Dutch wins the Latin American Poker Tour in Brazil
Julien Nuijten, an unknown 19 year old from Holland, took the tournament’s $222,940 first prize back to Amsterdam. Nuijten is a former World Champion in an entirely different card game, “Magic: The Gathering”.
The $2,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament sat 314 participants on the tables at the Intercontinental Hotel in Rio. After three days, the only known player sitting at the final table was the renowned Costa Rican player, Alex Brenes, brother of Humberto Brenes, who finished 4th.
Nuijten went heads up with 47 year old Russian-American Vitaly Kovyazin. The chip lead went back and forward due to the players aggressiveness. After a 7♦7♠Q♠ flop and 2♠ turn vitally went all in, Julien called showing 8♠7♣, Vitaly showed Q♥5♠. The flop was an irrelevant A♦. Julien took the victory with three magnificent sevens.
The Latin American Poker Tour has two more events; Action Poker can take to the final event in Punta del Este, Uruguay. All you have to do is play in the League of Champions Tournaments, running Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9pm EST until July 26th. The winner takes an all inclusive package to an unforgettable adventure in South America.
LAPT Results
1 Julien Nuijten $222,940
2 Vitaly Kovyazin $117,750
3 Nikolai Senninger $86,350
4 Alex Brenes $62,800
5 Eduardo Henriques $47,100
6 Oliver Kugler $31,400
7 Rafael Pardo $23,550
8 Juan Carlos Burguillos $15,700
9 Severin Wasler $11,775
