Latin American Poker Tour

Latin American Poker Tour
Current season, competition or edition:; 11
Sport	Poker
Founded	May 3, 2008
Ceased	December 24, 2024
CEO	Cédric Billot (Head of Live Events Global Operations)
Country	Latin America
Last; champion(s)	Bernardo Soares
Most titles	Jose Nacho Barbero (3x)
Official website	lapt.com

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America, held from 2008 to 2016 and returned in 2023 and 2024. 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).^[1]

Quick facts Sport, Founded ...

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
May 3–5, 2008	Rio de Janeiro	LAPT Rio de Janeiro - Brazil	Julien Nuijten	$222,940
May 22–24, 2008	San José	LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica	Valdemar Kwaysser	$274,103
August 7–9, 2008	Punta del Este	LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay	José Miguel Espinar	$241,735

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
November 3–5, 2008	San José	LAPT San Jose - Costa Rica	Ryan Fee	$285,773
December 5–7, 2008	Nuevo Vallarta	LAPT Nuevo Vallarta - Mexico	Rory Cox	$20,500 +chipcount
January 20–22, 2009	Viña del Mar	LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile	Fabián Ortiz	$141,426
March 18–20, 2009	Punta del Este	LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay	Karl Hevroy	$283,580
April 16–19, 2009	Mar del Plata	LAPT Mar del Plata - Argentina	Dominik Nitsche	$381,030

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
November 19–22, 2009	Playa Conchal	LAPT Playa Conchal - Costa Rica	Amer Sulaiman	$172,095
February 24–27, 2010	Punta del Este	LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay	Jose Barbero	$279,330
March 19–23, 2010	Viña del Mar	LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile	(cancelled - earthquake)	(cancelled)
June 2–5, 2010	Lima	LAPT Lima - Peru	Jose Barbero	$250,000
August 5–8, 2010	Florianópolis	LAPT Florianópolis - Brazil	Matthias Habernig	$248,004
September 22–26, 2010	Rosario	LAPT Grand Final Rosario - Argentina	Martin Sansour	$322,280

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
February 16–20, 2011	São Paulo	LAPT São Paulo - Brasil	Alex Manzano	$368,703
March 17–20, 2011	Viña del Mar	LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile	Murilo Figueiredo	$146,000
April 13–17, 2011	Lima	LAPT Lima - Peru	Kemal Ferri	$207,400
August 3–7, 2011	Punta del Este	LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay	Alex Komaromi	$244,720
October 12–16, 2011	Medellín	LAPT Medellín - Colombia	Julian Menendez	$165,992
February 17–20, 2012	São Paulo	LAPT Grand Finals Carnival Poker Festival - Brazil	Daniele Nestola	$188,721

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
March 21–25, 2012	Viña del Mar	LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile	Alirio Diaz	$129,470
May 23–27, 2012	Punta del Este	LAPT Punta del Este - Uruguay	Marcelo Fonseca	$144,240
August 7–12, 2012	Medellín	LAPT Medellín - Colombia	Robbie Renehan	$147,877
September 26–30, 2012	Panama City	LAPT Panama - Panama	Leo Fernandez	$171,930
November 14–18, 2012	Lima	LAPT Peru Grand Final - Peru	Jordan Scott	$168,210

Lapt canceled

Date	City	Event	Winner	Prize
January 7–9, 2015	Paradise Island	LAPT Bahamas at PCA 2015 - Bahamas	Josh Kay	$367,928
March 6–10, 2015	Viña del Mar	LAPT Viña del Mar - Chile	Oscar Alache	$131,962
May 8–12, 2015	Panama City	LAPT Panama - Panama	Shakeeb Kazemipur	$180,112
July 10–14, 2015	Lima	LAPT Peru - Peru	Claudio Moya	$135,576
September 18–22, 2015	Punta del Este	LAPT Uruguay - Uruguay	Mario Javier López	$117,991
November 24–30, 2015	São Paulo	LAPT Grand Final at BSOP Millions - Brazil	Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	$175,155

Date	Event / city	Players	Prize pool	Winner	Prize
January 7–9, 2016	LAPT Bahamas $2,200 Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, Bahamas	851	$1,650,940	Georgios Sotiropoulos^[3]	$308,220
March 4–8, 2016	LAPT Chile $1,500 Casino Enjoy, Viña del Mar, Chile	565	$737,325	Rodrigo Strong^[4]	$120,565
May 12–16, 2016	LAPT Panama $1,500 Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino, Panama City, Panama	453	$721,665	Andres Carrillo^[5]	$138,225
September 23–27, 2016	LAPT Uruguay $1,500 Enjoy Conrad Resort & Casino, Punta del Este, Uruguay	438	$571,590	Pedro Claus^[6]	$90,630
November 29 - December 1, 2016	LAPT/BSOP Millions R$8,000 (~$2,350) Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil	329	R$2,262,828 (~$663,658)	Jose Ignacio Barbero^[7]	R$341,182 (~$100,064)

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
March 2-6	LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500 (~$1,445)^[8] Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	315	R$3,394,340 (~$654,204)	Anthony Barranqueiros^[9]	R$650,000 (~$125,277)
April 28-May 2	LAPT Montevideo $1,500^[10] Hotel Casino Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay	346	$417,900	Tullio Bertoli^[11]	$80,000
August 4-8	LAPT Panama $1,500 Crown Casino Panama, Panama City, Panama	346	$417,900	Markus Meekma^[12]	$69,934
October 4-10	BSOP/LAPT Foz do Iguaçu R$7,500 (~$1,454) Wish Resort Golf Convention, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil	258	R$1,750,000 (~$339,345)	Hugo Zanotti^[13]	R$330,000 (~$63,991)
November 17-20	LAPT/BSOP Millions R$7,500 (~$1,543) Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil	771	R$4,736,360 (~$974,419)	Lucas Rigos^[14]	R$792,000 (~$162,939)

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
April 19-23	LAPT Panama $1,500^[15] Hotel El Panamá by Faranda Grand, Panama City, Panama	263	$315,260	Johnny Sandoval^[16]	$65,000
August 14-21	LAPT Mexico $1,500^[15] Royal Yak Hipódromo de las Américas, Mexico City, Mexico	632	MX$12.847.100 (~$676.284)	Oscar Omar Sosa Dorantes ^[17]	MX$2.500.000 (~$131.602)
October 9-16	LAPT Rio de Janeiro R$7,500^[15] (~$1,325) Windsor Marapendi Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	273	R$1,618,300 (~$286.172)	Brunno Botteon De Albuquerque^[18]	R$325,000 (~$57.472)
November 15-29	LAPT GRAND FINAL BRAZIL at BSOP Millions R$7,500^[15] (~$1,350) Guaratneed Prizepool R$ 1,500,000 (~U$270,000) Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil	656	R$3,958,810 (~$658.036)	Bernardo Tristao Soares^[19]	R$673,000 (~$111.866)