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LAPT: Alex Manzano, the first Chilean champion of the tournament
536 participants enrolled in various stages of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) for this 2011 edition. The buy-in of this Latin American tournament part of the 4th edition was set at $ 3,000 and a prize pool valued at $ 1.6 million were distributed. Therefore, the best player in the grand final to be held in the month of September of this year in a place still unknown at this time will pocket a tidy sum of $ 370,000.
In all, the 4th edition of the Latin American Poker Tour of this year is composed of five stages, the first was held in Sao Paulo in Brazil on lats February 16 to 20, 2011. It knew the first victory of a Chilean player in a step of this tournament in South America since its inception in May 2008. So, by being the first champion of the 2011 edition, Alex Manzano marks the tournament in defending the color of his country during the final table made up by 60% of Brazilian players with 5 of the 8 finalists including the young Joao Neto. For the rest of the program, the LAPT will move first in Vina Del Mar in Chile from March 17 to 20, then will move to Lima, Peru on April 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Then, the step of Rosario in Argentina will take over from June 1st to 5 while the last step before the final phase will be played in Bogota, Colombia from August 4 to 7, 2011.
Source: poker777.com
Thursday, 10 March 2011
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