January 11, 2016
Greek professional poker player Georgios Sotiropoulos scored another notable victory over the weekend when he bested a field of 851 to claim the honours and the $308,220 main prize in the $2,200 buy-in Latin American Poker Tour Bahamas main event. The field included big names like Andre Akkari, Ole Schemion, Jeff Rossiter and Mike Leah, […]
December 1, 2015
This year’s Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final, held in Sao Paulo Brazil, attracted a field of 426 punters prepared to lay down $2,572 each to compete in the eighth annual edition of the event. In a close-run heads up Brazilian Yuri Martens faced Afonso Henrique, with the two professionals pausing to negotiate a chop […]
May 16, 2015
Canadian poker pro Shakeeb Kazemipur (20) is $180,112 wealthier this weekend after taking down the $2,500 buy-in main event of the Latin American Poker Tour Panama. The event attracted an entry field of 442 players to the Sortis Hotel in Panama City, generating a prize pool of $930,932. Final table survivors facing Kazemipur were an […]
March 11, 2015
Chilean poker pro Oscar Alache, whom our readers will recall triumphed in the Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final Peru last year, has done it again, taking down the LAPT in his home nation this week and claiming the main prize of $132,962. 409 other players – 55 of whom would subsequently cash – entered […]
January 16, 2015
Pokerstars has released its schedule for the 2015 eighth season of the Latin American Poker Tour, which will this year include two new stops, new game formats and a heavier main event buy-in. In a press release Thursday, David Carrion, head of live operations at Pokerstars, advised that the new season has a number of […]
October 22, 2014
The Grand Final of the Pokerstars Latin American Poker Tour concluded this week with Chilean pro Oscar Alache claiming the top spot after a three-way chop at the tough 8 hour final table. Alache was one of 692 players in the $1,700 buy-in main event, which generated a prize pool of $ 1,040,420, enabling 103 […]
March 25, 2014
Argentinean Mario Lopez has bested a field of 609 to take down the Seventh Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) main event at the Enjoy Viña del Mar Casino in Chile. The win marks Argentina’s seventh LAPT title previously won by South American players such as Jose Barbero, Leo Fernandez and Pablo Tivitian. Following a 90-minute […]
December 29, 2013
Season 7 of the Pokerstars Latin America Poker Tour will launch in Chile on March 19 2014 and run for five days, the company announced Saturday. Spokesman David Carrions said that the Tour hopes to build on the steadily growing popularity of the event; Season 6 was a major success, with players from 62 countries […]
November 26, 2013
American player Carter Gill, whose shock and disappointment at a badbeat in a tournament went viral on YouTube earlier this year, had nothing but smiles this week after taking down the last Latin American Poker Tour event for 2013 at the Mantra Resort, Spa and Casino in Punta del Esta, Uruguay. The event attracted 508 […]