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 . 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 with only one bet-call on the turn.
At showdown, the two other players still in the hand showed down and , 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: .
"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 |
9,000
4,525
|
4,525 |
Wesley Wiemes |
1,200
900
|
900 |