Vilamoura Championship Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

11-20-2009 14:40 UTC

Strassmann Doubles Up

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Johannes Strassmann shoved under the gun for around 60,000 and Antonio Matias to his immediate left announced a call. Folds all round the rest of the table, and they proceeded to showdown.

Strassmann: {8-Hearts}

Matias:

Board:

Strassmann stays in. By the by, with just 50 players left and the money at 48, only two unfortunates will be going home with nada...

Tags: Johannes Strassmann

11-20-2009 14:43 UTC

Welcome to the Bubble

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Before the flop, André Moreira got his short stack into the middle with {A-?}

, and Luis Rodriguez looked him up with {A-?}

.

Moreira was in fine shape to double, but a jack on the flop crushed his dreams. The rest of the board ran out dry, and a disappointed Moreira is out in 50th place, just two spots from the money.

The tournament is now being dealt hand-for-hand. With 49 players left, and 48 spots paying, the money bubble is upon us.

Tags: Andre Moreira Luis Rodriguez

11-20-2009 14:45 UTC

Van Til and Sousa BFFs, According to Sousa - No Comment from van Til

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Ricardo Sousa checked the {6-Clubs}

flop from the cutoff, and then called a bet from Johan van Til on the button. They both checked the {3-Clubs}

turn and Sousa checked the {9-Spades}

river too before insta-calling a 46,000 bet from van Til. Van Til flipped {Q-Hearts}

for absolutely nothing, and Sousa took it down with {A-Hearts}

to put him up to 370,000.

"I buy you dinner tonight," he told van Til. "You are now my official best friend."

Van Til seems to have made a bit of a recovery since we last strolled by his table, though - even after losing that, he's on 115,000, more than alst time we checked on him.

Tags: Johan van Til Ricardo Sousa

11-20-2009 14:49 UTC

Bubble Bursts in Delightfully Swift Manner

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No messing about here - no sooner than hand-for-hand play had been announced, than Sergey Lebedev got his whole stack in with {A-?}

on a

flop. Jeff Sarwer called with {K-?}

for the up and down, got there on the {9-?}

turn, for the sake of completeness the river was another {9-?}

, and we are, as they say, In The Money.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

11-20-2009 14:54 UTC

Visser Cashes!

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Team PokerStars Pro Ruben Visser is smiling rather widely. In his eleventh try at an EPT event, Visser has just scored his first in-the-money finish. Perhaps now PokerStars will see fit to give him another batch of Team Pro patches for the next stop. With his current stack, Visser is looking to run this thing much farther than a mini-cash; he has the chips and the talent to run deep into the weekend.

11-20-2009 14:55 UTC

Jam-my

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Just before the break, Jamel Maistriaux doubled up to around 200,000 with {A-?}

versus

on a queen-high board.

11-20-2009 14:55 UTC

Lopez Leaving Us

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Hugo Felix raised in early position and Javier Garcia reraised behind. Over to Eduardo Lopez in the big blind, who moved all in. Felix passed, Garcia called, and they were on their backs.

Garcia: {K-Clubs}

Lopez:

Flop:

As Garcia flopped a set, Lopez grinned in the way only a man who is delighted to have made the money can.

Turn: {J-Hearts}

"Un cchhhhhhaart!" demanded Lopez, clearly having a lovely time.

River: {9-Spades}

Thus ends the run of the cheerful Spaniard who allegedly spun up the money to buy in to the main event by playing slots.

11-20-2009 14:56 UTC

Breaking Things

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That's another level down. Time to take 15 minutes to smoke, eat, drink, stretch, pee, prop bet, or whatever else you like.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-20-2009 15:12 UTC

Back in Action

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We're back with Level 16. While the players were away, their black T100 chips were stolen and colored up with purples instead. Chip counters everywhere rejoice.