Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck opened with a raise to 12,000. The button, Eduardo Hernandez, made the call before the player in the big blind, Daniel Fernando De Mare, moved all in. Both Maridu and Hernandez made the call.
The flop came down . Maridu checked and Hernandez bet 12,000. Maridu folded, leaving just Mare and Hernandez heads up. Hernandez had flopped a set of eights while Mare held .
The turn was the and the river the , giving mare his flush and tripling him up.
On the river of a hand between the small blind Clay Maguire and the big blind Alexandre Gomes, the board read . Maguire fired 21,500 into the member of Team PokerStars PRO Brazil. Gomes then moved all in and was immediately called by Maguire.
Maguire tabled for a straight and Gomes nodded his head. Gomes did turn over for a rivered two pair, but was sent to the rail as the first one out on Day 3.
Now only Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck remains representing Team PokerStars PRO.
Rory Graham raised to 12,500 from middle position before Edgar Cruz called from the hijack seat. Action folded around to Clay Maguire in the big blind. He squeezed in a raise to 37,000, sending the pressure back over to Graham. Graham double checked his hole cards before mucking and Cruz followed suit. Maguire is now up to 220,000.
Welcome back for Day 3 of the PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal. Day 2 wrapped up last night with 30 players remaining. Everyone remaining is in the money and guaranteed $4,082. Here's the payouts for places 31-40.
31st - Alpohnse Voigt $4,082
T-32nd - Garoar Geir Hauksson $3,768
T-32nd - Carlos Leroy Moreno $3,768
34th - Kenneth James Parker $3,454
35th - Trevor Massey $3,454
36th - Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo $3,454
37th - Leonardo Emperador $3,454
38th - Gustavo Robles Justiniano $3,454
39th - Dan Williams $3,454
40th - Ezequiel Giuzzi $3,454
PokerStars online qualifier Eric Levesque will enter as the chip leader, bagging up 420,000 chips from yesterday. Members of Team PokerStars PRO Brazil Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck and Alexandre Gomes are both still in the mix as well.
Play is scheduled to begin at noon local time and finish when the final table of eight is reached. Stay tuned!