Latin America

The legal battle around the world The legal battle around the world

With the legal state of online poker grabbing the headlines of late, Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail featured an article earlier this week that examined the state of online gaming l...

10:04 BST 12 Aug 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Matthias Habernig wins LAPT Florianopolis Matthias Habernig wins LAPT Florianopolis

The newest event on the Latin American Poker Tour calendar came to a close last night, with a wire-to-wire victory for 19-year-old Matthias Habernig, at the Costao do Santinho resort in F...

20:18 BST 9 Aug 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Habernig leads ahead of LAPT final table Habernig leads ahead of LAPT final table

The Latin American Poker Tour continues at pace in Florianopolis, Brazil. After two days of play a field of 384 has been whittled down to just eight, ready to return for the final table o...

07:39 BST 9 Aug 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Blondeau leads as LAPT becomes all about the money Blondeau leads as LAPT becomes all about the money

Friday was bubble day at the PokerStars LAPT Florianopolis and for the players returning after day one it was all about the money. Of the 364 players who arrived in Florianopolis on ...

04:56 BST 9 Aug 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Habernig leads in Florianopolis as LAPT returns to Brazil Habernig leads in Florianopolis as LAPT returns to Brazil

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was back to Brazil for the first time in two years yesterday as the LAPT Florianopolis event began on at the Coastoa do Santinho resort.  ...

17:16 BST 6 Aug 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Rosario to host LAPT Grand Final Rosario to host LAPT Grand Final

The PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) will conclude its third season in Argentina later this year, after organisers confirmed that Rosario would host the region’s...

10:18 BST 23 Jul 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Poker resumes normal service Poker resumes normal service

After a busy summer and the second biggest live poker tournament ever played, the poker world begins to settle down and return to normal service this week. In the early hours of last ...

07:39 BST 21 Jul 2010 by Stephen Bartley
WSOP 2010- Kwaysser wins E38 PLH Championship WSOP 2010- Kwaysser wins E38 PLH Championship

Valdemar “Luigi” Kwaysser, from Hungary, has won the latest $10,000 Championship event at the World Series, this time in pot-limit hold’em. Kwaysser, 26, and fr...

09:45 BST 25 Jun 2010 by Stephen Bartley
Barbero makes it back-to-back wins in Lima Barbero makes it back-to-back wins in Lima

Jose Barbero has become the first player to win two PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour events by winning the LAPT Lima leg in Peru worth US$250,000. Even more remarkable was that &ldquo...

14:12 BST 10 Jun 2010 by Stephen Bartley
LAPT returns to Brazil in season three LAPT returns to Brazil in season three

As the latest event of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) kicks off in Lima, Peru, PokerStars announced yet another new stop to the schedule, this time in Brazil, wh...

16:37 BST 3 Jun 2010 by Stephen Bartley
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