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Latin American Poker Tour Season 1 Results
Below are the results of the first season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). All currency amounts are in US dollars. Results LAPT Rio de Janeiro * Casino: Intercontinental Hotel * Buy-in: $2,500 * 3-Day Event: Saturday, May 3, 2008 to Monday, May 5, 2008 * Number of buy-ins: 314 * Total Prize Pool: $785,000 * Number of Payouts: 32 * Winning Hand: LAPT San José San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to: *San Jose, California, United States *San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to: Places Argentina * San José, Buenos Aires ** San ... * Casino: Ramada Plaza Herradura * Buy-in: $2,500 + $200 * 3-Day Event: Thursday, May 22, 2008 to Saturday, May 24, 2008 * Number of buy-ins: 398 * Total Prize Pool: $965,150 * Number of Payouts: 32 * Winning Hand: LAPT Punta del Este * Casino: Mantra Resort Spa Casino * Buy-in: $2,500 + $200 * 3-Day Event: Thursday, August 7, 2008 to Saturday, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin American Poker Tour
The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ..., held from 2008 to 2016. 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). Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Winners by country ''Up to Season 10 - LAPT Rio de Janeiro'' Seats at final tables by country ''Up to Season 10 - LAPT Rio de Janeiro'' Top 10 prizes ''Up to Season 10 - LAPT Rio de Janeiro See also * Latin American Poker Tour season 1 results * Latin American Poker Tour season 2 results * Latin American Poker Tour season 3 results * Latin American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Brenes
Alex Brenes (born January 17, 1964) is a Costa Rican professional poker player. Brenes was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2005 and is the younger brother of professional poker players Humberto Brenes and Eric Brenes, the three of them together are known as "Godfather of Costa Rican players,". Brenes resides in Rohrmosser, Costa Rica. World Series of Poker Brenes has cashed 22 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making three final tables and finished as runner-up in two of them, the first was in the $3,500 No Limit Hold'em event where he finish runner-up to Mike Matusow in 1999 the next was to Jim Lester in the $3,000 Texas Fixed-Limit Hold'em in 2001. Brenes has also cashed in the money twice at the WSOP Main Event, 24th in the 2001 event and 197th in the 2004 event. World Poker Tour Brenes has cashed four times at the World Poker Tour title events, and won the WPT Invitational - Season 3 tournament at the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, earning $100,000. Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José, Costa Rica
San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers (17.2 square miles), with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Joseph of Nazareth. Founded in 1736 by order of Cabildo de León, the population of San José rose during the 18th century through the use of colonial planning. It has historically been a city of strat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Steinberg
Max Steinberg (born July 9, 1988) is an American professional poker player from Fairfield, Iowa currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He won a bracelet at the 2012 World Series of Poker and finished in fourth place in the 2015 WSOP Main Event. Poker career Steinberg dropped out of American University in 2008 to pursue a full-time profession in poker. Max and his identical twin brother Daniel Steinberg focus on live tournaments. His first cash was in 2008 finishing runner up at the Latin American Poker Tour $2,500 No Limit Hold'em event for $144,773. Steinberg won his first bracelet in a $1,000 no limit hold'em event. He finished 131st in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event and fourth in 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri .... As of 2015, his total l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Torelli
Alec Michael Torelli (born March 24, 1987) also known by his moniker Traheho, is a professional poker player from Orange County, California, Orange County, California who specializes in live high stakes cash games. Torelli was formerly sponsored by Doyles Room. Poker career Torelli began playing poker in 2004 after a friend invited him to a home game of poker where he won $12. His first live poker event was in the Bahamas in January 2006. After turning 21, Torelli moved to Las Vegas. During his first World Series of Poker (WSOP), he finished 2nd in the $10,000 Heads Up event. Later that fall, he won back-to-back events at the Bellagio. The next summer, he placed 6th in the commemorative $40,000, 40-year anniversary WSOP event, and 4th in the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio. In May 2017, during a televised episode of Poker Night in America Torelli had larger denomination chips totaling $10,000 placed behind smaller denomination chips in his stack of poker chips. Poker rules re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Griffin
Ashton Griffin (born 1989) is an American professional poker player from Florida. Poker Griffin begin playing online poker at the age of 14 and said he was a losing player until the age of 18. Griffin was known to have issues with bankroll management having gone from millionaire to broke many times before being able to build a bankroll. In 2010, Griffin won the $25,000 High-Roller Shootout event on the North American Poker Tour for $560,000. In 2013, Griffin won PokerStars 2013 SCOOP Event #40-L ($215 NLHE Heads-Up, High Roller) for $41,285.79. Griffin is online cash game specialist having earned over $4,800,000 on Full Tilt Poker playing under the alias ''theASHMAN103''. As of 2017, his live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000. Personal life In 2011, Griffin won an ultramarathon An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ebanks
Joe Ebanks (born 1984 or 1985) is an American professional poker player from Ohio. He grew up in Kent and as of 2011 resides in Stow. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker where he made his first final table and had three in the money finishes. Half of his six career WSOP in the money finishes are at short-handed events, and all of them are at No Limit Texas hold 'em. Career Prior to his success at the 2011 WSOP, his largest live event prize came in April 2009 at the European Poker Tour (EPT). That month he won the April 22 $1,309 309-player EPT San Remo – Season V No-Limit Hold'em – Event 4 for a prize of $100,842. This followed his April 1, $4,800 48-player 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic: No-Limit Hold'em – Event 10 victory for a prize of $95,570. Ebanks is a high-caliber online poker player who often final tables huge multi-table tournaments. On more than one occasion he has had two first-place finishes in large online tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este later became internationally known as a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. The city has been referred to as "the Monaco of the South", "The Pearl of the Atlantic", "the Hamptons of South America","the Miami Beach of South America", or "the St. Tropez of South America". There is an extensivlist of famous peoplewho visited, resided or acquired vacation properties in Punta del Este and its surroundings. Among many other historic events, Punta del Este hosted the Whitbread Around the World yacht races from 1985 to 1994 and participated in the race with a yacht under the name 'Uruguay Natural'. Punta del Este also hosted the 1967 American Summit attended by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, and the start of the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations in 1986 that ultimately led to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Gomes
Alexandre Gomes (born July 24, 1982) is a Brazilian professional poker player. He is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, a World Poker Tour champion and a former Team PokerStars Pro. World Series of Poker Gomes became the first Brazilian World Series of Poker bracelet winner after defeating a field of 2,317 players in the 2008 World Series of Poker The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30th, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All ... $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $770,540. World Series of Poker bracelets World Poker Tour On July 20, 2009, Alexandre Gomes outlasted 267 players to win the Bellagio Cup V, taking home $1,187,670 and a WPT title. European Poker Tour At the European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Gomes made the final table as chip leader with over 8 million i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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