2009 Aruba Poker Classic

$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship
Day: 5
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

Jose Roberto Santos Eliminated in 5th Place ($92,150)

Chase Steely (left) and Jose Roberto Santos
Chase Steely (left) and Jose Roberto Santos
The boisterous Venezuelan Jose Roberto Santos has just been eliminated from the tournament by new chip leader Chase Steely. Here's how the hand went down:

Action folded around the table to Steely in the small blind and he completed the bet. Santos checked his option in the big and the flop came down {3-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Steely led out with a 26,000 bet and Santos made the call.

4th Street brought the {4-Diamonds} and Steely fired again, this time making it 68,000 to play; Santos called once more, leaving himself approximately 145,000 behind.

When the {K-Hearts} fell on the river, Steely paused, looked over at Santos' chips and watched the Venezuelan slide them from behind his cards to the front, in plain view of Steely.

"You're all in?" Steely asked.

Santos pointed at Steely.

"You check?" he asked.

"No, I haven't checked," was Steely's reply.

Another minute passed and Steely made his decision.

"I'm all in."

Santos made the call and Steely tabled {6-Spades}{7-Clubs} for a seven-high straight. Santos mucked his hand, accepting his fate as the tournament's 5th place finisher.

After the hand, Steely stacked up just over two million in chips, assuming the top spot on our leaderboard.

Tags: Chase SteelyRoberto Santos