Mélanie Hafeli Wins WPTDeepStacks Sanremo (€57,081); Do Van Tung Finishes as Runner-Up (€36,720)
Jun 10, 2018
Photo: WPTDeepStacks Sanremo Champion Mélanie Hafeli celebrates her victory surrounded by her friends.
Mélanie Hafeli limps for 160,000, and Do Van Tung checks his option.
The flop comes 
, Tung checks, Hafeli bets 300,000, and Tung check-raises all in for 1,855,000.
Hafeli calls with 
for a pair of aces, and Tung turns over 
for a pair of queens. Tung needs to improve to stay alive.
The turn card is the 
, the river card is the 
, and Mélanie Hafeli wins the pot — and the WPTDeepStacks title — with a pair of aces.
Do Van Tung finishes as the runner-up, earning €36,720.
As soon as the river card hits, Mélanie Hafeli leaps in the air with a fist pump, and run to her friends on the rail to celebrate. Do Van Tung joins in the applause, shouting, “Bravo! Bravo!” and then gave her a congratulatory handshake, followed by a smiling hug.
After the hug from Tung, Hafeli turns to her friends again and shouts, “Oh, mon dieu!” Then she lets out a brief scream of happiness, showing far more emotion than is usually seen at the end of a tournament, and it is a refreshing sight.
Mélanie Hafeli wins the WPTDeepStacks Sanremo, earning €57,081, which includes a €2,000 package (€1,500 buy-in plus €500 travel expenses) for the season-ending WPTDeepStacks European Championship. Hafeli also wins a WPTDeepStacks trophy, and earns 800 POY points in the WPTDeepStacks Player of the Year race.
Congratulations to Mélanie Hafeli!
Final Table Results
1st: Mélanie Hafeli – €57,081*
2nd: Do Van Tung – €36,720
3rd: Roy Al Rineh – €26,766
4th: Tonino Sturzo – €19,819
5th: Ludovic Sultan – €14,860
6th: Isabelle Hadjadj – €11,330
7th: Christos Economides – €8,770
8th: Mauro Muratori – €6,895
9th: Paolo Desimone – €5,508
Photo: Runner-Up Do Van Tung
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