Mélanie Hafeli Wins WPTDeepStacks Sanremo (€57,081); Do Van Tung Finishes as Runner-Up (€36,720)

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