2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$289,300
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,700
Prize Pool
$1,343,100
Entries
367
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Doubling (and Quadrupling) the Dutch

On the first hand back from the break, Fatima Moreira de Melo put her last ~4,500 into the middle preflop with pocket aces. The gentleman two to her left looked her up with ace-king, and he managed to flop a gutterball on the {Q-} {J-} {X-}. De Melo's aces ended up holding strong on the turn and river, though, and she's worked her way back up to about 9,000.

A couple tables over, her fellow Dutchman, Wesley Wiemes was about to be all in himself. He had just 300 lonely chips left when he stuck them in from late position, and three other opponents in the pot gave him the chance at a quadruple up. The board ran out {2-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {9-Spades} with only one bet-call on the turn.

At showdown, the two other players still in the hand showed down {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} and {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}, respectively, and Wiemes only needed to have a pair. He hadn't looked yet, though, and he and the rest of the table got to see his hole cards together: {8-Hearts} {9-Clubs}.

"Opa!" he yelled in celebration, sitting back down to try and parlay that pot into a big comeback.

Player Chips Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
9,000
4,525
4,525
Wesley Wiemes nl
Wesley Wiemes
1,200
900
900

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