2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
€404,793
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Marco?

Action for this hand folded around to the cutoff seat where Aristidas Couto limped in for 200. Andy Black did the same from the button, but the small blind wanted to play for more. Marco Della Tommasina raised it up to 1,100, and the action wasn't done yet. In the big blind, Amadeu Lima De Carvalho made a re-raise to 6,200, and Couto quickly called. Andy Black gave a long speech before folding, and action came back to the original raiser. After about a minute of thought, Della Tommasina moved all in for 29,800. De Carvalho quickly called all in, and Couto did the same! With both of them all in against Tommasina, the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Couto: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}
Della Tommasina: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}
De Carvalho: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

The board would run out thusly: {J-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {K-Clubs}. Della Tommasina's aces hold, and he's notched a big double elimination on just his third hand of the day. He's up over 75,000 now, and he appears to have the biggest stack in the room.

Welcome to the tournament, Marco.

Tags: Amadeu Lima De CarvalhoAristidas CoutoMarco Della Tommasina