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Latin American Poker Tour

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Latin American Poker Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 11
SportPoker
FoundedMay 3, 2008
CeasedDecember 24, 2024
CEOCédric Billot (Head of Live Events Global Operations)
CountryLatin America
Last
champion(s)		Brazil Bernardo Soares
Most titlesArgentina Jose Nacho Barbero (3x)
Official websitelapt.com

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America, held from 2008 to 2016 and returned in 2023 and 2024. The LAPT was sponsored by PokerStars, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), and North American Poker Tour (2010).[1]

Lapt canceled

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In December 2024, after the launch of the PokerStars Open, PokerStars new poker tour, the LAPT was announced to be definitively canceled. There were 16 years and 11 very successful seasons throughout Latin America.[2]

Season 1

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 1 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
May 3–5, 2008 Brazil Rio de Janeiro LAPT Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Netherlands Julien Nuijten $222,940
May 22–24, 2008 Costa Rica San José LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica Hungary Valdemar Kwaysser $274,103
August 7–9, 2008 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Spain José Miguel Espinar $241,735

Season 2

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 2 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
November 3–5, 2008 Costa Rica San José LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica United States Ryan Fee $285,773
December 5–7, 2008 Mexico Nuevo Vallarta LAPT Nuevo Vallarta - Mexico United States Rory Cox $20,500 +chipcount
January 20–22, 2009 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Argentina Fabián Ortiz $141,426
March 18–20, 2009 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Norway Karl Hevroy $283,580
April 16–19, 2009 Argentina Mar del Plata LAPT Mar del Plata - Argentina Germany Dominik Nitsche $381,030

Season 3

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 3 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
November 19–22, 2009 Costa Rica Playa Conchal LAPT Playa Conchal - Costa Rica Canada Amer Sulaiman $172,095
February 24–27, 2010 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Argentina Jose Barbero $279,330
March 19–23, 2010 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile (cancelled - earthquake) (cancelled)
June 2–5, 2010 Peru Lima LAPT Lima - Peru Argentina Jose Barbero $250,000
August 5–8, 2010 Brazil Florianópolis LAPT Florianópolis - Brazil Austria Matthias Habernig $248,004
September 22–26, 2010 Argentina Rosario LAPT Grand Final Rosario - Argentina Peru Martin Sansour $322,280

Season 4

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 4 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
February 16–20, 2011 Brazil São Paulo LAPT São Paulo - Brasil Chile Alex Manzano $368,703
March 17–20, 2011 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Brazil Murilo Figueiredo $146,000
April 13–17, 2011 Peru Lima LAPT Lima - Peru Peru Kemal Ferri $207,400
August 3–7, 2011 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Uruguay Alex Komaromi $244,720
October 12–16, 2011 Colombia Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Argentina Julian Menendez $165,992
February 17–20, 2012 Brazil São Paulo LAPT Grand Finals Carnival Poker Festival - Brazil Germany Daniele Nestola $188,721

Season 5

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 5 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
March 21–25, 2012 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Chile Alirio Diaz $129,470
May 23–27, 2012 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Brazil Marcelo Fonseca $144,240
August 7–12, 2012 Colombia Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Republic of Ireland Robbie Renehan $147,877
September 26–30, 2012 Panama Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Argentina Leo Fernandez $171,930
November 14–18, 2012 Peru Lima LAPT Peru Grand Final - Peru United States Jordan Scott $168,210

Season 6

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Main article: Latin American Poker Tour season 6 results
Date City Event Winner Prize
March 13–17, 2013 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Argentina Pablo Tavitian $184,220
April 25–30, 2013 Brazil São Paulo LAPT Brazil - Brazil Brazil Victor Sbrissa $252,971
June 5–9, 2013 Colombia Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Colombia Weider Gutierrez $86,947
July 31-Aug. 4, 2013 Peru Lima LAPT Peru - Peru Chile Patrício Rojas $123,840
September 18–22, 2013 Panama Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Panama Galal Dahrouj $132,535
November 21–24, 2013 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Uruguay Grand Final - Uruguay United States Carter Gill $218,692

Season 7

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Date City Event Winner Prize
March 19–23, 2014 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Chile - Chile Argentina Mario Javier López $117,991
May 30-June 3, 2014 Brazil São Paulo LAPT Brazil - Brazil Brazil Caio Hey $304,501
July 23–27, 2014 Panama Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Argentina Fabian Ortiz $143,930
October 15–19, 2014 Peru Lima LAPT Peru Grand Final - Peru Chile Oscar Alache $135,488

