Santo Bakker wins Main Event from WPTDS Amsterdam
The denouement of the €1,100 Main Event at the WPTDS in Amsterdam ended in a Dutch party. The last three players came from the Netherlands and in the end it was Santo Bakker who won the PTDS Amsterdam Main Event (€130,690). David Hu finished second (€87,080), Hendrikus Soering finished- for €64,210.
The final table of the €1,100 Main Event of the WPTDS in Amsterdam kicked off on Friday afternoon at 12:30 PM. David Hu started the all-deciding day as chip leader, followed by Hendrikus Soering, and Fabio Peluso.
In the first hand of Woody Christy’s tournament of the day, he was all-in as a short stack with jack-two to queen-three. Opponent Tonny van Eck made a flush and knocked out Christy in eighth place for €16,430. A hand later result from Eck also out Ivica Pezelj in seventh place for €21,120.
Not much later followed the tournament of the Chinese Mengshi Tian, who was sent to the rail by Soering. Tian settling for second for €27,440, with the chip lead running.
Santo Bakker puts WPTDS Amsterdam to his will
In the last five, Santo Bakker doubled to the chip lead by doubling up against Soering. Bakker flopped a full house with pocket kings, Soering trips threes flopped with four-three suited.
Not much later, Bakker broke Peluso’s aces by flopping trips sevens to win a big pot from the Italian. Bakker then also Tonny van Eck to the rail in fifth place for €36,040. The Dutch party was completed when Soering eliminated Italian Peluso with pocket deuces against queen-jack.
For Soering the tournament finished in third place for €64,210. In his final hand he coin flip with pocket sevens of Hu’s king queen. Hu started the heads-up against Bakker with a 2:1 chip lead.
Bakker quickly doubled up and soon decided the tournament in his favor. on Bakker shoved all in to put all the pressure on Hu. In the end Hu makes the call with but Bakker had met the better hand †
This led to a second place for €87,080, opening Santo Bakker the Main Event of the WPTDS Amsterdam to his name.
Place | player | Country | Price |
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1 | Santo Bakker | Netherlands | € 130,690 |
2 | David Hue | Netherlands | €87,080 |
3 | Hendrikus Soering | Netherlands | €64,210 |
4 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | €47,850 |
5 | Tonny van Eck | Netherlands | €36,040 |
6 | Mengshi Tian | China | €27,440 |
7 | Ivica Pezelj | Germany | € 21,120 |
8 | Woody Christy | United States | €16,430 |
Photos by Tomáš Stacha via WPT.com†