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 ![{8-Diamonds}](/img/cards/8d.gif)
![{j-Clubs}](/img/cards/jc.gif)
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: ![{a-Hearts}](/img/cards/ah.gif)
![{a-Clubs}](/img/cards/ac.gif)
Lawrence Brandt: ![{10-Hearts}](/img/cards/10h.gif)
![{9-Clubs}](/img/cards/9c.gif)
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.
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