LAPT in Punta del Este
Between the 17th and 20th of March the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) which is hosted by the online poker room PokerStars.com will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Main Event is expected to attract over 300 players. The buy in for the main event is $3500 + $200. Amongst the players that have already signed up for this tournament is Humberto Brenes, Greg Raymer and Victor Ramdin, all of these players are members of the prestigious Team PokerStars.
Victor Ramdin is also one of the 9 players that are going to fight for the title in LAPT Nuevo Vallarta which was played in Mexico during the month of December back in 2008. The game was interrupted by local police and had to be postponed to a later date.
The players that were remaining in the tournament got their prize money paid out according to their chip stack and they also got an invitation to an online tournament where the winner would be decided.
It is this online tournament that is now down to the final 9 players and instead of having the final table played online PokerStars sent all of the remaining players to Punta del Este to play live.