Amer Sulaiman never knew that his relaxing holiday trip in Costa Rica would be his ticket to become the first LAPT Season 3 Champion! What started out as playing on a whim, this man born in Iraq had never realized that his vacation would turn out to be a blessing and actually win a poker championship. After four extremely tough days on poker, Sulaiman had successfully beat all his opponents and emerged as the winner. He will be taking home the $172,095 prize money which is the biggest win of his poker-playing career.
Sol Bergren, coming up a bit short and earning the runner-up spot, was very disappointed because he said it was his third time in a major competition wherein he got second place again. Bergren will use his $100,000+ winnings that he earned for second place to support his other world travels. Bergren’s prize money on this event was his second biggest score of his young poker-playing career.
Below is the list of the final table results. Take note that this tournament did not took place in Canada.
1st: Amer Sulaiman (Canada) - $172,095
2nd: Sol Bergren (Canada) - $100,492
3rd: Rogelio Pardo (Costa Rica) - $61,551
4th: Eric Levesque (Canada) - $45,221
5th: Francis-Nicolas Bouchard (Canada) - $32,660
6th: Darren Keyes (Canada) - $26,380
7th: Carlos Giron (Guatemala) - $20,098
8th: Patrick De Koster (Netherlands) - $13,818
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