David Lawrence had been making a fine recovery -- he was up to around 18,000 -- when disaster struck. Paul Barnes made a raise, only for Thomas Marchese to reraise him. And no sooner had he done so, than Lawrence reraised again. Barnes decided it was a bad idea all round, and passed -- but Marchese now went all in. Sigh. "If you've got 'em, you've got 'em," said Lawrence, and called.
He's got 'em.
Lawrence:
Marchese:
Board:
"Bloody hell," comments Ryan Fronda, "I get excited over ace-jack."
Lawrence may finally have suffered a downswing that he can't recover from, as he has just 650 remaining. Marchese, however, seems to be our new chip leader with at least 35,000 as the table breaks.