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Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT)

No Limit Hold'em Championship
April 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Casino Central
Tournament Schedule
Buy-In $5,000 + $200
Prize Pool $1,411,350
Entries 291
Report Available
Dominik  Nitsche

Dominik Nitsche

Place Name Prize
1 Dominik Nitsche (Minden, Germany) $381,030
2 Jorge Landazuri De Los Rios (Mexico) $211,700
3 Rodolfo Awad $141,140
4 Jason Skeans (USA) $105,860
5 Segio Farias (Argentina) $77,620
6 Leonardo Fernandez (Argentina) $63,520
7 Derek Lerner (Montreal, QC, Canada) $49,400
8 Alfons Fenijn (Netherlands) $35,280
9 Jose Barbero (Buenos Aires, Argentina) $28,200
10 Vincenzo Giannelli (Caracas, venezuela, Venezuela) $24,700
11 Mark Ioli (Bayside, NY, USA) $24,700
12 Hugo Spangerberg (Argentina) $24,700
13 Alejandro Rodriguez (Argentina) $21,160
14 Eduardo Santi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) $21,160
15 Damian Salas (Chascomus, Argentina) $21,160
16 Jaime Ateneloff (Montevideo, Uruguay) $17,640
17 Rodrigo Caprioli (Brazil) $17,640
18 Pat van Dijk (Netherlands) $17,640
19 Julian de Berti (Argentina) $14,120
20 Louis Jaikel (Costa Rica) $14,120
21 Pablo Damian Tinca (Argentina) $14,120
22 Daniel Alfredo Bizoza (Uruguay) $14,120
23 Carlos Javier Benatuil (Argentina) $14,120
24 Robin Chesne (France) $14,120
25 Hector Luis Aceval (Argentina) $14,120
26 Jose Nadal (Mexico) $14,120
27 Marcelo Giorgetta (Argentina) $14,120

Tournament Report

POKERSTARS ONLINE QUALIFIER WINS LATIN AMERICA'S RICHEST EVER TOURNAMENT WINNING POKERSTARS LAPT GRAND FINALE IN MAR DEL PLATA AND USD $381,030

Mar de Plata, Argentina - APRIL 20, 2009 - 18 year old PokerStars qualifier Dominik Nitsche from Minden in Germany has won the LAPT Grand final in Mar del Plata, the richest LAPT in history.
Dominik dominated the final table which also featured two local members of Team PokerStars Argentina; Pro Leo Fernandez and Jose Ignacio Barberra.

After less than 4 hours of final table play, Dominik fought himself heads up with a two to one chip lead against Mexican player Jorge Landazuri. Jorge, who qualified for the event free on PokerStars.net, had a huge number of Mexican supporters in the crowd, all chanting and hoping to see Mexico win back to back PokerStars main events following Mexican Team PokerStars Pro J.C Alvarado's win of the PokerStars SCOOP main event the week before. However it was not to be. Once the cards were in the air, the heads up battle lasted only one hand with Jorge underestimating Dominik's hand strength and bluffing all-in against a set of Kings.

The four day poker festival was held in the Casino Central, in the beautiful seaside city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. 291 players entered the USD $5000+200 main event, including Team PokerStars pros Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker, Andre Akkari, Alex Gomez, Humberto Brenes, Leo Fernandez, Maridu Mayrinck and J.C Alvarado as well as tennis legend and PokerStars Ambassador Boris Becker. This event was the last in season two of the PokerStars.net LAPT which also made stops in San Jose, Costa Rica, Vina del Mar, Chile and Punta del Este in Uruguay. The shows from these events have already started airing at prime time on all Latin American ESPN channels.

'We are extremely proud of the quality of all of our LAPT events' says LAPT President Glenn Cademartori 'This has been the largest poker tour in the history of Latin America with three tournaments producing prize pools of at least $1 million USD. The Mar del Plata grand final shattered the previous prize pool record with over USD $1.4 million up for grabs. It's a fantastic way to finish an incredible season.'

Details of LAPT Season Three will be announced soon. Keep checking http://www.lapt.com/ for information and updates on Season Three - dates, venues and how to qualify.

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