Van Lancker Makes a Monster Double
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
[Removed:158] raised with 
on the button, Dejan Govedic folded 
and Francis Foord-Brown defended with 
. The flop came down 
. Foord-Brown checked, Van Lancker bet 165,000 and Foord-Brown called.
The 
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 
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 |
|---|---|---|
![[Removed:158]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
4,650,000
2,710,000
|
2,710,000 |
|
1,350,000
-2,275,000
|
-2,275,000 |