Dejan Govedic picked up and raised to 120,000. Rauno Tahvonen, with just 140,000 left, finally found a big hand in , only to be crushed by the best hand in poker.
Calm as always, Tahvonen awaited his fate as the flop came down , which opened up two outs for Tahvonen to pull the miracle.
As if it was scripted, the landed on the turn to give Tahvonen trip kings and the lead. The shocked Estonian put his hands towards his mouth, in awe of what just transpired in front of him. The river was the and Tahvonen nearly tripled up.
"Bam!" the Estonian yelled, still baffled by what just happened. Even with the escape, the skateboard instructor is still short with 7 big blinds.
After losing aces to ace-king, Dejan Govedic picked up again. He limped in from the small blind and got what he wanted when Anton Kuznetsov put him all-in from the big blind.
Kuznetsov had the optional and was drawing dead after the turn.
Kevin Barden was down to three big blinds and shoved in early position. Gerrit Van Lancker isolated with on the button to get the showdown heads-up.
The in the window was brutal for Barden, but combined with the and the German still had a gutshot straight draw. Neither turn nor river was the king he was looking for and he was eliminated.
Barden was the first player to go home with five figures and received £10,940.
[Removed:158] won a medium sized pot with on a board against a bluffing Francis Foord-Brown. Van Lancker picked up around 700,000 in chips in that hand.
Rauno Tahvonen shoved 230,000 with , less than four big blinds. Anton Kuznetsov reluctantly called it off with in the big blind.
However, the tables were turned on Tahvonen as Kuznetsov flopped the mortal nuts on the flop. Once again, the Estonian found himself in a deep hole.
The turn wasn't helpful, but the river gave Tahvonen the chop out he was looking for. The 26-year old, who qualified for just €10 on Unibet, still has a shot at the title.
Anton Kuznetsov raised to 120,000 with and got four (!) callers: Francis Foord-Brown , [Removed:158] , Bhavin Khatri and Dejan Govedic .
The flop was and Kuznetsov fired 225,000, which only Foord-Brown called. On the turn, Kuznetsov bet 400,000 and Foord-Brown called again. Both players checked the on the river.
Kuznetsov outkicked Foord-Brown and created some distance between the two.
The nine lives of Rauno Tahvonen are over. The Estonian crowd favorite survived multiple all-ins miraculously, but as he remained super short it had to end at one point.
Tahvonen shoved under the gun for less than two big blinds and got three callers, including Francis Foord-Brown with . The flop was and Foord-Brown bet 275,000 to get the other players out.
The Twitch rail begged for a ten for their hero, but the on the turn and on the river failed to deliver. Tahvonen's run ended in 6th place, turning his €10 investment into £13,650.
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and raised to 120,000. Rauno Tahvonen, with just 140,000 left, finally found a big hand in 
, only to be crushed by the best hand in poker.
, which opened up two outs for Tahvonen to pull the miracle.
landed on the turn to give Tahvonen trip kings and the lead. The shocked Estonian put his hands towards his mouth, in awe of what just transpired in front of him. The river was the 
and Tahvonen nearly tripled up.
and was drawing dead after the turn.
in early position. Gerrit Van Lancker isolated with 
on the button to get the showdown heads-up.
and 
the German still had a gutshot straight draw. Neither turn 
nor river 
was the king he was looking for and he was eliminated.
on a 
board against a bluffing Francis Foord-Brown. Van Lancker picked up around 700,000 in chips in that hand.
, less than four big blinds. Anton Kuznetsov reluctantly called it off with 
in the big blind.
flop. Once again, the Estonian found himself in a deep hole.
wasn't helpful, but the river 
, [Removed:158] 
, Bhavin Khatri 
and Dejan Govedic 
turn, Kuznetsov bet 400,000 and Foord-Brown called again. Both players checked the 
on the river.
under the gun for less than two big blinds and got three callers, including Francis Foord-Brown with 
. The flop was 
on the turn and 
on the river failed to deliver. Tahvonen's run ended in 6th place, turning his €10 investment into £13,650.
