2009 Aruba Poker Classic

$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 Aruba Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$753,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,303,750
Entries
475
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Santos Triples to Over One Million!

David Perkins raised to 22,000 to kick off the action. Brandon Hall reraised to 66,000 in the next position. Action folded around to Jose Roberto Santos who moved all in from the big blind for 335,000. When Santos announced he was all in, his railbirds erupted in cheers. Perkins took only a moment to reraise all in for 403,000 total. Brandon Hall was now to act and he sat in the tank for some time. He had about 730,000 behind and made the call after a couple of minutes. The crowd erupted as the cards were opened...

First, Hall showed {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}. Next, Perkins tabled {K-Spades} {K-Clubs}. Finally, Santos tabled {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} yelling, "Ace king! Ace king!" as if he had the best hand.

All three players stood as the dealer burned and dealt the flop: {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}. When the ace hit the felt, Santos sprung into the crowd yelling, "Ace! Ace! Ace!" as he was swarmed by his friends, about 20 of them. Robert Mizrachi stood and was lifting his hands in the air over and over to pump up the crowd even more.

The turn brought the {9-Spades} and more eruption as Santos stayed in the lead. The river was the {3-Spades}, completing the board and bringing Santos from worst to first in the largest and loudest pot of the tournament! The celebration that ensued was one for the ages. Santos took off running around the rail and around the sliding dividers that seperate the two halves of the tournament room. He had plenty of his fans right on his heels as they all screamed and cheered. Brock Parker was standing near Santos at the time the river hit and had to flee for his life.

After Santos gathered himself and the crowd settled, he raked in his chips and stacked them up, totaling about 1.1 million. He is officially the new chip leader! Perkins dropped to 125,000, but did win the side pot from Hall. Hall dropped to 285,000.

Tags: Brandon HallBrock ParkerDavid PerkinsJose Roberto SantosRobert Mizrachi