and Boucher with 
.Pandilica Alin, watching the hand unfold from the two seat, predicted an ace and it was an ace that did Pardo in, as the board filled out
in favor of Boucher."You're welcome," Alin told Bouchard after the hand.
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal
LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$628,075
Entries
259
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 259
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and Boucher with .Pandilica Alin, watching the hand unfold from the two seat, predicted an ace and it was an ace that did Pardo in, as the board filled out
in favor of Boucher."You're welcome," Alin told Bouchard after the hand.
On the first hand, Francis-Nicolas Bouchard raised to 28,000 and Eric Levesque called. Carlos Giron reraised from the small blind, making it 93,000 to go. Rogelio Pardo was in the big blind and jacked up the action to 275,000. All three players folded and Pardo showed only the
.Two hands later, Francis-Nicolas Bouchard, Eric Levesque and Rogelio Pardo all saw a flop for 33,000 a piece. It was Levesque who made the preflop raise. Pardo had called on the button and Bouchard from the big blind.
The flop was
and Bouchard checked. Levesque fired 42,000. Pardo raised to 300,000 and took down the pot, getting both his opponents to fold. Levesque showed that he folded 
.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
"My two favorite players," said Levesque. "How could I not get involved?" he said (paraphrased), tossing the extra 14,000 in to the pot to make the call.
The flop came down
and Levesque passed the first option to Alin, who fired a continuation bet of 37,000. Giron made a quick call and the action returned to Levesque, who put in a raise, kicking it up to 105,000. Alin quickly folded, but Giron stuck around to see the turn: 
Levesque then checked and Giron fired a 100,000 bet. Levesque just called.
The last card off the deck was the
and there would be no checking on 5th Street. Levesque counted out 200,000 worth of chips from his stack leaving him a little less than 200,000 behind, and slid them into the middle. Giron tanked, but eventually folded, conceding the pot to Levesque."How's that?!" Levesque boasted, tabling the
. "How's that?!" he said again, all the while staring down his defeated opponent.After the hand, Levesque stacked up 950,000 in chips while Giron dropped to 430,000.
After another minute in the tank, Bergren made the call as did Merrifield and the three players saw the flop come
. Merrifield and Bergren were the two active players remaining, with the all-in and at-risk Mar watching while standing next to the table.Merrifield checked and then Bergren checked behind.
The turn brought the
and Merrifield moved all in. Bergren went back into the tank for the second time during the same hand. He removed his hat and stood from his chair. After he sat back down, he asked for a count on the all-in bet from Merrifield. It was 268,000 if Bergren wanted to make the call. Another few minutes passed by and then Bergren called.Mar tabled
and was ahead at the time, yelling, "Hold up one time baby!"Merrifield held a straight draw and a flush draw with the
."I don't have a pair." announced Bergren, revealing the
.The dealer pulled in the chips to the side pot and then dealt the river...
The
smashed on the table like a cement block, completing the board and nailing Bergren with a pair of kings to give him the winning hand. Merrifield slammed his hand on the table, complaining about how terrible a call Bergren just made while pacing back and forth.Mar was sent home in 11th place and Merrifield in 10th place. Bergren moved up to 1.106 million chips.
One table has Patrick De Koster, Sol Bergren, Rogelio Pardo and Darren Keyes while the other table has Eric Levesque, Pandilica Alin, Carlos Giron, Amer Sulaiman and Francis-Nicolas Bouchard.
We'll let you know if anything of significance happens!
.Keyes checked to De Koster, who bet 45,000. It was CRAI (check-raise all in) time for Keyes, moving in for 220,000. De Koster tanked, but eventually made the call.
De Koster held
and Keyes held . De Koster needed a heart that didn't pair the board to make a flush or else keyes Would double up.The river was red, but not a heart when the
hit the felt. Keyes doubled up over 500,000. De Koster slipped to 438,000.
