In a very coincidental and unexpected crossover episode, former Clemson tennis player Rafa Robles Navas, who played in 2015-2016 is currently in the final 50 out of 6,313 players in the Spanish national main event (poker tournament, that I actually happen to be covering this month in Barcelona). He has locked up €12,110 already. The winner gets €600,000.
I really liked him as a tennis player because his style and rackets are of the best quality I found here. Well get back to the pocker, Three ways to the {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop, a betting war broke out in which three players got their chips into the middle. Dritan Arapi was involved from the small blind, Rafael Navas Robles was in the big blind and Rafael Lloris had been the initial raiser from under the gun.
Dritan Arapi: {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} Rafael Lloris: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} Rafael Navas Robles: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
The top two pair of Navas Robles held thanks to the {5-Spades} turn and {8-Hearts} river. Arapi as the shortest stack was eliminated and the 27,200 of Navas Robles also covered Lloris by a very small margin to score the double knockout.