Two-Time EPT Main Event Champ Eliminated After Getting Aces Cracked
Victoria Coren Mitchell opened to 2,000 from early position and Lawrence Brandt defended out of the big blind. Before he called, the 
was exposed as a player folded their hand.
The flop landed 
and Brandt checked. Mitchell bet 2,000 and Brandt check-raised to 5,400.
"Check-raise?! Why did you do that?! Is it me?" Mitchell asked before calling.
The turn brought the 
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.
Victoria Coren Mitchell: 
Lawrence Brandt: 
Despite there being one less eight in the deck, Brandt had flopped a straight to have Mitchell drawing dead with her pocket aces headed to the 
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.
"Hard for me to fold that," the two-time champ turned BBC presenter said as she left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 15,000 |
|
Busted |
runout but Ensan was eliminated.
gave Schmitz two pair and sent Roussel to the rail. Schmitz survived and chipped back up over starting stack while Sinclair still sits with a healthy stack.
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for a missed nut flush draw that ended up being top pair. That led Armstrong to turn over 
Dimitri Joubert shoved for 27,400 into a pot of around 25,000. Opponent Patrick Brooks called but Joubert showed 
for the nut straight.
