01-30-2008 00:00 UTC+2

Blanco Eliminated

[user52009]

After almost seven hours of play on Day 1a, Italian poker pro Cristiano Blanco has been eliminated. On a board showing {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{6-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

, Blanco went all in with {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

, but was called by Mats Iremark’s {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

, giving him an open-ended straight draw. The pot was 16,000, the river was the {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

and Iremark made his straight.

“I was kind of lucky to hit it, but I had pot odds for the call,” said Iremark, who is now up to 37,000.

Tags: Cristiano Blanco Mats Iremark