Season 8

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Date City Event Winner Prize
January 7–9, 2015 The Bahamas Paradise Island LAPT Bahamas at PCA 2015 - Bahamas United States Josh Kay $367,928
March 6–10, 2015 Chile Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Chile Oscar Alache $131,962
May 8–12, 2015 Panama Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Canada Shakeeb Kazemipur $180,112
July 10–14, 2015 Peru Lima LAPT Peru - Peru Chile Claudio Moya $135,576
September 18–22, 2015 Uruguay Punta del Este LAPT Uruguay - Uruguay Argentina Mario Javier López $117,991
November 24–30, 2015 Brazil São Paulo LAPT Grand Final at BSOP Millions - Brazil Brazil Yuri Martins Dzivielevski $175,155

Season 9

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Date Event / city Players Prize pool Winner Prize Results
January 7–9, 2016 The Bahamas LAPT Bahamas $2,200
Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, Bahamas
851
 $1,650,940 Greece Georgios Sotiropoulos[3] $308,220 [1]
March 4–8, 2016 Chile LAPT Chile $1,500
Casino Enjoy, Viña del Mar, Chile
565
 $737,325 Brazil Rodrigo Strong[4] $120,565 [2]
May 12–16, 2016 Panama LAPT Panama $1,500
Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino, Panama City, Panama
453
 $721,665 Colombia Andres Carrillo[5] $138,225 [3]
September 23–27, 2016 Uruguay LAPT Uruguay $1,500
Enjoy Conrad Resort & Casino, Punta del Este, Uruguay
438
 $571,590 Argentina Pedro Claus[6] $90,630 [4]
November 29 - December 1, 2016 Brazil LAPT/BSOP Millions R$8,000 (~$2,350)
Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil
329
 R$2,262,828
(~$663,658) 		Argentina Jose Ignacio Barbero[7] R$341,182
(~$100,064) 		[5]

Season 2023

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
March 2-6 Brazil LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500 (~$1,445)[8]
Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
315
 R$3,394,340
(~$654,204) 		Brazil Anthony Barranqueiros[9] R$650,000
(~$125,277) 		[6]
April 28-May 2 Uruguay LAPT Montevideo $1,500[10]
Hotel Casino Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay
346
 $417,900 Venezuela Tullio Bertoli[11] $80,000 [7]
August 4-8 Panama LAPT Panama $1,500
Crown Casino Panama, Panama City, Panama
346
 $417,900 Netherlands Markus Meekma[12] $69,934 [8]
October 4-10 Brazil BSOP/LAPT Foz do Iguaçu R$7,500 (~$1,454)
Wish Resort Golf Convention, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
258
 R$1,750,000
(~$339,345) 		Paraguay Hugo Zanotti[13] R$330,000
(~$63,991) 		[9]
November 17-20 Brazil LAPT/BSOP Millions R$7,500 (~$1,543)
Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil
771
 R$4,736,360
(~$974,419) 		Brazil Lucas Rigos[14] R$792,000
(~$162,939) 		[10]

Season 2024

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
April 19-23 Panama LAPT Panama $1,500[15]
Hotel El Panamá by Faranda Grand, Panama City, Panama
263
 $315,260 Costa Rica Johnny Sandoval[16] $65,000 [11]
August 14-21 Mexico LAPT Mexico $1,500[15]
Royal Yak Hipódromo de las Américas, Mexico City, Mexico
632
 MX$12.847.100
(~$676.284) 		Mexico Oscar Omar Sosa Dorantes [17] MX$2.500.000
(~$131.602) 		[12]
October 9-16 Brazil LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500[15] (~$1,325)
Windsor Marapendi Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
273
 R$1,618,300
(~$286.172) 		Brazil Brunno Botteon De Albuquerque[18] R$325,000
(~$57.472) 		[13]
November 15-29 Brazil LAPT GRAND FINAL BRAZIL at BSOP Millions R$7,500[15] (~$1,350)
Guaratneed Prizepool R$ 1,500,000 (~U$270,000)
Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil
656
 R$3,958,810
(~$658.036) 		Brazil Bernardo Tristao Soares[19] R$673,000
(~$111.866) 		[14]

Winners by country

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Place Country Times
1st Argentina Argentina 11
2nd Brazil Brazil 10
3rd Chile Chile 6
4th United States USA 5
5th Canada Canada 2
Colombia Colombia 2
Germany Germany 2
Netherlands Netherlands 2
Peru Peru 2
10th Austria Austria 1
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1
Greece Greece 1
Hungary Hungary 1
Republic of Ireland Ireland 1
Mexico Mexico 1
Norway Norway 1
Panama Panama 1
Paraguay Paraguay 1
Spain Spain 1
Uruguay Uruguay 1
Venezuela Venezuela 1
TOTAL 54

