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).
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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.
Season 1
Date City Event Winner Prize May 3–5, 2008 Rio de Janeiro LAPT Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Julien Nuijten $222,940 May 22–24, 2008 San José LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica Valdemar Kwaysser $274,103 August 7–9, 2008 Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay José Miguel Espinar $241,735
Season 2
Date City Event Winner Prize November 3–5, 2008 San José LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica Ryan Fee $285,773 December 5–7, 2008 Nuevo Vallarta LAPT Nuevo Vallarta - Mexico Rory Cox $20,500 +chipcount January 20–22, 2009 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Fabián Ortiz $141,426 March 18–20, 2009 Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Karl Hevroy $283,580 April 16–19, 2009 Mar del Plata LAPT Mar del Plata - Argentina Dominik Nitsche $381,030
Season 3
Date City Event Winner Prize November 19–22, 2009 Playa Conchal LAPT Playa Conchal - Costa Rica Amer Sulaiman $172,095 February 24–27, 2010 Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Jose Barbero $279,330 March 19–23, 2010 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile (cancelled - earthquake) (cancelled) June 2–5, 2010 Lima LAPT Lima - Peru Jose Barbero $250,000 August 5–8, 2010 Florianópolis LAPT Florianópolis - Brazil Matthias Habernig $248,004 September 22–26, 2010 Rosario LAPT Grand Final Rosario - Argentina Martin Sansour $322,280
Season 4
Date City Event Winner Prize February 16–20, 2011 São Paulo LAPT São Paulo - Brasil Alex Manzano $368,703 March 17–20, 2011 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Murilo Figueiredo $146,000 April 13–17, 2011 Lima LAPT Lima - Peru Kemal Ferri $207,400 August 3–7, 2011 Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Alex Komaromi $244,720 October 12–16, 2011 Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Julian Menendez $165,992 February 17–20, 2012 São Paulo LAPT Grand Finals Carnival Poker Festival - Brazil Daniele Nestola $188,721
Season 5
Date City Event Winner Prize March 21–25, 2012 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Alirio Diaz $129,470 May 23–27, 2012 Punta del Este LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay Marcelo Fonseca $144,240 August 7–12, 2012 Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Robbie Renehan $147,877 September 26–30, 2012 Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Leo Fernandez $171,930 November 14–18, 2012 Lima LAPT Peru Grand Final - Peru Jordan Scott $168,210
Season 6
Date City Event Winner Prize March 13–17, 2013 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Pablo Tavitian $184,220 April 25–30, 2013 São Paulo LAPT Brazil - Brazil Victor Sbrissa $252,971 June 5–9, 2013 Medellín LAPT Medellín - Colombia Weider Gutierrez $86,947 July 31-Aug. 4, 2013 Lima LAPT Peru - Peru Patrício Rojas $123,840 September 18–22, 2013 Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Galal Dahrouj $132,535 November 21–24, 2013 Punta del Este LAPT Uruguay Grand Final - Uruguay Carter Gill $218,692
Season 7 Date City Event Winner Prize March 19–23, 2014 Viña del Mar LAPT Chile - Chile Mario Javier López $117,991 May 30-June 3, 2014 São Paulo LAPT Brazil - Brazil Caio Hey $304,501 July 23–27, 2014 Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Fabian Ortiz $143,930 October 15–19, 2014 Lima LAPT Peru Grand Final - Peru Oscar Alache $135,488
Season 8 Date City Event Winner Prize January 7–9, 2015 Paradise Island LAPT Bahamas at PCA 2015 - Bahamas Josh Kay $367,928 March 6–10, 2015 Viña del Mar LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile Oscar Alache $131,962 May 8–12, 2015 Panama City LAPT Panama - Panama Shakeeb Kazemipur $180,112 July 10–14, 2015 Lima LAPT Peru - Peru Claudio Moya $135,576 September 18–22, 2015 Punta del Este LAPT Uruguay - Uruguay Mario Javier López $117,991 November 24–30, 2015 São Paulo LAPT Grand Final at BSOP Millions - Brazil Yuri Martins Dzivielevski $175,155
