Felipe Carreño survives a scare

Despite having had his overnight chip lead eroded to mere mortal status, Felipe Carreño has continued his love affair with Lady Luck in Madrid.

The humble Spanish player, who insisted he would continue to play tight after leading the stacks at the end of Saturday's play, dodged a bullet with A♥5♥ and doubled up against the odds.

The hand in question had begun with Danish player Sunny Khosla raising pre-flop from middle position, and when Carreño made his move, it was Ricardo Calleja who first committed the chips to put his countryman at risk.

Sunny made a tough lay down with pocket tens, and though big stacked Calleja had Felipe dominated with A♦Q♠, his three-outer rode to the rescue on a K♦-5♠-4♦ ... 8♣ ... 6♦ board.