Canadian Sol Bergren will enter the final day of play as the chip leader thanks to a timely river card in a hand where he eliminated both Daniel "djaniel" Mar and Steven "$teveyMoney" Merrifield. Bergren has almost double his closest competitor.
Here's how the final table will look in seat order.
Seat 1: Amer Sulaiman - 604,000 Seat 2: Sol Bergren - 1,327,000
Seat 3: Patrick De Koster - 340,000
Seat 4: Francis-Nicolas Bouchard - 564,000
Seat 5: Rogelio Pardo - 685,000
Seat 6: Carlos Girou - 400,000
Seat 7: Eric Levesque - 694,000
Seat 8: Darren Keyes - 572,000
We'll see you back here in a soon for the start of the final table! In the meantime, check out our final table preview video below.
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Seven of our eight final tablists have taken their seats at the final table stage, inside the makeshift poker room that is the Paradisus Playa Conchal Convention Center.
Tournament Director Greg Pappas has just invited the players to step outside and take a smoke break if necessary before we get underway.
The cards should be in the air in approximately 10 minutes.
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After some brief announcements from the tournament director, the cards are in the air! Within a few hours, the first champion of the LAPT's Season 3 will be crowned!
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Usually it takes a little bit for the players to warm up and get into the groove. Action folded to Rogelio Pardo on the button and he raised to 50,000. Carlos Giron was the only caller from the small blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was checked as well after the hit the felt. After the river came the , Giron bet 25,000. Pardo folded, allowing Giron to take the pot. Giron showed the .
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Patrick De Koster was the first player to move all in at the final table. Action folded to him in the cutoff seat and he shoved for roughly 280,000 chips. Everyone folded and he added 46,000 chips to his stack.
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Eric Levesque has been raising the frequently at the final table and has added a good chunk to his stack. He came in with just under 700,000 chips and now has 870,000 thanks to the blinds and antes.
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Carlos Giron limped under the gun before Sol Bergren raised to 60,000 from the cutoff seat. Francis-Nicolas Bouchard was in the small blind and moved all in for approximately 450,000. Giron folded and then Bergren folded. Bouchard is now up to about 630,000.
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Bergren increases his chip lead with that pot
Sol Bergren raised preflop and Carlos Giron called from the big blind. Bergren was in the hijack seat and Giron in the big blind.
After the flop came down , Giron led with a bet of 43,000. Bergren took a minute, double checked his hole cards and then popped in a raise to 200,000 flat. Giron folded.
Bergren is up to 1.42 million and Giron dropped to 311,000.
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and both players checked. The turn was checked as well after the 
hit the felt. After the river came the 
, Giron bet 25,000. Pardo folded, allowing Giron to take the pot. Giron showed the 
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