Blanco Binks the River

Francisco Jose Blanco Racionere made it 5,000 to go from the button, and Anatoly Filatov came over the top for 16,000 total from the small blind. Back on Blanco he emptied the clip for 57,400 and Filatov quickly cut out the call and flung them over the betting line.

Blanco:
Filatov:

The flop was safe for the partypoker Ambassador, so was the though it did open up for the Russian being counterfeited. The river gave Blanco the better two pair, and he raked in the pot.

Filatov, who is currently bringing a go-pro around him on the circuit to document his feats, took the camera and zoomed in on the Blanco's newly won stack, and noticed in the process that the two competitors had a similar pair of sunglasses but in two different colors.

"Blue versus red," said Blanco when he caught the eyes of Filatov.
"It's the cold war," Blanco continued, getting quite a few laughs around the table.

Despite losing the first battle, Filatov definitely hasn't lost the war. He's still very much in it with almost double that of an average stack.