHoldz - $329,357; Marios 'Jully-19' Mansour - $225,108; tweny1 - $153,854; pokerfrance - $105,155; Paulius 'D3cor' Vaitiekunas - $71,870.
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