Andy Bloch will participate in the Epic Poker League (EPL) main event worth $20,000, after winning a seat at the tables through the Epic Poker League Pro/Am. He and 8 other players won their seats in the $1,500 satellite tournament that gives non-members of the EPL the chance to compete in the main event.
The EPL Pro/Am took place over three days, at the end of which, Bloch was the only lucky player from the initial field that consisted of 187 players. This allowed him to claim a seat at the EPL main event as well as $24,000 in winnings. Some of the other players who managed to secure a place in the main event were Dwyte Pilgrim, Chris DeMaci, Ben Palmer and Tony Gargano.
Of the nine players who secured seats at the event, only Dwyte Pilgrim missed out on an additional cash prize. The player who is currently ranked second is Ryan Schmidt. He is followed by Marina Baroco.
Latin-American Poker Tour Returns to Brazil
PokerStars recently announced the location for the Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final event. The tour will end at Sao Paulo in Brazil. The event will take place in February 2012 and it will be hosted by the Sheraton World Trade Center. An added attraction is the Carnival that will be celebrated in Brazil at that time.
The other South American destinations that the tour covered were Chile, Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. This event will give players who qualified through PokerStars’ satellite tournaments, the chance to rub shoulders with some of the best poker players in the world – including Team PokerStars Pro.
Winners of other LAPT Events
Julian Menendez (Argentina) was the last man standing in the Colombia National Poker Championship, beating a field of more than 600 players for the title. Kemal Ferri won the LAPT Peru event after finishing at the head of a field of 350 other poker players. Alex Gustavo Komaromi, a native of Uruguay, was the winner of the Uruguay LAPT title.
The tournament held in Chile featured a large field with 621 players. Murilo Figueiredo won the title. Brazil was the first stop on the tour and Alex Manzano (Chile) won the first title of the tour, beating a field of 536 players for the win. Humberto Brenes and Karlo ‘Elmagopr’ Lopez were two members of Team PokerStars Pro who managed to make it to the final tables of their respective events.
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