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Lawson All In... Or Was He?
From middle position, he entered the pot with a raise, and got two callers. The flop came
. Lawson bet out 2,100 and only one of the other two opponents made the call.At this point, Lawson mistakenly thought he was all in, and showed down his hand:
. His opponent followed his lead, and tabled the leading hand, 
.The mishap still hadn't been realized, and the dealer dealt out fourth street, the
. As the players looked at Lawson, one of them realized that he was absent-mindedly fondling a small stack of chips in one of his hands. The floor was called over, and they ruled that the betting for the hand would be closed since all the cards were face-up, and that Laswon would be given a one-round penalty for exposing his hole cards early.To make matters worse, the
on the river did nothing to help Lawson's hand, and he loses the pot plus one round worth of play. At the time of his exit, the chips he had remaining totaled just 1,000, and Lawson was none too thrilled to have to abandon his short stack to take his penalty.