Humberto Brenes

Costa Rican poker pro, PokerStars Pro

• PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este Day 3 Recap: Ludger Leads The Final Table

  February 27, 2010

  The final 24 players returned to The Salon at the Mantra on Friday to battle it out on Day 3 of the PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este. It took about eight hours, but the final table was reached, setting the stage for Saturday. After dragging the...

   

• PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este Day 2: Zappielo Emerges; Cesar Leads the People

  February 26, 2010

  Day 2 of the PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este began on Thursday with about half as many players Wednesday’s Day 1. Out of the 307 who entered the event, 145 of them survived long enough to unbag this afternoon with the goal of further reducing...

   

• PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este Day 1 Recap: Fuentes Leads the Way

  February 25, 2010

  The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour continued on Wednesday with its second stop of the season, this one being in Punta del Este, Uruguay. A field of 307 ponied up $3,500 + $200 for the event, setting first place at $279,330. Through eight...

   

• The Top 5 Reasons to Qualify for the PokerStars Carribean Adventure

  December 08, 2009

  Paradise Island, Bahamas. We know, it’s such a hard sell, which is part of the reason that the PokerStars Carribean Adventure is at the top of everyone’s list when it comes to the best tournament experiences of the year.

   

• PokerNews Op-Ed: Save the Sharks

  November 22, 2009

  “The shark is hunnnnnnnnnnnngry!” Humberto Brenes is one of the most recognizable figures in the poker world and stands out from the usual sordid cast of characters in the poker room with his mustache, a visor sporting a Costa Rican flag...

   

• Latin American Poker Tour, Day 2: Eric Levesque Sits in Pole Position

  November 21, 2009

  The 2009 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Playa Conchal concluded its second day of action on Friday. At the beginning of the day, 119 players returned to the felt after having made it through from Day 1 and when things were all said and...

   

• PokerStars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Schedule

  October 29, 2009

  PokerStars is once again gearing up to bring tournament poker to Latin America and recently announced the schedule for a new Latin American Poker Tour. PokerStars experienced a warm welcome from players across Latin America during previous events...

   

• The World Championship of Online Poker Starts Next Week

  August 29, 2009

  It's Christmas time for all of you online grinders as Pokerstars gets ready to kick off the latest edition of its World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Featuring 45 events and a total prize pool guarantee of $40 million, early word around the...

   

• 2009 WSOP: Cantu Tops #48 PLO/8 Final; Mueller, Schneider Advance in Shootout #50

  June 27, 2009

  Day 2 of Event #48, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, kicked off Friday afternoon with 87 players...

   

• The PokerNews Top 10: Most WSOP Cashes

  June 03, 2009

  Nikolay Evdakov shattered records in 2008 when he posted ten cashes during the World Series of Poker. In 2007, it was Michael Binger...

   

• PokerStars LAPT Grand Final Day 1b: Robin Chesne Takes Lead

  April 18, 2009

  The overall field for the PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata more than doubled on Day 1b, as 151 players came out to join the 140 from Day 1a. This field was stacked, with 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem leading a field that included several...

   

• The PokerNews Top 10: The Top 10 Poker Siblings

  February 18, 2009

  In poker, the family that plays together, stays together and none more so than these ten sets of poker siblings. Some taught their brothers or sisters the game, others used that sense of 'sibling rivalry' to stoke...

   

• PokerStars.com LAPT San Jose Day 1: Rob Woodcock Leads

  November 04, 2008

  With a field that included poker superstars Humberto Brenes, Victor Ramdin, Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet and Eddy Sabat, the level of play at the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour San Jose stop was no surprise. What did come...