Blanco Gets Value From Roth
Cristiano Blanco finds himself with a very healthy stack of 74,625 chips after extracting maximum value from Team PokerStars' Richard Toth.
Toth opened with a 900 raise from the hijack seat but neither Blanco nor Luca Falaschi in the blinds believed his hand was strong and they called his raise.
Flop: 
Blanco checked, as did Falaschi but Toth had no intention of letting his opponents see a turn for free and silently put chips totalling 1,600 into the centre of the felt. Blanco sat fiddling with his chips before methodically counting out 4,000 and announcing his intention to raise. This was enough to fold out Falaschi but Toth stayed in the hand and made the call.
Turn: 
Once again Blanco tapped the table and Toth opted to check behind.
River: 
For the third time in the hand, Blanco checked, which prompted Toth to come out firing with a 6,300 bet, a bet that his opponent quickly called.
Toth showed the 
for ace-high but Blanco had him crushed all along with 
for trip five. Blanco's stack swelled to 74,625 whilst Toth's has dipped to 42,500.