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The Grand Final, of the Seventh Season of the Latin American Poker Tour in Lima, Peru, has come to an end with a new positive for Chile and Oscar Alache. 692 players paid USD $ 1,700 to enter the favorite stage of the regional tournament sponsored by PokerStars.net, in Atlantic City, located Miraflores district. Together they managed to make a prize pool of USD $ $ 1,040,420 to be distributed among the first 103 players. This was the biggest tournament in the history of Peruvian poker. But it was Oscar Alache who felt all the glory of an LAPT title.
The Chilean lifted the trophy in Lima, after 8 hours. But it was not easy because he had a Final table full of excellent players, and chip leader, Jerson Backmann, which threatened to suck all the chips on the table. But finally Alache took the photo with the big check and an experience he will never forget. This is how the players reached the final table:
Jerson Backmann (México) -- 3,005,000 Oscar Alache (Chile) -- 2,235,000 Marcos Exterkotter (Brazil) -- 2,150,000 Jakub Kyrian (Czech Republic) -- 1,710,000 Luis Pérez (Venezuela) -- 1,570,000 José Torre (Argentina) -- 1,105,000 Daniel Campodónico (Uruguay) -- 1,005,000 Carlos Sobenes (Perú) -- 695,000
A player with a different nationality and a room full of local players with a single hope, of Sobenes, was the scene of the tournament. The chip leader eliminated Sobenes, followed by Jakub. José Torre and Luis Pérez were eliminated by Daniel Campodónico in the sixth and fifth position. Marcos Exterkotter fell into the hands of who would be the champion of the tournament.
And with three players in competition an agreement came:
Jerson Backmann $ 140,519
Oscar Alache $ 115,488
Daniel Campodónico $ 128,252
LAPT7 Peru Grand Final Main Event Final table results Entrants: 692 Prize pool: US$ 1,040,420 Places paid: 103
1. Oscar Alache, Chile, -- $135,488*
2. Daniel Campodónico Arigon, Uruguay, -- $128,252*
3. Jerson Backmann Caballero, México, -- $140,519*
4. Marcos Skerl Exterkotter, Brazil, -- $65,240
5. Luis Alfonso Pérez Harrero, Venezuela -- $51,920
6. José Andrés Torre, Argentina, -- $39,840
7. Jakub Kyrian, Czech Republic, -- $28,820
8. Carlos Sobenes, Perú, -- $19,660
*= reflects the results of a three-way deal that left $20,000 in play for the winner
The first stop of the Eighth Season of the Latin American Poker Tour will be held at the Atlantis Resort Casino in Bahamas, next January. The qualifying satellites are available at PokerStars.
