Latin American Poker Tour
LAPT8 Bahamas: Finger targets another; Danchev down in sixth
Pocket aces worked well for chip leader Martin Finger earlier this afternoon -- enabling him to knock out both Mustapha Kanit in eighth and then Jonathan Borenstein in seventh. Then came a hand in which Stefan Jedlicka picked up the rockets, although after an intriguing hand with Taylor Paur things...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Aces again for Finger bounces Borenstein in seventh
Martin Finger comes to this LAPT Bahamas final table with a WSOP bracelet and an EPT Main Event win (and an EPT Super High Roller title, too), giving him a shot at a kinda-sorta-Triple Crown should he come away with the win.If things continue for the rest of the day and night as they've begun for th...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Kanit KO'd in eighth; Finger now in front
The final table's first half-hour was highlighted by a three-way hand involving heavy preflop action and a couple of big folds.Martin Finger had been active in several hands, then opened again from early position for 50,000 holding A♠K♦. Jonathan Borenstein then three-bet to 130,000 from the bu...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Meet the final eight
The first final table of Season 8 of the Latin American Poker Tour is here. From 736 entries just eight players remain, bringing to the table a variety of backgrounds and poker experience, including a lot of considerable results.It's an eclectic group, but they all have one item in common -- it's t...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Hall hits rail in ninth, final table set
Two PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event champions made it to the final nine of this inaugural LAPT Bahamas Main Event -- Galen Hall (2011) and Dimitar Danchev (2013) -- but only one made it the official final table of eight.Hall was ninth of nine in chips to start play once the players redrew ...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Frey falls, Massey moves on; 9 remain
In less than an hour they've gone from 11 down to an unofficial final table of nine here at the LAPT Bahamas Main Event where start-of-day chip leader Josh Kay has maintained his advantage thus far.Shortly after play began, a hand arose on the outer table that saw Taylor Paur open with a raise, Frey...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Eleven players, one trophy
A field of 736 entries for the first ever LAPT Bahamas Main Event played down to 183 players on Wednesday, and after a long Day 2 yesterday only 11 remain with hopes of capturing the first Main Event trophy of Season 8 of the Latin American Poker Tour along with a handsome $367,928 first prize.Durin...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Josh Kay leads final 11; Danchev, Hall, Finger in hunt
Near the end of Day 2 of the LAPT Bahamas Main Event, Mustapha Kanit was engaged in a discussion with a fellow player about a hand the pair had just played when he quickly stopped and with a wry grin held up his hand."I don't believe you," he said with a chuckle, referring to a claim about the hand ...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Strelitz, Hutter fall; 14 left
A couple of Americans fell during Level 22. Daniel Strelitz was felted shortly after the start of the level in 16th ($16,340), then followed to the rail near level's end by Barry Hutter in 15th ($18,280).Hutter's elimination hand began with an opening raise to 32,000 (a little over 2x) by Jose Carl...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Danchev still leads final 16, Karamalikis on the move
Level 21 has concluded and just 16 remain here in what has become a quiet corner of the Imperial Ballroom. Dimitar Danchev remains out in front with more than 2 million as the final players have recollected themselves around the last two tables.Gathering around the last two tablesAfter Ireland's Ga...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: The champs have chips; Danchev, Hall strong with 24 left
Yesterday it was Dominik Panka catching our eye, the returning PCA Main Event champion an obvious attention-getter thanks to his major triumph in this same location just a year ago. We noted how other former PCA Main Event champs were in the field as well, and how a couple of them had continued to ...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Frey in front of final 35
Seven more have fallen during the first part of post-dinner play here at the LAPT Bahamas Main Event. Mustapha Kanit continues to maintain his big stack of 700,000-plus, but there's a new leader for now -- Kyle Frey.Kyle FreyAs Carlos Monti our photographer explained, that pose represents Frey's lo...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Kanit carries chip lead to dinner break; 42 remain
It's dinner time, which somehow makes it fitting to say our current chip leader is the player nicknamed "lasagnaaammm." With 42 players left in the LAPT Bahamas Main Event, Mustapha Kanit enjoys the chip lead over the 75-minute break.Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" KanitIn addition to a long list of live a...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: An LAPT reunion for Katchalov and Ramdin
The second break of Day 2 as arrived. Just 74 remain, representing a tenth of the massive 736-entry field. We had mentioned how Galen Hall had appeared to seize the chip lead a while ago, but a recent pass of the tables suggested Mustapha Kanit to be currently sitting behind the biggest stack at t...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Sisley misses the money; 111 remain
The burbuja has burst, as they say on the Latin American Poker Tour. Here's how it happened.Just 114 were left coming back from the first break of Day 2, with nearly 70 players hitting the rail as the LAPT Bahamas Main Event neared the cash.Among those eliminated was Liv Boeree who returned to a sh...more
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