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Of all the poker tours in the world, there may be no circuit fueled more by national pride than the Latin American Poker Tour. Where else will you find players and fans packing bags with their country's flag on the off-chance they can drape it over their shoulders during a...more

4:47pm: Alex Komaromi wins Uruguay's first LAPT title Alex Komaromi came in for a raise to 150,000 and Claudio Piedrabuena made the call. Both players checked the flop of 4♠7♣K♦. On the J♣ turn, Piedrabuena checked, Komaromi bet 225,000, and Piedrabuena announced he was all-in for around 1.3 million. Komaromi...more

6:17pm: Oded dead in ninth as final table gets set Alex Komaromi opened to 65,000, a luxury afforded the chip leader at this stage. Oded Oscar Minond had been relatively quiet for the past hour or so, but finally woke up with an all-in for 445,000. Komaromi considered his options...more

Seems like ages ago that 422 players were seated all over the Mantra Resort and Casino, each with hopes of claiming an LAPT title and the cool $244,720 that went along with it. But it has only been three days, during which time all but eight from that starting field...more

4:13pm: Break time; a dozen remain The final 12 players have reached the second 15-minute break of the day. 4:04pm: Double double Another quiet stretch just now, then two double-ups in quick succession, one on each of the two remaining six-handed tables. One saw Nelson Neto open for 50,000...more

There is no accounting for a bubble day. Put the world's credit rating specialists, a couple of nuclear physicists, and the world's best poker tournament directors in a locked room, and they still couldn't predict how an LAPT bubble would turn out. Witness the wild and wooly world that...more

10:24pm: Break time Players have reached the last break of the night. 10:18pm: A killing for Kiles with KK Huge one just now between Cassio Kiles and Erik von Buxhoeveden. We came upon the hand on the turn, with the board showing 2♦3♦Q♦9♣ and van Buxhoeveden calling a hefty bet...more

4:18pm: Break time The 85 remaining players are now on a 15-minute break. 4:07pm: Eric von Buxhoeveden -- new chip leader We have a new chip leader in Erik von Buxhoeveden. The Austrian has steadily built his stack over the first four levels of play today, having now pushed past...more

After a cold, wet night, the sun came out to shine on the east coast city of Punta del Este this morning. And a whopping field of 422 came out as well to join the fun at this year's main event, a new record for the LAPT stop. That field...more

9:04pm: Bring out the bags We've reached the end of Level 8, which means the conclusion of play for Day 1. Something less than 200 players -- less than half the 422 who started -- are still around to count down their stacks and seal them up. Back in a...more

4:19pm: Your break Players are now on a 15-minute break. They'll be back to play the final four levels of the night in just a bit. 4:11pm: Nuts hold in three-way all-in It was a flop of A♣T♠J♥ with Jose Rodriguez all-in. He held K♥Q♥, up against a moderately scary...more

6:43pm: Kemal Ferri wins! The gradual chipping away of Raul Pino's stack that characterized the almost-half-hour of heads-up play had left the Panamanian with around 800,000, small change compared to Kemal Ferri's 6 million-ish stack. Finally, Pino pushed that stack all in from the button, and Ferri quickly called. Pino...more

3:10pm: Players take a 15-minutes break Smoke' em if you got 'em. 2:45pm: Chatting with Karlo Lopez The lovely Lynn Gilmartin spoke with PokerStars Team Online Karlo Lopez.... 2:33pm: Chip counts with six left Not too much to report from the last 20 minutes, other than to say the two...more

On Day 3 of the LAPT Lima, 24 players entered the Octagon and only eight survived. Okay, I took a bit of artistic liberty -- the Octagon was actually the swanky Atlantic City Casino -- but the fighting to the death metaphor still fits. With $207,400 on the line,...more

6:36pm: Mayu Roca eliminated in 9th; final table set Mayu Roca had not been able to do much more than tread water since the move to the nine-handed table, and was still sitting with just under 300,000 when he open-pushed all in from middle position. Samar Hodali, sitting to...more

2:20pm: Players take a 15-minute break Smoke 'em if you got 'em. We believe it might bring you luck to do so. 2:15pm: Slowing down We had eight bustouts in the first 90 minutes of play, but since then, the action stagnated. 16 players remain. 2:02pm: Lerner avoids going...more

Day 2 was moving day at the LAPT Lima. 116 players survived the cut on Day 2 out of the original 350 runners, but 68 of those unfortunate players would fail to make the money. The top 48 places paid out, but it wouldn't be until the fifth level...more

8:51pm: Schernthaner out in 25th; play concludes With a few minutes left in Level 18, we've had our final elimination of the night. Daniel Lerner had just doubled through the German, Michael Schernthaner, a few hands before after winning a race with A♥K♣ versus Schernthaner's Q♠Q♦. On that one...more

6:44pm: Players take a break The final 35 players are on a 15-minute break. The staff will also be removing the pink 500 denomination chips from play. 6:35pm: Down to 35 players; Recent eliminations Here are the most recent eliminations. Each earned $3,870: 39th - Andrey Lobzhanidze 38th -...more

The LAPT returned to Lima, Peru for the a second season in a row, and Peru has quickly become one of the most popular stops on the international circuit. It's easy to see why because everywhere you look, a waiter is thrusting a plate of ceviche at you face, along...more