Robert Haigh suffered a sickening end to his PPT Madrid as he had Aces and Kings cracked back-to-back against the same opponent.The German pro (pictured) had made a big lay down with bullets after getting two callers from his utg raise, folding to Pablo Baldor's turn shove with a scary 9♦6♠7♥-8♣ board.
The very next hand the pair tangled again, this time the money going in on the 7♥9♦3♦ flop.
Haigh showed K♥K♠ and had his opponent's A♦Qx crushed - but running diamonds delivered a gut-wrenching end to his tournament.
Having survived to final table with a lucky river card himself, Haigh was philosophical in defeat: "I told him I had Aces and the first hand and he said he had a set of 7s, but I knew it was something sick when he check-raised me on the flop.
"It's still seventh-place though so I can be happy, plus it's really good for the ParadisePoker Tour League."
Haigh leaves the Gran Casino Madrid with a €4,300 prize.
More to follow on the Tour League, but it appears Robert's second final table appearance will be enough to send him above Ronnie Espensen with one leg to play.
Prize pool reminder - 1st - 31,300; 2nd - 19,400; 3rd - 12,500; 4th - 8,000; 5th - 6,300; 6th - 4,900.
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