Oscar Alache Triumphs in the LAPT Peru Banking $135,488

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Oscar Alache Triumphs in the LAPT Peru Banking $135,488
12:12
21 Oct

The Grand Final of LAPT7 Peru may have been somewhat forgotten with everything else happening on the tournament circuit lately but the number and quality of players it attracted clearly show that this tournament is no joke.

Total of 692 players took their seats of the course of the two starting flights and 233 of those players made it through to the Day 2. They would have to see a hundred and change hit the rail before 103 of those still standing would make the money. While the min-cash was set at $2,800, a whooping prize of $197,540 was awaiting the winner.

The bubble only burst late into the Day 2 as the dinner break was approaching and since there is no tournament without a bubble boy (of some sort at least), this time the dubious honor went to Roberto Larrain after a bad beat sent him to the rail.

It was Nacho Barbero actually finishing with the top stack, leading the 45 survivors into the Day 3 and looking to make the history as the Tour’s first time triple-winner. However, it would turn out that it just wasn’t meant to be for Nacho in Lima, as he couldn’t hold in a crucial pot where his top two pair failed to hold against his opponent’s pair + flushdraw combo and the Argentinean was eliminated in 17th.

Altogether, it only took six hours to get from the initial 45 to the final table of eight. At that point, the play was halted for the day, and the finalists returned tomorrow to battle it out for the trophy and the first prize just shy of $200k.

A Path to the Victory

Seventh season of the Latin American Poker Tour was reaching its conclusion with this final table, and the seats were, fittingly, filled with representatives of eight different nations. Chip leader to start the day, Jerson Backmann, was hailing from Mexico. Jakub Kyrian was the sole representative of Europe at the final table. The Czech national was, unfortunately, eliminated in seventh, following the Peruvian Carlos Sobenes (8th) to the rail.

Nacho’s countryman, Argentinean Jose Torre was done in sixth, as his Ace-King couldn’t hold against opponent’s King-Queen. Then went Venezuelan Luis Perez in fifth and the Brazilian Marcos Exterkotter who was railed in 4th.

The remaining three players continued to battle it out for a while, before finally coming to an agreement that would see them split most of the remaining money, leaving $20,000 on the side for the eventual winner. It was, in fact, afore mentioned Jerson Backmann, who got the best out of the deal, as he took home $140,519 despite of finishing in the third.

Daniel Campodonico from Uruguay walked away with $128,252 after losing the heads-up match to the Chilean Oscar Alache. Oscar added further $20,000 to his already guaranteed cut and his total bounty from the tournament amounted to $135,488 and a nice LAPT trophy to remind him of the great couple of days!


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