LAPT GRAND FINAL: NESTOLA GRAND CHAMPION, NEGREANU ENDS UP SIXTH

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Daniele Nestola wins the Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final. Nesotla collects the biggest cash of his career, having survived a 367-player field here in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Nestola defeated Gasperino Nicolas heads up.


KID POKER RUNS INTO ACES
Despite not having one of the top chip stacks, most still believed that Daniel Negreanu was the man to beat when play started on Monday. Unfortunately, Negreanu ran into aces and ended up finishing sixth in the event, right outside PTPR Points qualification.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (BRA REAL) Daniele Nestola : 324,600 Gasperino Nicolas : 214,700 Carlos Ibarra : 148,840 Felipe Morbiducci : 89,570 Jonathan Markovits : 64,540 Daniel Negreanu : 48,730 Vitor Torres : 35,560 Juan Gonzalez : 26,340 RELATED POSTS >> KID POKER AT FINAL TABLE >> PIMENTA LEADS, KID POKER TRENDS >> MENEDEZ MASTERS COLUMBIA EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERNEWS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final LAPT NLH Grand Final February 17-20, 2012 Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo, Brazil Buy-in: $2,335 | Prizepool: $792,720 Entries: 367 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DANIELE NESTOLA 35 GASPERINO NICOLAS 18 CARLOS IBARRA 10 FELIPE MORBIDUCCI 8 JONATHAN MARKOVITS 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Alex Manzano 2011 PTPR Ranking: 198th

LAPT GRAND FINAL: MIDDLE MAN - KID POKER BRINGS MID-STACK TO FINAL TABLE

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It's Final Table time down in Brazil! All eyes will be on Sao Paulo on Monday as Kid Poker Daniel Negreanu has a decent chip stack heading into Final Table play at the LAPT Grand Final.

As expected, Negreanu (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) final table experience far exceeds the experience of all other Final Table players combined. Negreanu takes a little over 700K in chips into Monday's play, about 1.2M chips behind our leader.

That chip leader is German player Daniele Nestola. Nestola biggest payday to date came in 2010 - where Nestola (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished in the Top 20 at NAPT Venetian Las Vegas.

This will be the first PTPR Score of the season for all participants, only the Final Five will receive points in the event.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Felipe Morbiducci, 347K
Seat 2 Daniel Negreanu, 702K
Seat 3 Jonathan Markovits, 991K
Seat 4 Carlos Ibarra, 1.297M
Seat 5 Daniele Nestola, 1.892M
Seat 6 Juan Gonzalez, 548K
Seat 7 Gasperino Nicolas, 1.19M
Seat 8 Vitor Torres, 273K

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (BRA REAL) 1st : 324,600 2nd : 214,700 3rd : 148,840 4th : 89,570 5th : 64,540 6th : 48,730 7th : 35,560 8th : 26,340 RELATED POSTS >> PIMENTA LEADS, KID POKER TRENDS >> MENEDEZ MASTERS COLUMBIA EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERNEWS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final LAPT NLH Grand Final February 17-20, 2012 Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo, Brazil Buy-in: $2,335 | Prizepool: $792,720 Entries: 367 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Alex Manzano 2011 PTPR Ranking: 198th

LAPT GRAND FINAL: PIMENTA LEADS WHILE KID POKER, RUCA TRENDING

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It's Carnival time in Sao Paulo! The Carnival Poker Festival is playing host to the Latin American Poker Tour Season Four Grand Final where 367 players made their way to the Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo on Friday to duke it out.

After two days of action, we're in the money and down to the final 24 players.

Caio Pimenta leads the way. Pimenta (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) - who won a LAPT Mar del Plata prelim event back in 2009 - is the only player over 600K in chips heading into Sunday's play where we will play down to a final table.

KID POKER A CONTENDER
Fresh off his now famous "poker rant" on the current state of affairs over at Full Tilt Poker, Kid Poker himself, Daniel Negreanu held the chip lead for a bit on Saturday. Seems like Negreanu's promise to get focused and return amongst poker's elite on the live tournament circuit.

Negreanu (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) holds the 10th position heading into Day 3 play.

2011 WPT Bratislava runner-up Mayu Roca also appears on the Top 10 leaderboard. Roca (2011 PTPR Rank: 377th) takes a little more than 400K to the final table.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Caio Pimenta 607,000
Vincenzo Giannelli 538,000
Carlos Ibarra 479,000
Joshua Ewing 460,000
Vitor Torres 447,000
Mayu Roca 412,000
Daniel Negreanu 398,000
Juan Gonzalez 378,000
Samir Nadim Nasser 133,000
Humberto Brenes 51,000

NOTABLE DAY 2 ELIMINATIONS
Leo Fernandez, Elio Fox, Felipe Ramos, Bill Gazes and Nacho Barbero.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (BRA REAL) 1st : 324,600 2nd : 214,700 3rd : 148,840 4th : 89,570 5th : 64,540 6th : 48,730 7th : 35,560 8th : 26,340 9th : 22,390 10th : 22,390 DEFENDING CHAMPION Alex Manzano 2011 PTPR Ranking: 198th

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final LAPT NLH Grand Final February 17-20, 2012 Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo, Brazil Buy-in: $2,335 | Prizepool: $792,720 Entries: 367 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5

MANZANO WRAPS UP LAPT BRAZIL VICTORY

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He lost a big chip lead late in the day Saturday but, Alex Manzano was able to recover and collect ALL the chips when it mattered most, once the trophy was raised.

