De Melo Doubles
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Fatima de Melo was in the small blind facing off against Simon Deadman. They had got to the turn of a board reading 
and de Melo bet 3,500 and Deadman made the call. The river was the 
and de Melo placed out a bet of 6,500. Deadman gave her a long look and mucked his cards.
On the next hand short stacked Jacob Hicklin opened from first position for 2,100 and Deadman three-bet him to 6,000. Oliver Fabian on the button smooth called and it folded to de Melo in the big blind. The Team PokerStars SportStar cut out a raise to 13,000 and quick folds from Hicklin and Deadman saw the decision back on Fabian. He took his time before moving all in for just under 40,000 a similar stack size to De Melo.
De Melo looked a bit stunned asking him, “You have aces?” Answer came there none. Several minutes ticked by before de Melo made the call with 
. Fabian flipped over 
.
The board ran out 
and after a stack count Fabian was felted. “Would you have flatted with aces?” de Melo asked him. “You made the right move. I almost folded.” Fabian didn’t seem in the mood for a post-mortem on the hand but after he left the table the other players in the hand discussed it agreeing the de Melo looked so strong that Fabian’s move looked even stronger. Hicklin said he folded 
and Deadman 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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