Final table chip leader Alex Komaromi is the only remaining Uruguayan in the Punta del Este Main Event field. No player from Uruguay has ever won an LAPT Main Event title. Komaromi is 21 years-old and lives in Montevideo – the largest city and capital of Uruguay. Komaromi is a full-time student and part-time poker player, who’s flirted with the live tournament circuit for the past three years without recording any major results. A win on Sunday would easily be the biggest of Komaromi's young career.
At 52, Claudio Piedrabuena is the elder statesman of the LAPT Punta del Este Main Event final table. Piedrabuena has been playing poker for 34 years – longer than most of our final-tablists have been alive. Piedrabuena is a businessman who calls Rosario, Argentina home, and when he’s not working or playing cards with his friends, his favorite pastime is golf.
Fernando Araujo is a 26-year-old professional poker player from Florianopolis, Brazil. Araujo grew up playing poker with a close group of friends and is now an online pro, and a six-year veteran of the game. This, his first LAPT event, Araujo says his greatest influence has been fellow Brazilian pro Thiago Pessotti, who goes by “GUITOSBR” on PokerStars. Should he reach the heads-up portion of Sunday’s final table, Araujo would most like to be sitting across from fellow Brazilian Felipe Pasini.
Engelberth Varela is the mystery man of the LAPT Punta del Este final table. Little is known about the young Venezuelan, other than he’s recorded two previous cashes on the LAPT: a 17th place finish in Lima back in April ($5,420) and a 13th place finish in Florianopolis during LAPT Season 3 ($9,245). We do know one thing – Varela can play, and he’ll most definitely make his presence known at Sunday’s final table, unbagging a second-best 1,840,000 in chips when play begins.
