Andres Carrillo Wins LAPT Panama for $138,225, Aaron Mermelstein Third

The $1,500 Main Event of Latin American Poker Tour Panama wrapped up May 16 at Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino, and Colombia’s Andres Carrillo topped a field of 553 for his biggest career cash of $138,225 and his country’s second LAPT title.

Aaron Mermelstein, who has been crushing to the tune of nearly $1.5 million and two World Poker Tour titles since the beginning of 2015, finished third.

Official Final Table Results

Bryan Schultz (49th), Matthew Wantman (37th), Hunter Cichy (35th), and David Tuthill (28th) were some of the notable players making runs into the 79 paid places.

According to the live updates, the final table kicked off with Carrillo nursing a stack of just over 20 big blinds, sitting in seventh place out of eight.

Carrillo waited it out at first and picked some spots to shove, as Spaniard Raul Paez, who came in with the chip lead and the most tournament cashes at about $1.9 million, kept command early on. Mermelstein, meanwhile, came in with the second-place stack but fell to the short stack by the first …

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