2017 Unibet Open London

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 Unibet Open London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
£71,950
Event Info
Buy-in
£825
Prize Pool
£377,100
Entries
419
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Van Lancker Makes a Monster Double

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

[Removed:158] raised with {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} on the button, Dejan Govedic folded {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Francis Foord-Brown defended with {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The flop came down {2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{A-Clubs}. Foord-Brown checked, Van Lancker bet 165,000 and Foord-Brown called.

The {6-Diamonds} on the turn gave both players a flush draw and Foord-Brown checked again. Van Lancker now bet 400,000 and Foord-Brown called with his pair and inferior draw.

The {8-Diamonds} on the river completed the backdoor flush for both players. Foord-Brown was done checking and fired out a hefty bet of 750,000. Van Lancker took his time before shoving the rest in, 1,500,000 in total.

Foord-Brown snap-called and got shown the bad news. The Brit was left with just 7 big blinds, but doubled the hand afterwards.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:158]
4,650,000
2,710,000
2,710,000
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Francis Foord-Brown
1,350,000
-2,275,000
-2,275,000

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Bhavin Khatri Eliminated in 5th Place (£17,720)

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
[Removed:158] & Bhavin Khatri
[Removed:158] & Bhavin Khatri

Bhavin Khatri's second deep run in two years has come to an end in fifth place. Last year, Khatri almost went all the way and finished second to Dave Shallow, cashing £42,500.

The 32-year old, who runs his own tennis academy in Harrow, couldn't get much going at this year's final table. Khatri had to wait out the super short stacks and dwindled down himself in the process.

With a few big blinds remaining, Khatri picked up {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and got it all in against [Removed:158], who held {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}. Khatri's dreams were smashed on a {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades} board, as Van Lancker found the king he needed.

The academy owner added £17,720 and another Unibet Open final table to his poker resumé.

Player Chips Progress
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Bhavin Khatri
Busted

Tags: Bhavin Khatri

Set for Kuznetsov

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Anton Kuznetsov raised with {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}, [Removed:158] called with {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Bhavin Khatri called with {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. The flop was {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Kuznetsov elected to check with his set. Both other players checked as well.

On the {4-Spades} turn, Van Lancker led out 255,000. Khatri folded and Kuznetsov simply shoved. It was 1,940,000 more to call for Van Lancker, who spent two minutes in the tank before folding.

Player Chips Progress
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Anton Kuznetsov
5,800,000
740,000
740,000
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[Removed:158]
1,940,000
-515,000
-515,000

Tags: Anton KuznetsovBhavin Khatri

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Rauno Tahvonen Eliminated in 6th Place (£13,650)

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Rauno "Ben" Tahvonen
Rauno "Ben" Tahvonen

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 {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} under the gun for less than two big blinds and got three callers, including Francis Foord-Brown with {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}. The flop was {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Foord-Brown bet 275,000 to get the other players out.

The Twitch rail begged for a ten for their hero, but the {4-Hearts} on the turn and {7-Spades} on the river failed to deliver. Tahvonen's run ended in 6th place, turning his €10 investment into £13,650.

Player Chips Progress
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Francis Foord-Brown
3,500,000
585,000
585,000
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Rauno Tahvonen
Busted

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