Frankland Draws First Blood
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Mathew Frankland had a deep run in this years World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event when he finished 121st place for a $54,851 cash. He is here in Tallinn, although feeling a little bit under the weather, and he is sharing table space with Fernando Brito. Despite being unwell he has started well as this following hand demonstrates.
The table was short-handed when there was a raise from early position to 350 and Frankland called. The flop came down 
and the raiser continued his aggression with a bet of 400 and Frankland just called. The turn was the 
and Frankland called the second barrel of 950. The river was the 
and the aggressor fired his third barrel of 1,850 and Frankland flicked in a call before turning over 
. His opponent mucked his cards and after a little bit of confusion (the dealer handed the pot to Franklands opponent) Frankland welcomed his new chips into his open arms.