It was a bit of a bumpy ride for Manzano but, he picks up his first major poker title and collects 105 PTPR Points with the victory and enters the PTPR Tournament Player Top 15 Leaderboard.

Here are the payouts for the final table participants:
1. Alex Manzano, Chile, R$ 615,840
2. Joao Neto, Brazil, R$ 352,760
3. Marcelo Fonseca, Brazil, R$ 224,800
4. Marcio Motta, Brazil, R$ 165,000
5. Leandro Csome, Argentina, R$ 117,190
6. Santiago Nadal, Mexico, R$ 93,270
7. Henrique Bernardes, Brazil, R$ 69,350
8. Bruno Politano, Brazil, R$ 45,440


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Latin American Poker Tour Brazil
LAPT Main Event
February 17-20, 2011

Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Buy-in: $2,757
Prizepool: $1,477,752
Entries: 536

POINTS AT STAKE
ALEX MANZANO 105
JOAO BAUER 65
MARCELO FONSECA 40
MARCIO MOTTA 30
LEANDRO CSOME 23
SANTIAGO NADAL 15
HENRIQUE BERNANDES 13
BRUNO POLITANO 10
FABIO COLONESE 10

SUNDAY FINAL TABLE SET AT LAPT BRAZIL

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The Final Table players is set for Sunday at LAPT Brazil.

The biggest name remaining, Humberto Brenes, was out early Saturday as the 24 remaining players were fighting for a spot in the Final 8.

Leonardo Csome (pictured, right) will be your chip leader once play resumes. Top 24 chip leader Alex Manzano (pictured, left) would have kept the chip lead had it not been for a very tough final few hours to the day.

Here is how the final table will look like ...

Seat 1: Santiago Nadal (555,000)
Seat 2: Marcio Motta (1,205,000)
Seat 3: Marcelo Fonseca (1,245,000)
Seat 4: Joao Neto (1,395,000)
Seat 5: Alex Manzano (1,730,000)
Seat 6: Leandro Csome (2,875,000)
Seat 7: Bruno Politano (1,030,000)
Seat 8: Henrique Bernardes (440,000)

And here are the payouts for the remaining 8 players:
1. R$ 615,840
2. R$ 352,760
3. R$ 224,800
4. R$ 165,000
5. R$ 117,190
6. R$ 93,270
7. R$ 69,350
8. R$ 45,440


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Latin American Poker Tour Brazil
LAPT Main Event
February 17-20, 2011

Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Buy-in: $2,757
Prizepool: $1,477,752
Entries: 536

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 105
2nd position 65
3rd position 40
4th position 30
5th position 23
6th position 15
7th position 13
8th position 10
COLONESE FABIO 10

PTS AT STAKE: 24 PLAYERS REMAIN AT LAPT BRAZIL

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We're down to 24 players as a record-breaking field invaded the halls of the Sheraton at LAPT Brazil.

Alex Manzano was the chip leader as card were in the air a little less than an hour ago in Sao Paulo. Humberto Brenes is in the hunt, sitting 6th as action began.

Here are the chipcounts as Day 3 action began...

Joao Neto Brazil 1089000
Alex Manzano Chile 1080000
Leandro Csome Argentina 959000
Bruno Foster Brazil 766000
Amos Ben Haim Chile 687000
Humberto Brenes Costa Rica 601000
Gerardo Godinez Mexico 585000
Fabio Colonese Brazil 525000
Henrique Bernardes Brazil 514000
Miguel Alverez Venezuela 464000
Christian Velasquez Chile 421000
Raphael Martins Brazil 374000
Marcello Fonseca Brazil 303000
Santiago Nadal Mexico 262000
Carlos Rodriguez Colombia 256000
Daniela Zapiello Brazil 235000
Eduardo Costa Brazil 231000
Caio Brites Brazil 223000
Marcio Motta Brazil 203000
Cesar Plaza Canada 198000
Rodrigo Portaleoni Brazil 175000
Walter Oaquim Brazil 171000
Omar Mietes Paraguay 142000
Juan Parra Chile 103000

And here are the payouts for the remaining 24 players:
1. R$ 615,840
2. R$ 352,760
3. R$ 224,800
4. R$ 165,000
5. R$ 117,190
6. R$ 93,270
7. R$ 69,350
8. R$ 45,440
9-10. R$ 31,090
11-12. R$ 26,300
13-14. R$ 21,500
15-16. R$ 16,740
17-24. R$ 14,350


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Latin American Poker Tour Brazil
LAPT Main Event
February 17-20, 2011

Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Buy-in: $2,757
Prizepool: $1,477,752
Entries: 536

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 105
2nd position 65
3rd position 40
4th position 30
5th position 23
6th position 15
7th position 13
8th position 10
9th position 10