LAPT Season 8 Schedule Announced by PokerStars
9 years ago
16 Jan
PokerStars have announced the scheduele for the eight edition of the Latin America Poker Tour, the biggest and richest poker tour in Latin America. The LAPT will feature six stops across the Latin America territories and the first tournament was already played in conjuction with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure from January 7 – 9. The Main Event of the LAPT Bahamas was a $3,000 buyin event and it got 736 runners, much thanks to the ongoing PCA. The winner of the event Joshua Kay won $367,928 as well as an LAPT title.
The LAPT will cover a variety of stops this year starting with Vina del Mar in Chile in March, followed by an event in Panama City in May. Atlantic City Casino Lima in Peru will feature an event in hot July and the LAPT returns to Uruguay’s Punta del Este in September. The crowning jewel of the season will be the LAPT Brazil Grand Final which is to be held in conjunction with the BSOP millions in Sao Paolo in late November this year.
This year the LAPT is expanding in many ways. To start with, the buyins for all tournaments are going up to at least $2,500. Other then the buyins, the tour will also see an increase in the number of events as every stop will now be guaranteed at least 13 tournaments of different formats, including Pot Limit Omaha and mixed games.
Speaking of the new season of the LAPT, David Carrion, PCA and LATAM Director of Operations said:
We are very excited about the new LAPT season. It has many new introductions, thrilling destinations and hard core poker formats, which are set to bring bumper fields and richer prize pools. Kicking off at PCA was fantastic and we are looking forward to a game-changing year in the history of LAPT
The LAPT Grand Finale this year is set to become the largest ever poker festival in Latin America as it will be held together with the BSOP Millions, promising big fields, large number of events and a week of thrilling poker action in Brazilian heat.
Talking of the number of different game variations this year’s events will offer Carrion added:
PokerStars live events across the world offer the most diverse selection of different poker variants around. In Latin America, it is a challenge to cater for players fond of the less popular types, however this is something we are determined to do and are proud to introduce strong formats this season. With more variety available, we aim to attract more grinders, recreational and all-round players who can see higher EV with these options.
We will continue to bring you reports from all stops of the LAPT here at PokerTube and look forward to reporting from the next event which is to start on March 6th in Chile.
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