Seats at final tables by country

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Place Country Times
1st Brazil Brazil 107
2nd Argentina Argentina 74
3rd Chile Chile 41
4th United States United States 36
5th Colombia Colombia 33
6th Mexico Mexico 21
7th Canada Canada 16
8th Venezuela Venezuela 15
Panama Panama 14
10th Peru Peru 13
Uruguay Uruguay 11
12th Costa Rica Costa Rica 8
13th Austria Austria 6
14th Germany Germany 5
Ecuador Ecuador 4
Netherlands Netherlands 4
17th Spain Spain 3
Russia Russia 3
19th Australia Australia 2
France France 2
Lebanon Lebanon 2
Norway Norway 2
Poland Poland 2
24th Bulgaria Bulgaria 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1
Denmark Denmark 1
Greece Greece 1
Guatemala Guatemala 1
Honduras Honduras 1
Hungary Hungary 1
Republic of Ireland Ireland 1
Italy Italy 1
Jamaica Jamaica 1
Malta Malta 1
New Zealand New Zealand 1
Paraguay Paraguay 1
Portugal Portugal 1
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1
Ukraine Ukraine 1
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Sweden Sweden 1
Switzerland Switzerland 1


Top 10 prizes

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Rank Event Place Name Prize
1st Argentina LAPT2 Mar del Plata 1st Germany Dominik Nitsche $381,030
2nd Brazil LAPT4 São Paulo 1st Chile Alex Manzano $368,703
3rd The Bahamas LAPT8 Bahamas 1st United States Joshua Kay $367,928
4th Argentina LAPT3 Rosário 1st Peru Martin Sansour $322,280
5th The Bahamas LAPT9 Bahamas 1st Greece Georgios Sotiropoulos $308,220
6th Brazil LAPT7 Brazil 1st Brazil Caio Hey $304,501
7th Costa Rica LAPT2 San Jose 1st United States Ryan Fee $285,773
8th Uruguay LAPT2 Punta del Este 1st Norway Karl Hevroy $283,580
9th Uruguay LAPT3 Punta del Este 1st Argentina José "Nacho" Barbero $279,330
10th Costa Rica LAPT1 San Jose 1st Hungary Valdemar Kwaysser $274,103
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References

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  5. ^ PokerNews - Nuwwarah, Mo (May 19, 2016). "Andres Carrillo Wins LAPT Panama for $138,225, Aaron Mermelstein Third". pokernews.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  6. ^ PokerNews - Harris, Martin (September 28, 2016). "Pedro Claus Captures LAPT Uruguay for $90,630 After Three-Way Deal". pokernews.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  7. ^ PokerGuru - "Nacho Barbero Wins Record Third Title at LAPT 9 Brazil For R$341,182". pokerguru.in. December 3, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Poker.org - PokerStars teases 2023 return of Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT)
  9. ^ SuperPoker - Ferreira, Alan (March 8, 2023). "Anthony Barranqueiros é campeão do Main Event do LAPT Rio em FT inspirada" (in Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  10. ^ CodigoPoker - LAPT 2023: ya hay fechas confirmadas en Río de Janeiro y Uruguay
  11. ^ SuperPoker - Capellari, Gabriel (May 3, 2023). "Tullio Bertoli é campeão do Main Event do LAPT Montevidéu com vaga de satélite" (in Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  12. ^ SuperPoker - Ferreira, Alan (August 9, 2023). "Markus Meekma é campeão do Main Event do LAPT Panamá com vaga via satélite" (in Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  13. ^ SuperPoker - Ferreira, Alan (October 8, 2023). "Hugo Zanotti é campeão do Main Event do LAPT Foz e alcança marca inédita" (in Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  14. ^ SuperPoker - Ferreira, Alan (November 21, 2023). "Lucas Rigos é campeão do LAPT Main Event em atmosfera de estádio" (in Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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  17. ^ Gipsy Team - Schvintt, Iván; Mansilla, Santiago García (August 23, 2024). "Les contamos todo lo que sucedió en el debut del Latin American Poker Tour en México" (in Spanish). gipsyteam.es. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  18. ^ PokerStars Blog - Prado, Sergio (October 13, 2024). "LAPT RIO DE JANEIRO: BRUNNO BOTTEON CONQUISTA O TÍTULO E PREMIAÇÃO DE SEIS DÍGITOS" (in Portuguese). pokerstars.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  19. ^ SuperPoker - Prado, Sergio (November 29, 2024). "Bernardo Soares crava LAPT Grand Final Main Event e leva R$ 673 mil" (in Brazilian Portuguese). superpoker.com.br. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
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