Nines Good for De Melo
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Germany's Julian Bober opened the hand with a raise to 3,600 from an early position and Team PokerStars Pro and a former field hockey Olympic champion Fatima Moreira de Melo called in the cutoff as well as did last year's Main Event runner-up Dragan Kostic from Spain.
The flop brought and Bober bet another 6,000. De Melo made the call and Kostic folded. The two remaining players checked the on the turn and the on the river and Bober opened for ace high while de Melo showed and collected the pot.
Immediately after the hand was done, the table was broken and all the players were reseated.