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The biggest tournament field in PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour field history has wrapped up naming a champ. On the final and fourth day of the event, Chile’s Alex Manzano defeated Joao ‘joao bauer’ Neto, a local favorite in heads up to become the LAPT Sao Paulo champion, claiming the trophy and R $615,840 top prize. When using Full Tilt Poker don’t forget to use its Full Tilt Poker Bonus to get more bonuses.

The R $5,000 buy-in main event attracted 536 entrants, easily outshining the tour’s previous record of 394 players. Each of the top 64 players earned no less than R $9,570 of the R $2,391,630 prize pool. An amazing 325 of the tournament entrants were Brazil nationals, but it was Manzano who nabbed the first place payout of R $615,840 ($370,586), which is the second-largest top prize to date for the LAPT. Manzano is first Chileans who’s an LAPT champion. For his runner-up finish, Neto received R $352,760. Remember to use Full Tilt Poker Bonus Code every time login on to Full Tilt Poker.

With his latest feat, Manzano was capped as the 2011 LAPT Sao Paulo champion, earning the trophy on top of R $615,840 ($370,586) top prize. Season 4 of the tour carries on with the LAPT Chile National Poker Championship March 17-20 in Viña del Mar.