Vuong Than Trong opened to 500,000 on the button and Vadzim Kursevich re-raised to 1,200,000 from the small blind. Paul Guichard folded his big blind and Than Trong responded by four-bet shoving.
Kursevich wasted no time calling all in for about 8,500,000 with . Than Trong, with , hated to see that call and probably hated the flop even more. The turn was too little too late for Than Trong as Kursevich locked up the hand. The river was merely a formality.
Vuong Than Trong kept shoving and picking up the blinds until suddenly Vadzim Kursevich called him down.
It was for Trong against for Kursevich with Trong's tournament life hanging in the balance.
Kursevich stayed ahead on the flop and despite a sweat on the turn, he stayed there on the river to end Trong's EPT Deaville Main Event and take a massive chip lead into heads-up play.