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

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CountryPlacePrizeGPI Points
23-Mar-2019Brazil$ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em - Win the Button (Event #10)
partypoker LIVE - partypoker MILLIONS South America, Rio De Janeiro
9th $ 2,000 11.70
15-Mar-2019Brazil$ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Rio Open (Event #1)
partypoker LIVE - partypoker MILLIONS South America, Rio De Janeiro
87th $ 3,152 17.03
30-Jan-2017Czech Republic€ 85 + 15 No Limit Hold'em - The Swordfish
888poker LIVE - 888 Rozvadov King's, Rozvadov
7th € 559 $ 598
17-Jan-2017Moroccoدرهم 6,000 No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack Event 5
WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Marrakech, Marrakech
40th درهم 12,000 $ 1,193
06-Jan-2017Cyprus$ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event #5)
Merit Poker Tour, Kyrenia
23rd $ 5,330
15-Dec-2016Czech Republic€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em (Event #59)
European Poker Tour - EPT Prague, Prague
61st € 3,070 $ 3,263
02-Nov-2016Czech Republic€ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack #11
WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Rozvadov, Rozvadov
82nd € 1,327 $ 1,460
01-Oct-2016Cyprus$ 400 + 40 No Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack (Event #22)
Merit Poker Gangsters & Chicago Poker Cup, Kyrenia
6th $ 1,340
26-Sep-2016Cyprus$ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Mix Max (Event #12)
Merit Poker Gangsters & Chicago Poker Cup, Kyrenia
3rd $ 34,750
27-Aug-2016Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Hyperturbo (Event #58)
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
32nd € 1,175 $ 1,324
25-Aug-2016Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo (Event #40)
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
96th € 1,730 $ 1,952
24-Aug-2016Spain€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em (Event #37)
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
41st € 4,310 $ 4,881
17-Aug-2016Spain€ 400 + 40 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Cup (Event #6)
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
171st € 1,090 $ 1,225
17-Aug-2016Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas Main Event (Event #5)
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
76th € 3,390 $ 3,809
15-Jun-2016Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Marbella Main Event #4
Estrellas Poker Tour - ESPT Marbella / UK & Ireland Poker Tour - UKIPT Marbella, Marbella
3rd € 110,653 $ 124,462
04-Jun-2016Cyprus$ 600 + 60 No Limit Hold'em Bounty (Event #6)
Merit Poker Retro Cup, Kyrenia
1st $ 6,094
20-May-2016Romania€ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Bucharest Cup
Eureka Poker Tour - EKA Bucharest, Bucharest
14th € 1,030 $ 1,155
14-May-2016Panama$ 400 #8 No Limit Hold'em Panama Poker Cup
Latin American Poker Tour - LAPT Panama, Panama City
2nd $ 10,400
08-May-2016Cyprus$ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack (Event #22)
Merit Mediterranean Poker Cup, Kyrenia
6th $ 2,665
05-May-2016Cyprus$ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em Mediterranean Poker Cup (Event #14)
Merit Mediterranean Poker Cup, Kyrenia
27th $ 5,670
03-May-2016Cyprus$ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em Mix-Max Event (Event #12)
Merit Mediterranean Poker Cup, Kyrenia
1st $ 33,410
29-Apr-2016Cyprus$ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deep Stack (Event #4)
Merit Mediterranean Poker Cup, Kyrenia
1st $ 10,485
16-Mar-2016Moroccoدرهم 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - MPO High Roller
Marrakech Poker Open, Marrakech
12th درهم 30,000 $ 3,037
15-Mar-2016Moroccoدرهم 5,500 No Limit Hold'em - MPO Deepstack
Marrakech Poker Open, Marrakech
14th درهم 14,500 $ 1,468
11-Mar-2016Spain€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event #11)
Estrellas Poker Tour - ESPT Madrid, Madrid
8th € 4,960 $ 5,468
04-Mar-2016Chile$ 1,500 #1 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Latin American Poker Tour - LAPT Chile, Viña del Mar
1st $ 120,565
21-Jan-2016Moroccoدرهم 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event #12)
WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Marrakech, Marrakech
11th درهم 105,000 $ 10,604
19-Jan-2016Moroccoدرهم 6,000 No Limit Hold'em - DeepStack (Event #5)
WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Marrakech, Marrakech
34th درهم 13,000 $ 1,302
10-Jan-2016Italy€ 170 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Superstar
Italian Poker Open 20 - IPO, Campione d'Italia
5th € 2,300 $ 2,512
19-Aug-2015Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas Main Event #5
European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, Barcelona
359th € 1,915 $ 2,117
13-Mar-2015Spain€ 300 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas Madrid Poker Cup
Estrellas Poker Tour - ESPT Madrid, Madrid
61st € 530 $ 561
11-Mar-2015Spain€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Estrellas Poker Tour - ESPT Madrid, Madrid
68th € 1,945 $ 2,095

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.

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Fabian Chauriye finished 2nd this year

“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

RankNameCountryStatusPrize List
1Rodrigo StrongBrazil $ 120,565*
2Fabian ChauriyeChile $ 110,000*
3Alex VegaChile $ 63,560
4Richard DubiniArgentinaPokerStars Player $ 49,540
5Roberly FelicioBrazil $ 38,860
6Ricardo MatamalaChile $ 30,520
7Andres EspinozaChile $ 22,780
8Carlos PohmajevicArgentina $ 15,780

* Indicates a heads-up deal was made

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