Almost as I breathed his name in what we considered a not so bold prediction, Spanish pro Oscar Blanco and good friend Javier Etaya made dramatic departures from the Casino Gran Madrid.
First it was Etaya (pictured), feigning the squeeze play and drawing a call from Miguel Rodriguez's AQo when he held A♣K♣ on the button, only to see a red queen hit the flop.
And within moments of his friend's disappointing demise, "La Pua" joined him despite holding the same starting hand, as KJ found a way to bust the man labelled 'Spain's best.'
Etaya cut a frustrated figure as he took a moment to vent for the PPT blog: "I'm very sad because you play as well as you can across two days, get it in good in a big pot with the chance to make a run at the final table and get a bad beat.
"It's a standard play with 20bbs because there had been a raise and call, so it looks a bit like a squeeze play so I have to just shove and leave them guessing.
"It's shame because overall I'm very happy with myself because I had a great tournament," he reviewed, "I played patiently and waited for my spots and nearly always had my opponent drawing dead or close to when I was all-in.
"I can't play any better than this but that's tournament poker. You need luck at the end because without it you'll lose, but I love playing poker - even if it is sick!"
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