2017 Unibet Open London
With just five big blinds left, Rauno Tahvonen looked down at ![]()
and quickly went all in. Bhavin Khatri folded ace-five in the small blind, but Dejan Govedic instantly called with ![]()
in the big blind.
The board ran out ![]()
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and the "Estonian Jesus", as he's affectionally called by both the commentators and Twitch-chat, doubled up.
Manuel Bardon open-shoved 680,000 in middle position. Dejan Govedic reshoved all in from the button to get the other players out of the hand.
Manuel Bardon: ![]()
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Dejan Govedic: ![]()
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Both players paired up on ![]()
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and Bardon was eliminated. The last Spaniard finished in 8th place, which netted him a sweet payday of £8,750.
Photos by Tambet Kask/Unibet Open.
Niveau: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
The remaining eight players are on a fifteen-minute break.
Francis Foord-Brown opened with a raise to 80,000 holding ![]()
. Martin Gallagher went all-in on the button for 450,000 with ![]()
.
[Removed:158] picked up ![]()
in the big blind and called the shove, but folded when Foord-Brown went all-in over the top.
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flop all but sealed it. After the
on the turn it was done, making the
on the river meaningless. Gallagher, a plumber in daily life, received £7,010
Anton Kuznetsov raised to 80,000 with ![]()
and Manuel Bardon peeled with ![]()
in the big blind. The flop was ![]()
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and Bardon check-called a bet of 125,000.
The
on the turn promised fireworks, as Bardon improved to two pair and Kuznetsov to a straight. Bardon checked, Kuznetsov bet 250,000 and Bardon called.
On the
river, Bardon checked a third time. Kuznetsov sized out a value bet of 400,000 and Bardon snap-called. Kuznetsov showed the nuts, but Bardon quickly showed as well thinking his hand was good. After a short moment, the Spaniard realised he had lost and shipped 400k over to the Russian.
[Removed:158] raised to 95,000 with ![]()
. Dejan Godevic called with
and an unknown card on the button, Francis Foord-Brown called with ![]()
from the small blind and Kevin Barden defended ![]()
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The flop came down ![]()
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. Van Lancker continued with 255,000 and Godevic folded quickly. Foord-Brown check-raised with a massive amount of T-100,000 chips, enough to cover both players. Barden folded, but Van Lancker instantly called.
The turn
and river
were safe for Van Lancker, who doubled up through the chipleader.