Francesco Cirianni said "raise", the dealer confirmed "raise." Francesco Cirianni said "all-in", the dealer confirmed "all-in". Francesco Cirianni has always been an expressive sort of player, evident during his Prague campaign where he finished fifth for €166,000. Now his sense of drama remains - this is his make or break moment.
Or not. One opponent thought about it for a few moments as the Italian sat, palms flat on the table, awaiting his fate. Instead he passed and Cirianni lives a little longer.
Not so for Pavel Blatny. The Slovakian chess grand master, who switched to poker a little more than a year ago, just crashed out. On a flop of 5♥-J♦-2♦ he called all-in behind a large bet, holding Q♣-J♥. His opponent had him pipped though, showing K♠-J♣ and the king held.
