Welcome to Season 3 of the LAPT!
Welcome to Costa Rica for the inaugural stop on Season 3 of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour! The Paradisus Resort in Playa Conchal is the venue, and its very safe to say that the PokerStars players are qualifiers will truly be living in paradise this week as shown in the video below.
Last year's Costa Rica tournament was held in San Jose and Ryan Fee bested a field of 219 players to take home $285,773 in first place money.
Day one of the Main Event kicks off today at 12:00 p.m. CT. The event is tentatively capped at 350 entrants and each participant will be required to pony up $2,700. Top players from Team PokerStars are expected to be on hand including the likes of Humberto Brenes, Andre Akkari and J.C. Alvarado.
The room is buzzing with activity and the players are starting to settle into their seats. Be sure to keep your browser directed to PokerNews.com for all of the live action.
Play will be underway momentarily!