Blanco on the up

On Barny and Joe’s blinds Tom Middleton makes it 175 from early position. Cristiano Blanco calls and everyone else folds.

The flop is 4 6 6 and Middleton leads out for 375 which sparks a raising war. Blanco makes it 1100, Middleton increases it to 3800 but then doesn’t look happy when Blanco moves all in. It’s a bet too many for Middleton and he has to abandon the chips he already has invested and fold.

Blanco takes the pot but it might have turned out very differently. Joe Beevers passed a 6 on his big blind that hand.