Armstrong and Brandt Both Miss, Neither Go For It
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Ian Armstrong was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against under-the-gun player Lawrence Brandt on a board of 
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Armstrong checked on the flop and Brandt checked back. The turn brought the 
and Armstrong led out for 4,000. Brandt responded with a raise to 11,000 and Brandt called.
The river brought the 
and Brandt checked. Armstrong checked back, leading Brandt to reveal 
for a missed nut flush draw that ended up being top pair. That led Armstrong to turn over 
, showing that he also had the nut flush draw and, like his opponent, backed into top pair to chop the pot.
"If you were both executed for gambling, they'd have killed innocent men," remarked Victoria Coren Mitchell from across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
runout but Ensan was eliminated.
was exposed as a player folded their hand. 
and Brandt checked. Mitchell bet 2,000 and Brandt check-raised to 5,400. 
and Brandt put out a stack of blue 5,000-denomination chips to put Mitchell all in. She quickly called off with around 25,000.
river to eliminate the two-time EPT Main Event champion, who first took down 2006 EPT London Main Event for £500,000 and later 2014 EPT Sanremo Main Event for €476,100. 
but failed to overcome the 
[...] I lost a big one there. Then we had 110,000 pot flip with ace-king against pocket sixes and then brick, brick, brick...
and Sinclair checked back. Both players again checked on the 
board Kenny Hallaert checked out of the small blind and Balakrishna Reddy Patur bet 2,000 from the button. Hallaert called.
turn and 
river and Hallaert showed 
and took down the pot.
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