Argentina is easily represented at today's final table by a minimum of six players, with Brazil having players sitting within the other two. All have tournament experience, however, given each a shot on the trophy and $110,870 first prize.

The LAPT9 Uruguay Main Event final table

As we await the 12 noon start of play today, here is a have a look at each of these who made the overall table.

Seat 1: Manuel Vuotto, Argentina -- 1,416,000

Manuel Vuotto

If momentum in poker counts for anything, Manuel Vuotto has it. The Argentine, one among six at this final table, did nothing but climb on Day 3 en path to bagging a top-three stack. While it's his first final table appearance at the LAPT, a tight run of results, including a win worth $56,000 at the Codere Poker Tour in Uruguay from this past summer, could mean Vuotto is probably the most in type of the overall eight. 

Seat 2: Nicolas Pernigotti, Argentina -- 1,043,000

Nicolas Pernigotti

Main Events are where Nicolas Pernigotti has done all of his tournament damage during the last two years, this means that while he's also making his first LAPT final table appearance, he has some experience upon which to attract. Pernigotti finished third in a High Roller event on the Circuito Argentino De Poker in Buenos Aires this spring, good for a virtually career best score. He'll attempt to best that finish today, coming back in the course of the pack with just over seven-figures. 

Seat 3: Ruben Barros, Argentina -- 866,000

Ruben Barros

At the tip of Day 3, Ruben Barros asked if there have been a different prize for making back-to-back final table appearances. Barros finished eighth in last year's LAPT8 Uruguay Main Event, which, oddly enough, could also be his only live tournament cash so far. There is probably not a different" prize," but Barros does get a possibility at some redemption, as he looks to best that finish from 2015 today. 

Seat 4: Pedro Claus, Argentina -- 2,230,000

Pedro Claus

Compared to the players on the top of the leaderboard inside the previous few days, Pedro Claus has a comparatively modest tournament résumé. He is not a past LAPT champion or reigning Player of the Year, but that might all change throughout the following couple of hours as he's going to notch a career best score today. The one question -- can he Claus the finish line sooner than the rest, after entering the general table with a large advantage on the top of the charts?

Seat 5: Fernando Araujo, Brazil -- 1,490,000

Fernando Araujo

One of 2 Brazilians doing battle with the half-dozen Argentinians at today's final table is Fernando Araujo, one of the vital more matured players on the final table with greater than 1 / 4 million dollars' worth of tournament cashes during the last six years, including many at the Brazilian Series of Poker and some on the WSOP besides. He'll be looking today to top his career-high score of R$113,000 (about $46K USD) for winning a BSOP High Roller in São Paulo in 2014. He'll also attempt to better his seventh-place finish here within the LAPT4 Uruguay Main Event.

Seat 6: Cristian Andres Rotondo, Argentina -- 294,000

Cristian Rotondo

Cristian Andres Rotondo was cashing in LAPT Main Events since Season 3, a part of his success in tournaments during the last half-dozen years. Rotondo also has numerous cashes in South America and the U.S., and most recently made the money within the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. He's returning to the quick stack today -- beginning with lower than 10 big blinds -- and so might want to spin up his stack early with a view to further his LAPT9 Uruguay Main Event run.

Seat 7: Marco Oliveira, Brazil -- 562,000

Marco Oliveira

Joining Araujo because the other representative of Brazil at today's final table can be Marco Oliveira, winner of nearly $200K in tournaments since 2010. That is Oliveira's second career LAPT final table as he took eighth at LAPT6 Panama. He's also coming off at least three final tables on the BSOP's Punta del Este series back in June, and so has a large number of recent experience at the main stage within the Conrad's tournament poker room.

Seat 8: Sergio De Benedictis, Argentina -- 772,000

Sergio De Benedictis

Sergio De Benedictis rounds out our final eight, collector of diverse cashes in his native Argentina in addition to a pair from side events at LAPT6 Chile. His largest career cash came in April of this year at teh Madero Poker Master Cup in Buenos Aires where he won an ARS$8,500 event for a ARS$565,080 first prize worth nearly $40K USD. Making the highest three today will earn him more that, though just like the others he'll have some work to do to catch frontrunner Claus. 

Eight players, one trophy

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PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at LAPT9 Uruguay: Will O'Connor and Martin Harris. Photos by Carlos Monti. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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