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Rodrigo Strong poker results, stats, photos, videos, news, magazine columns, blogs, Twitter, and more. LAPT9 Chile: Strong start, strong finish! Rodrigo Strong claims title and $120,565. Rodrigo Seiji raised to 400,000 from the button and he was called by big blind Julio Alfonsin who had just 1,100,000 behind after the call. The flop was 5c4d2s and Alfonsin led out by going all in with his last 1,100,000. Rodrigo Seiji lost almost his entire stack in a big clash with against the of Farid Jattin. He was left with just 3,400,000. He then doubled up with ace-queen against seven-five, then with jack-six against ace-queen, and then with eight-four against eight-deuce. The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America, held from 2008 to 2016.The LAPT was sponsored by PokerStars, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), and North American Poker Tour (2010).

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LAPT9 Chile: Strong start, strong finish! Rodrigo Strong claims title and $120,565

Over the last few days, we’ve mentioned a few different themes throughout our coverage of the LAPT9 Chile Main Event. Through both Day 1 flights, we talked about two-time LAPT champions, one of which was defending his title here in Vina del Mar, and a handful of players that were either coming off big scores or were looking to record their first real breakout score in this event.

Heading into Day 2, that focus shifted toward the revenants, the players coming back for ‘moving day’ after being left for dead with a short opening flight stack. While a handful of players at this final table rose from the ashes during Day 2 and even Day 3, Rodrigo Strong was the one trying to bury them. The Brazilian was the first player to break the 1,000,000 chip mark yesterday and from that point until the final table, he scored knockout after knockout, winning nearly every all-in encounter he found himself involved in en route to ending the night with the eight-handed chip lead.

He turned that chip lead into a victory today, starting strong and finishing even stronger but it wasn’t a wire to wire finish, or easy by any means. Through the first few levels at this final table, Strong kept his big stack growing, minus the bounties like the previous day. That was Richard Dubini’s job, as the Argentine sent Aqviles Espinoza to the rail in 7th place, after Day 2 chip leader Ricardo Malamala sent Carlos Pohmajevic to the rail in 8th with pocket aces. When play was five-handed, Strong was dealt his first bit of adversity in over 36 hours. Right after Matamala and his short stack bowed out in 6th place, Strong doubled up Fabian Chauriye and was, like we’ve seen so many times, left for dead.

Keeping to LAPT9 Chile script, Strong returned from the dead, which in this case was just over a two big blind stack, never losing his focus and grinding his way back up the leaderboard. As he ascended, Roberly Felicio and Richard Dubini fell, each getting sent to the rail by Fabian Chauriye. The Chilean then sent Alex Vega out in 3rd and after a deal was agreed upon heads up, Strong got to work again.

Richard Dubini’s dream end in 4th place

He won a flip to regain the chip lead and after that, he never looked back. He won a few more pots to extend his lead and then, finally came back to dispatch the player that had attempted to kill him, turning a flush to eliminate Chauriye in second place, a year after he finished 6th in the LAPT8 Chile Main Event.

The Chilean runner-up was trying to redeem himself from last year and as this final table progressed, likely had visions of himself in the winner’s circle. While Chauriye might have been thinking that for the last few hours, Rodrigo Strong has been thinking of this moment for his entire life.

Until recently, the Brazilian was an online player but after seeing that he was not progressing in poker how he’d like, he made the decision to change his entire life. He moved to Barcelona, Spain, he stopped drinking, he stopped partying and he changed everything about his poker game as well. He spent a full year working on the mental side of his game, knowing that that was the missing piece to his poker puzzle.

“I worked on the technical side of my game for ten years but I knew something was still missing.” Strong said, adding that he battled with an ego and lack of self confidence before his move to Spain. That move looks to be working out, as Strong won the Spanish Poker Millions Main Event in December for just over $50,000 and since then, he’s taken to the live tournament circuit.

“Everyone starts watching final tables on YouTube, seeing poker on television, trophies, cameras.” he said, while admitting that the competitive atmosphere around live poker is something he’s always loved. He never got that during those years of online grinding and while he still plays nearly every day on PokerStars.es when he’s home, he’s certainly getting used to the winner’s circle and hitting all the stops en route to his bigger goals.

Those bigger goals include continuing to travel the world, to some of poker’s biggest events and now, fresh off an over $120,000 score, he’s got his eyes set on the European Poker Tour. Strong lives off competition but he has to admit, that it doesn’t matter who is at his table, his only opponent is himself.

He beat himself and also some of South America’s best this week, en route to his first LAPT title and best career tournament score. That concludes the PokerStars blog’s coverage of the LAPT9 Chile Main Event and a complete results list can be found through the links on the right hand side of this page. A recap of the final table can be found here as well.

LAPT9 Chile Main Event
Dates: March 4-8, 2016
Buy-in: $1,500
Players: 565
Prize pool: $737,325

* Indicates a heads-up deal was made

Photos courtesy of Carlos Monti.

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A record-breaking field of 172 players entered Day 1a of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event in the lovely Es Saadi Resort in Marrakech. Forty-nine of them made their way to Day 2 and are still in the hunt for the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring, with Rodrigo Strong - on his birthday! - claiming the overall Day 1a chip lead with 250,000.

The day started off slowly, with dealers at many tables unable to start dealing due to an insufficient number of players. The poker enthusiasts showed up in full force not long after though, eventually setting a new Day 1a attendance record for the WSOPC in Marrakech.

Herzali wasn't afraid to play pots today by three and four-betting many times.

Great Britain's poker legend Barny Boatman didn't have the best of starting days, as he found himself on the rail soon. It took Boatman another two bullets to finally keep hold of a stack, but the experienced pro has a lot of work ahead of him after bagging 31,600.

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Sarah Herzali had a much better day, ending her strong run at 160,000. Herzali wasn't afraid to play pots today by three- and four-betting many times. She will be joined by the likes of Gerard Carbo (204,500), EPT11 Malta winner Jean Montury (151,000) and WSOPC Circuit Ring winner Dimitry Sukhorukov (147,000), who all find themselves near the top of the standings.

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The French always have a strong showing in Marrakech and this tournament proved no different, with the French players making up the majority of the field. In the end, however, it was a Brazilian topping the leaderboard. The aforementioned Strong barely edged out French superstar Fabrice Soulier, who bagged 241,200 and sits in second.

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All remaining players will return on Saturday for Day 2 of the Main Event. At 1 p.m. local time tomorrow, Day 1b will commence, which will feature 12 levels of 45 minutes and a starting stack of 30,000 as well. Check PokerNews throughout the day for updates of this exciting Main Event.

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