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Rui Ferreira, known on PokerStars as “RuiNF”, has worked his way up from humble results at small stakes 🤶 to become one of the most successful and prolific online poker players in the world.
He’s also one of the most 🤶 successful SCOOP players of all time, with five titles to his name and a number of six figure results. Here 🤶 we take a detailed look at Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira; the person, the player, and the achievements.
Name: Rui Ferreira
D.O.B: March 2. 🤶 1992
Birthplace: Porto, Portugal
Playing online since: February 2010
Number of tournament cashes: 9,076 (Mar. 2024)
Online poker tournament earnings:R$13,761,450 (Mar. 2024)
Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira 🤶 has made an astoundingR$13.7 million in online poker winnings. He is currently ranked the number one player in Portugal, and 🤶 number two in the world (Mar. 2024).
Ferreira’s career has gone from strength to strength. He’s something of a people’s champion, 🤶 a player who has climbed his way up through the stakes over the course of a decade.
Ferreira started playing poker 🤶 in 2010, grinding micro and low stakes tourneys and occasionally catching a break with four-figure wins. By 2011, he was 🤶 regularly taking down MTTs for big scores, and since then his career has reached dizzying heights.
Ferreira has made the majority 🤶 of his earnings on PokerStars, but also plays on several other popular online poker sites. Here are his known usernames:
Rui 🤶 Ferreira usernames:
RuinF (PokerStars)
SirRuinF (PokerStars.fr)
SirRuinF.pt (PokerStars.pt)
Rui Ferreira (GG)
CrushTheBeasT (America’s Cardroom)
Plarize (Party Poker)
Pass123 (Winamax)
In February 2024, Ferreira claimed his spot in the 🤶 PocketFives worldwide rankings as a top five player for the first time. By March 2024, he had reached second in 🤶 the world rankings. WithR$13.7 million in online cashes, he is also 15th on the all-time money list.
Ferreira won his first 🤶 SCOOP title in 2014, which was his first title in any PokerStars series. Since then, he has since claimed titles 🤶 in the WCOOP, Turbo Series, Blowout Series, and Bounty Builder Series.
Rui Ferreira has always shown particular excellence in SCOOP, winning 🤶 five titles in his career. Here’s a list of Ferreira’s accolades:
SCOOP titles: 5
WCOOP titles: 2
Bounty Builder Series: 2
Turbo Series: 1
Blowout 🤶 Series: 1
One of greatest SCOOP players of all time
Ferreira’s achievements in SCOOP really stand out on his record. He’s had 🤶 a total of five titles, with four of those coming in the last few years. His is one of the 🤶 greatest SCOOP players of all time.
Ferreira won his first SCOOP event in 2014 in the 08-H:R$700 Heads-Up event, earningR$92,242, which 🤶 back then provided a substantial boost to his career earnings.
It wasn’t until 2024 that Ferreira picked up another SCOOP title. 🤶 This time he bagged two in one year, first taking down the 17-H:R$2,100 FLHE event forR$48,271, and then following up 🤶 with a huge win in the 30-H:R$2,100 6-max forR$201,642.
Rui Ferreira has excelled in SCOOP, winning a total of five titles, 🤶 and earning player of the year in 2024. Will he be a name to watch in 2024? We think so…
By 🤶 this time, Ferreira had already proven beyond doubt that he was one of online poker’s top players. In 2024, he 🤶 earned another double, winning theR$2,100 FLHE forR$49,458, and then locking up one of his biggest scores of all time –R$235,552 🤶 in the 45-H:R$5,200 High Roller.
Although titles are the easiest measure of a player’s success in a series, some of Ferreira’s 🤶 biggest scores in SCOOP come from final table finishes that weren’t first place including; a second place finish in the 🤶 special edition Super Tuesday forR$192,516; a fourth place finish in theR$25k High Roller forR$260,719; and a second place finish in 🤶 the special edition Sunday HR forR$201,642.
In 2024, Ferreira was crowned SCOOP player of the year without even winning a title. 🤶 He did this by cashing more than 100 times and making nine final tables, and his top three cashes alone 🤶 totaled nearlyR$300k.
If Ferreira plays in SCOOP 2024, he’ll be well in the mix for another title or two.
WCOOP
Rui Ferreira is 🤶 a two-time WCOOP champion. In 2024, he won theR$215 Big Ante event forR$59,904. In 2024, he got his second title 🤶 with a win in theR$1,050 FLHE 6-max forR$23,897.
