Hughes Finds a Crack in Fernandez

Sergio Fernandez has been unstoppable since the World Series of Poker Europe kicked off one week ago, making back-to-back final tables in the first two events. He also came into Day 2 with a healthy stack of over 150,000 and looked poised to make another deep run.

He raised to 6,500 from the hijack and was called by Ryan Hughes in the big blind. The flop came and Hughes check-called a bet of 12,000 from Fernandez. The landed on the turn and Hughes checked again. Fernandez pushed forward a stack of chips for a bet of 70,000 and Hughes instantly called with just 41,000 remaining.

Hughes turned over for two pair while Fernandez showed . The river landed the and Hughes earned a full double up. Fernandez suffered one of his first setbacks in the opening week here at WSOP Europe and will be interesting to see how he recovers.