The final 98 players are back at the tables for the third day of play at the Festa al Lago $15,000 buy in World Poker Tour event. Jason “JCarver” Somerville comes in riding a cloud and will started the day behind a massive pile of chips worth 557,000 making him the chip leader coming in. The blinds start at 1,200 / 2,400 with a 300 ante today and will be putting pressure on some of the short stacks early in the day.

Scott “dorinvandy” Dorin came into the day with 80,000 putting him in 76th place out of the final 98 but he was the first to be eliminated on day 3 when he was all in with pocket eights against another players pocket aces. Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little took a hit early and is down to less than 20k of the 88k he started the day with and is in push or fold mode for the time being.

The action is expected to be pretty quick for the first couple of levels of play. The money bubble is still far enough off to have minimal influence on the actions of the players. The top 27 make the money and a full blind and payout structure can be found under the Blind and Payout Structures link in the left toolbar.

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• October 23, 2009 -- Festa al Lago 2009 Day 3 Gallery
• October 23, 2009 -- Double Or Bust