Francis Foord-Brown's open-shoved 1,300,000 from the small blind. [Removed:158] took around ten seconds before making the call in the big blind.
Francis Foord-Brown:
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The flop all but decided it, and Foord-Brown was left drawing dead after the on the turn.
The 27-year old late registered for this tournament on Day 1 due to a long waiting list in his regular Pot Limit Omaha cash game. Foord-Brown is a cash gamer at heart, but dipping his feet in tournament waters paid off and secured him a massive payday of £23,000.
Anton Kuznetsov raised to 300,000 in the small blind with . [Removed:158] shoved with in the big blind to put Kuznetsov all in, who folded immediately.
A couple of hands later, Dejan Govedic raised to 210,000 on the button with . Van Lancker three-bet to 550,000 with pocket sevens and took it down again.
[Removed:158] raised to 225,000 on the button with . Dejan Govedic three-bet small to 500,000 in the small blind with and Van Lancker called.
The flop was and Govedic continued with 400,000. Van Lancker called in position to see the on the turn appear. Both players elected to check.
The on the river gave Van Lancker a full house. After Govedic checked, Van Lancker made a value bet of 500,000. Govedic decided to call it off after several minutes and had to part with half a million chips.
[Removed:158] opened with on the button and Anton Kuznetsov defended . On the flop, Kuznetsov check-called a 275,000 bet from the Belgian.
Both players checked the on the turn. Van Lancker got there on the river. Kuznetsov checked, Van Lancker bet 400,000 and after much deliberation the Russian paid it off.
After losing the previous hand, Anton Kuznetsov was left with 1,500,000 and open-shoved from the small blind. [Removed:158] called from the big blind to try and eliminate the Russian.
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Kuznetsov picked up extra outs on the flop. The river and river missed all those outs and Kuznetsov headed for the rail in third place.
The Russian, who had €1,807 in total live earnings before this tournament, received a massive paycheck of £31,070.