Hand #243: Alexandre Gomes Wins the WPT Bellagio Cup V! ($1,187,670)

Gomes raises to 535,000, Jaka moves all in, and Gomes quickly calls with [AcJh]. Jaka shows [As7h], and he’ll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes [8d6s2c6d9s], and Alex Gomes wins the pot — and the tournament — with his jack kicker. There is still a large group of Brasilian fans on the rail rooting for Gomes, and they break into song after the river card hits. (I don’t speak Portugese, so I don’t know what they’re singing.)

Faraz Jaka finishes as the runner-up, earning $774,780.

Alex Gomes wins the WPT Bellagio Cup V, earning $1,187,670, a WPT bracelet, a Bellagio bracelet, and that includes his $25,500 entry fee into the Season VIII WPT World Championship.

1st  –  Alex Gomes  –  $1,187,670
2nd  –  Faraz Jaka  –  $774,780
3rd  –  Justin Smith  –  $464,870
4th  –  Alec Torelli  –  $271,165
5th  –  Christoffer Sonesson  –  $203,385
6th  –  Erik Seidel  –  $164,640