James Lushin on the Wrong Side of Variance

James Lushin's dreams of glory were dashed in the matter of two hands. He would first take a dominating up against a shorter stack's and lose a big chunk of his stack when the board would run out . Moments later he would put the last of his chips in against Elliott Zaydman and was racing with against Zaydman's .

The flop was giving Zaydman a set but also giving Lushin an open-ended straight draw. It wasn't to be, however, as the turn was the and the river was the to send Lushin off to collect his winnings. Zaydman in the meantime continued to build his big stack, now sitting at 1.3 million in chips.