Both of these are relatively small wins for Rui Ferreira, and the results 🤶 understate his presence in WCOOP events. In recent years, Ferreira has thrived on the WCOOP circuit, earningR$127k for second place 🤶 in a PKO event in 2024, andR$146k in the 8-Game High Roller in 2024, along with a string of five 🤶 figure results.
Other series
Ferreira has said himself that he usually targets bigger series like WCOOP and SCOOP. He does, however, have 🤶 several titles to his name from other series, such as a 2024 Turbo Series win worthR$81,474.
In 2024, Rui Ferreira earned 🤶 a big double in the Bounty Builder Series, coming first in Event 078 forR$20k, and winning Event 161 forR$23k. True 🤶 to his style of picking up accolades, Ferreira was also the player with the most KOs in the series. He 🤶 cashed 34 times, knocked out 253 hopefuls, and madeR$130k in bounties.
2024 started with a bang for Ferreira. He won the 🤶 Blowout Series 18-H:R$2,100 PKO on New Year’s Day forR$67k and, less than two weeks later, followed up with a second 🤶 place finish in theR$10,300 High Roller forR$202k.
Outside of the major poker series, Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira is also a regular winner 🤶 in the High Roller Club and major weekend tournaments.
Rui Ferreira is a true high roller. His top online poker results 🤶 come from events with buy-ins fromR$5k toR$25k. All five are worth more thanR$200k each. Ferreira’s top scores are all quite 🤶 recent, showing his rise to the top over the last few years. 2024 has already been a fantastic year for 🤶 the Portuguese pro.
Rui Ferreira’s top five results across all sites (screenshot from PocketFives Mar. 2024)
When we look at Ferreira’s top 🤶 scores on PokerStars, four of five come from SCOOP. Ferreira has won most of his major titles in SCOOP, as 🤶 well as picking up some of his biggest wins from lucrative final table finishes. All five of Ferreira’s top scores 🤶 on PS come from High Roller tourneys.
Ferreira’s top five wins on PokerStars (screenshot from PocketFives, Mar. 2024)
Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira has 🤶 had success at the EPT Barcelona, but is better known for his accomplishments online
According to Hendon Mob, Rui Ferreira has 🤶 made overR$1.2 million in live poker winnings. Upon closer examination, a large chunk of this amount comes from the 2024 🤶 live events which were held online, such as EPT Online and WPT World Online Championships.
When it comes to true live 🤶 events, Ferreira had a particularly decent run at the EPT Barcelona in 2024, where he came eighth in theR$100k event 🤶 forR$261k, and ninth in theR$50k event forR$116k.
Although Rui Ferreira has a decent live record, he is very much an online 🤶 poker specialist.
Here we take you through highlights of Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira’s recent success. His online poker career has been gaining 🤶 momentum for over a decade, but in the last few years he’s gained enough steam to challenge the true elite.
Ferreira’s 🤶 second SCOOP title of 2024 series: Rui Ferreira wins the SCOOP High Roller forR$224k, his second title of the series 🤶 and fifth SCOOP title of all time.
Bounty Builder Series title and HRC scores – Another heater of a weekend for 🤶 Rui Ferreira, who took down his second Bounty Builder and followed up with several scores in the High Roller Club. 🤶 Ferreira is showing himself as a regular winner and major competitor to the throne of online poker’s top player.
Huge double 🤶 score for Ferreira – Two wins in one weekend for Portugal’s number one player. Ferreira wins the Bounty Builder 161, 🤶 then follows it up with a second place finish in the Sunday HR. The total for both final table results 🤶 is overR$85k.
Ferreira claims most KOs in BBS – Ferreira picked up two Bounty Builder Series titles in the 2024 series. 🤶 He also managed to knock out the most opponents, earning himself huge bounty totals.
2024 SCOOP player of the year – 🤶 He’s won five SCOOP titles over the years. In 2024, despite not managing to lock up a first place finish, 🤶 Ferreira won player of the year with nine final tables and over 100 cashes. Find out more in this interview.
First 🤶 Blowout Series title – Ferreira started off the year in style with a New Year’s Day victory in the Blowout 🤶 Series, picking up loads of bounties along the way in the PKO event. It was a fitting start to what 🤶 has been a very lucrative 2024 for the Portuguese pro.
