They had their moment in the sun. They had their moment in the spotlight. They had their moment with a Latin America Poker Tour trophy hoisted above their head. Now, they are going to have their moment at the LAPT Grand Final Carnival of Poker.

As you might know, the LAPT will host the Season 4 Grand Final next week. The big event coincides with Brazil’s biggest party of the year, Carnival. Today the LAPT revealed that it has invited and received RSVPs from every Season 4 champion.

The five previous winners from the season will be sponsored players when the LAPT Grand Final main event kicks off at the World Trade Center Sheraton in Sao Paulo. Alex Manzao (Sao Paulo champion), Murilo Figueredo (Vina del Mar), Kemal Ferri (Lima), Alex Komaromi (Punta del Este), and Julian Menendez (Medellin) will all be in their seats February 17 for the Grand Final kickoff.

The Carnival party is pulling people from far beyond the Latin American borders. The word from Brazil indicates Eugene Katchalov, ElkY, Daniel Negreanu, and Chris Moneymaker will all be showing up for the big event.

And, of course, we here the PokerStars Blog wouldn’t miss the festival. Several of us are packing our Carnival clothes as we speak and planning a full week for in-depth reporting.

Be sure to join us next week from Sao Paulo as we hook up with Team Pro, all of the Season 4 champions, and the rest of the traveling LAPT circus.

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