LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

11-21-2009 17:58 UTC-5

Alin v. Levesque II

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Pandilica Alin opened with a raise to 25,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around the table to Eric Levesque in the big blind.

"You play too many hands," Levesque told Alin, sliding his hole cards back and forth between fingers on the felt in front of him.

After a second look, Levesque made the call and saw the flop come down {2-Hearts}

. Both players checked.

4th Street delivered the {7-Hearts}

and Levesque passed the first option to Alin who took the opportunity to fire a 35,000 bet. Levesque made the call.

The last card off the deck was the {7-Clubs}

and Levesque led out with a 45,000 bet, sending Alin into the tank. It didn't take him very long to decide to make the call, however, forcing Levesque to show his hand -- {J-Hearts}

-- a bluff.

Alin tabled {A-Clubs}

for two pair, sevens and fours with an ace kicker, to claim the pot.

After the hand, Levesque dropped to 370,000 in chips while Alin improved to 480,000.

Tags: Eric Levesque

11-21-2009 18:00 UTC-5

Levesque Takes One from Giron

donpeters

Carlos Giron check-called a bet of 31,000 from Eric Levesque on the flop of {10-Clubs}

. The turn brought the {K-Hearts}

and Giron checked again. Levesque fired 65,000 and Giron called. The river was the {8-Spades}

and Giron checked once more. Levesque fired 100,000 and Giron quickly announced a call.

Levesque tabled two pair with {K-Spades}

and Giron mucked his hand. Levesque is up to 565,000 now and Giron dropped to 851,000.

Tags: Carlos Giron Eric Levesque

11-21-2009 18:00 UTC-5

Nut Straight Pays for De Koster

donpeters

Patrick De Koster check-raised a bet of 37,000 to 105,000 from Daniel "djaniel" Mar on the board of {J-Diamonds}

. Mar made the call and the river came the {10-Clubs}

.

De Koster asked for a count on Mar's remaining stack before firing out a bet of 145,000. Mar called and De Koster revealed the nut straight -- {K-Spades}

. Mar mucked, slipping to 404,000. De Koster improved to 860,000 chips.

Tags: "djaniel"Daniel Mar Patrick De Koster

11-21-2009 18:00 UTC-5

Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining 11 players go on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Updated chip counts on the way!

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

11-21-2009 18:17 UTC-5

Game On

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The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

11-21-2009 18:19 UTC-5

Scoreboard Update

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Here's a look at how they stand at the start of level 20:

Carlos Giron - 851,000
Patrick De Koster - 832,000
Rogelio Pardo - 789,000
Eric Levesque - 555,000
Pandilica Alin - 471,000
Daniel Mar - 403,000
Darren Keyes - 364,000
Steven Merrifield - 307,000
Sol Bergren - 289,000
Amer Sulaiman - 149,000
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard - 94,000

...and when you're done mulling over the chip counts, check out the interview we snagged with chip leader Carlos Giron at the first break:

Tags: Carlos Giron

11-21-2009 18:37 UTC-5

Rocketing to the Sol-ar System

donpeters

Sol Bergren raised to 30,000 before Daniel "djaniel" Mar reraised to 100,000 out of the small blind. Bergren tanked before making the call, leaving himself with 198,000.

The two players took a flop of {9-Diamonds}

and Mar immediately moved all in. Bergren snap-called.

"You got aces?" asked Mar.

"Yup." responded Bergren, turning up the {A-Hearts}

.

"Figures." said Mar, revealing the {10-Spades}

.

The turn was the {3-Spades}

and the river the {6-Clubs}

, giving Bergren the double up and dropping Mar to 166,000. Bergren is up over 620,000 now.

Tags: "djaniel"Daniel Mar Sol Bergren

11-21-2009 18:50 UTC-5

Mar Doubles

donpeters

Steven "$teveyMoney" Merrifield raised to 28,000 from the button and Daniel "djaniel" Mar moved all in from the small blind for 151,000. After the big blind folded, Merrifield immediately called.

Merrifield held {A-Hearts}

and Mar held {Q-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {K-Spades}

to give Mar the double up. Merrifield slipped to 110,000. Mar now has over 300,000 chips.

Tags: "$teveyMoney""djaniel"Daniel Mar Steven Merrifield

11-21-2009 18:59 UTC-5

Steven Merrifield Triples Up

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Steven Merrifield still has a little bit of run-good left in the tank, though he'll have to be cautious moving forward, as he used up a good chunk of it in a hand that went down moments ago.

Short-stacked, Merrifield open-shoved all in for a total of 114,000. Action then folded to Darren Keyes who moved in over the top for a total of 260,000.

"How much is that?" asked Patrick De Koster from the big blind.

"I'm all in," he said, moments later, setting up a threeway preflop showdown:

Merrifield: {A-Hearts}

Koster:

Keyes:

The board then ran out {7-Spades}

and Koster took down the main pot with two pair, eights and sevens. Keyes took down the side pot with two pair, sevens and threes.

After the chips were divvyed up, we counted Merrifield at 370,000 in chips, Keyes at 249,000 and Koster at 700,000.

Tags: Steven Merrifield