PokerStars.net - Americas Cup of Poker
Win your share of a $150,000 prize pool!
PokerStars.net is giving you the chance to represent your country at the Americas Cup of Poker - a live event taking place at Iguazu Falls. Here you’ll get to play as part of your country’s team, alongside members of Team PokerStars Pro - with international bragging rights and a share of the $150,000 prize pool at stake. Best of all, it’s free to enter.
Qualification takes place online, where you can play in daily freerolls to earn points for your country. A total of 10 nations from around the Americas will compete in a series of qualification matches. The top six countries will automatically qualify for the live final, where they’ll be joined by another two teams who will win their place via the play-offs. The play-offs will take place online at the end of the qualification period.
The final will be held at the stunning Iguazu Falls in May. It’s a beautiful location, and the perfect place to try and win some serious cash. Don’t miss out on your chance to play for the pride of your homeland!
How it works
Players in the nine countries listed below have the chance to help their nation make it to the live final: USA, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Argentina. Don’t worry if your team is not listed, all other countries are invited to play as ‘Rest of LATAM’, taking the total number of teams to 10.
All 10 countries will play against each other over five weeks of freeroll matches. The top 100 finishers in each tournament will score points (see below for how points are awarded), and the country with the most points will win that match. You’ll be playing to score points for your nation, but more importantly for yourself, because the top four players who score the most points for each country will represent their country at the live final. Full schedule information is listed below. To register for a freeroll, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Tourney’ and ‘Regional’.
Learn and Win
To give you the best chance of doing well in the LAPL, we’ve got some extra help for you. Check out Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson’s strategy guide ‘Let’s Play Poker’. This e-book has useful advice on the best way to play tournaments and is available for you to download in pdf format. It has strategy tips for all levels of player, and we hope it will help you make it all the way to the top of the league!
After the matches are complete, the six countries with the most wins will go on to the live final, and the remaining four countries will play-off for the last two spots. We’ll be keeping you up-to-date with the latest results on the Country Rankings page, so keep checking back.
Match Schedule
| Week | Date | Fixture and Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | March 15, 16 & 17 | USA vs Canada: 20:00 Brazil vs Venezuela: 19:00 Argentina vs Chile: 19:00 Mexico vs ROL: 20:00 Colombia Vs Peru: 20:00 |
| 1b | March 18, 19 & 21 | Peru vs Mexico, 20:00 ROL vs Argentina: 19:00 Chile vs Brazil: 19:00 Venezuela vs USA: 20:00 Canada vs Colombia: 20:00 |
| 2a | March 22, 23 & 24 | USA vs Chile: 20:00 Brazil vs ROL: 19:00 Argentina vs Peru: 19:00 Mexico vs Colombia: 20:00 Canada vs Venezuela: 20:00 |
| 2b | March 25, 26 & 28 | Peru vs Brazil: 19:00 ROL vs USA: 19:00 Chile vs Venezuela: 19:00 Mexico vs Canada: 20:00 Colombia vs Argentina: 19:00 |
| 3a | March 29, 30 & 31 | USA vs Peru: 20:00 Brazil vs Colombia: 19:00 Argentina vs Mexico: 19:00 Venezuela vs ROL: 20:00 Canada vs Chile: 20:00 |
| 3b | April 1, 2 & 4 | Peru vs Venezuela: 20:00 ROL vs Chile: 19:00 Argentina vs Canada: 19:00 Mexico vs Brazil: 20:00 Colombia vs USA: 20:00 |
| 4a | April 5, 6 & 7 | USA vs Mexico: 20:00 Brazil vs Argentina: 19:00 Chile vs Peru: 19:00 Venezuela vs Colombia: 20:00 Canada vs ROL: 20:00 |
| 4b | April 8, 9 & 11 | Peru vs ROL: 20:00 Brazil vs Canada: 19:00 Argentina vs USA: 19:00 Mexico vs Venezuela: 20:00 Colombia vs Chile: 20:00 |
| 5a | April 12, 13 & 14 | USA vs Brazil: 19:00 ROL vs Colombia: 19:00 Chile vs Mexico: 19:00 Venezuela vs Argentina: 19:00 Canada vs Peru: 20:00 |
Points
Finish in the top 100 of any freeroll tournament and you’ll be awarded points for your country. Check out the Points page to see how they are awarded. The six countries with the most wins make it to the live final. We’ll be keeping you updated with the latest results on the Country Rankings and Player Rankings pages.
Play-Offs
After the nine rounds of qualification matches have taken place, the top six countries with the most wins qualify for the live final. The remaining four countries will then play-off for the two last spots. The play-offs take place April 16-18, at the times stated below. Each country plays each other once, and the two most successful nations advance to the live final.
| Week | Date | Fixture and Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | April 16, 17 & 18 | Play-off Match 1: 19:00 Play-off Match 2: 19:00 Play-off Match 3: 19:00 |
Live Final
Eight countries in total will go forward from the qualification stage to the live final (the six countries with the most wins and the two countries who qualify through the play-offs. Each team will be made up of the four players that won the most points during qualification, and a member of Team PokerStars Pro will join each team as captain! The eight finalist countries then battle for their share of the $150,000 prize pool.
The live final will pay out cash prizes as follows.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 |
| 2 | $35,000 |
| 3 | $20,000 |
| 4 | $15,000 |
| 5 | $10,000 |
| 6 | $10,000 |
| 7 | $5,000 |
| 8 | $5,000 |
If you have any questions about the Americas Cup of Poker, contact support@pokerstars.net.
