Another Premium Pocket Pair for Lawless
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Derek Lawless picked up pocket queens right after the break and claimed the blinds and antes.
Then, Christos Xanthopoulos raised to 175,000 with 
and Lawless three-bet to 375,000 with the 
. Xanthopoulos called and the flop brought 
, on which the Greek checked. Lawless bet 525,000 and Xanthopoulos called to see the 
turn, giving Lawless top set.
Both players checked and the 
on the river triggered another check by Xanthopoulos. Lawless moved all in and Xanthopoulos asked for a count. The Greek used two time banks and sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
1,100,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
with very few big blinds behind. 
and Sweden shoved for 270,000 in the small blind with the 
and Sweden received a miracle double with running spades to pull a rabbit out of the hat.
in the cutoff and won the blinds and big blind ante.
, shaking his head and dropping back to half a million.
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and Derek Lawless defended the big blind with the 
. Both players checked the 
flop and improved to a flush on the 
river.
, he dropped to fewer than 10 big blinds.
brought a pair for both players and both players checked, the