Lawrence Wins Flip To Eliminate Wazwaz
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Jim Lawrence was in middle position and opened the action with a raise to 3,500. He was called by a player on the button before Steve Wazwaz three-bet all in from the big blind. Lawrence slid out a stack of T5,000 chips to reraise and isolate the player on the button out of the pot, resulting in hands being turned up for the runout.
Steve Wazwaz: 
Jim Lawrence: 
Wazwaz was flipping for his tournament life and in need of hitting an ace or queen to end up on the desired side of the coin flip. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out 
to leave him with dust as he got up from his seat and made his way from the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
Busted |
still tabled on a board reading 
and the dealer was in the process of counting out his stack. Alsup was in middle position and had gotten stacks in on what appeared to be the flop, as there was about 15,000 in the middle already. 
. Immediately after he set the queen on the felt for the river he picked it up and scooped up the rest of the community, quickly mucking it before sending the recently-eliminated player's chips Alsup's way.
for nothing more than a pair of fours. It proved to be good as his opponent put his cards back onto the felt face-down and sent them to the muck, resulting in the pot being sent Baer's way.