Season 9 Date Event / city Players Prize pool Winner Prize Results January 7–9, 2016 LAPT Bahamas $2,200Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, Bahamas $1,650,940 Georgios SotiropoulosPokerNews - $308,220 March 4–8, 2016 LAPT Chile $1,500Casino Enjoy, Viña del Mar, Chile $737,325 Rodrigo StrongCodigoPoker - $120,565 May 12–16, 2016 LAPT Panama $1,500Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino, Panama City, Panama $721,665 Andres CarrilloPokerNews - $138,225 September 23–27, 2016 LAPT Uruguay $1,500Enjoy Conrad Resort & Casino, Punta del Este, Uruguay $571,590 Pedro ClausPokerNews - $90,630 November 29 - December 1, 2016 LAPT/BSOP Millions R$8,000 (~$2,350)Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil R$2,262,828(~$663,658) Jose Ignacio BarberoPokerGuru - R$341,182(~$100,064)
Season 2023 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results March 2-6 LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500 (~$1,445)Poker.org - PokerStars teases 2023 return of Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT)Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil R$3,394,340(~$654,204) Anthony BarranqueirosSuperPoker - R$650,000(~$125,277) April 28-May 2 LAPT Montevideo $1,500CodigoPoker - LAPT 2023: ya hay fechas confirmadas en Río de Janeiro y UruguayHotel Casino Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay $417,900 Tullio BertoliSuperPoker - $80,000 August 4-8 LAPT Panama $1,500Crown Casino Panama, Panama City, Panama $417,900 Markus MeekmaSuperPoker - $69,934 October 4-10 BSOP/LAPT Foz do Iguaçu R$7,500 (~$1,454)Wish Resort Golf Convention, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil R$1,750,000(~$339,345) Hugo ZanottiSuperPoker - R$330,000(~$63,991) November 17-20 LAPT/BSOP Millions R$7,500 (~$1,543)Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil R$4,736,360(~$974,419) Lucas RigosSuperPoker - R$792,000(~$162,939)
Season 2024 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results April 19-23 LAPT Panama $1,500Hotel El Panamá by Faranda Grand, Panama City, Panama $315,260 Johnny SandovalSuperPoker - $65,000 August 14-21 LAPT Mexico $1,500SuperPoker - Royal Yak Hipódromo de las Américas, Mexico City, Mexico MX$12.847.100(~$676.284) Oscar Omar Sosa Dorantes Gipsy Team - MX$2.500.000(~$131.602) October 9-16 LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500 (~$1,325)Windsor Marapendi Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil R$1,618,300(~$286.172) Brunno Botteon De AlbuquerquePokerStars Blog - R$325,000(~$57.472) November 15-29 LAPT GRAND FINAL BRAZIL at BSOP Millions R$7,500 (~$1,350)Guaratneed Prizepool R$ 1,500,000 (~U$270,000)Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil R$3,958,810(~$658.036) Bernardo Tristao SoaresSuperPoker - R$673,000(~$111.866)
Winners by country Place Country Times 1st Argentina 11 2nd Brazil 10 3rd Chile 6 4th USA 5 5th Peru 2 Canada 2 Colombia 2 Germany 2 Netherlands 2 10th Austria 1 Costa Rica 1 Greece 1 Hungary 1 Ireland 1 Mexico 1 Norway 1 Panama 1 Paraguay 1 Spain 1 Uruguay 1 Venezuela 1 TOTAL54
Seats at final tables by country Place Country Times 1st Brazil 107 2nd Argentina 74 3rd Chile 41 4th United States 36 5th Colombia 33 6th Mexico 21 7th Canada 16 8th Venezuela 15 Panama 14 10th Peru 13 Uruguay 11 12th Costa Rica 8 13th Austria 6 14th Germany 5 Ecuador 4 Netherlands 4 17th Spain 3 Russia 3 19th Australia 2 France 2 Lebanon 2 Norway 2 Poland 2 24th Bulgaria 1 Czech Republic 1 Denmark 1 Greece 1 Guatemala 1 Honduras 1 Hungary 1 Ireland 1 Italy 1 Jamaica 1 Malta 1 New Zealand 1 Paraguay 1 Portugal 1 Puerto Rico 1 Ukraine 1 United Kingdom 1 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1
Top 10 prizes Rank Event Place Name Prize 1st LAPT2 Mar del Plata 1st Dominik Nitsche $381,030 2nd LAPT4 São Paulo 1st Alex Manzano $368,703 3rd LAPT8 Bahamas 1st Joshua Kay $367,928 4th LAPT3 Rosário 1st Martin Sansour $322,280 5th LAPT9 Bahamas 1st Georgios Sotiropoulos $308,220 6th LAPT7 Brazil 1st Caio Hey $304,501 7th LAPT2 San Jose 1st Ryan Fee $285,773 8th LAPT2 Punta del Este 1st Karl Hevroy $283,580 9th LAPT3 Punta del Este 1st José "Nacho" Barbero $279,330 10th LAPT1 San Jose 1st Valdemar Kwaysser $274,103
External links Former Official site
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