PokerStars Announces
Launch of Latin American
Poker Tour
PokerStars, the world's
largest online poker
site, today announced
the launch of Latin
America's first major
poker tour, the LAPT.
With stops in Brazil,
Costa Rica and Uruguay,
the tour is set to bring
world-class poker action
to some of the most
beautiful destinations
in the world.
The Latin American Poker
Tour kicks off in the
beautiful beach city of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
from May 3-5, 2008. This
three-day, $2,500
tournament will be the
largest poker tournament
ever held in Brazil,
with players competing
for a total prize pool
of over $600,000. Among
the players will be Team
PokerStars Pros and
international poker
stars Andre Akkari from
Brazil and Humberto
Brenes from Costa Rica.
The tour continues with
the LAPT San José in
Costa Rica from May
22-24, and then moves on
to Uruguay for the LAPT
Punta del Este from
August 7-9.
LAPT President Glenn
Cademartori said, "Poker
is exploding in Latin
America and the game is
more than ready for its
own major poker tour.
It's one of the
fastest-growing poker
regions and there are
thousands upon thousands
of players in countries
like Brazil and
Argentina who will love
the chance to take part
in events of this kind.
In every regard, the
LAPT is going to put
Latin America on the map
as the newest hotspot to
play high-stakes
international poker."
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