Final Table Kicks off at LAPT

Final Table Kicks off at LAPT

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Seth Young

The Latin American Poker Tour's inaugural event filled up and is now down to 9 players in sunny Rio di Janeiro, Brazil, with Julien Nuijten of Holland leading the way.

Nuijten holds a commanding chip lead with $970,000, and coming in second in chips is Vitaly Kovyazin from Brooklyn, New York, holding $380,000.
Costa Rican Alex Brenes comes in 3rd with $324,000, followed by Nikolai Senninger of Germany.

Next in chips and in seat 5 is Juan Carlos Burguillos of Venezuela, and right behind him is Rafael Pardo of Colombia. Equardo Henriques is in the 7 seat with $275,000, and the two short stacks are Oliver Kugler and Severin Walser, both from Europe.

The winner of this event will take home $222,940.

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