It was an eventful few hands at Vasken Demlakian's table. He knocked out Jorge Cantos and took a big chunk of Allan Barnes' stack.
Barnes bounced back with a double up through Binh Nguyen shortly after.
On the first hand, Demlakian, Barnes and Ami Barer saw a 
flop. Barer checked and Demlakian bet 38,000. Barnes called and Barer folded.
The turn was the 
and Demlakian checked to Barnes. Barnes bet 120,000, leaving himself with about 180,000 behind. Demlakian hesitated for a moment and then shoved all in. Barnes snap folded and Demlakian took down the pot.
On the next hand, David Eldridge opened the action to 21,000, Demlakian called and Jorge Cantos shoved all in for 99,000. Eldridge folded and Demlakian called.
Cantos was ahead with 
, but Demlakian would win the pot with 
when the board ran out 
and Cantos was eliminated.
A few hands later, Barnes shoved all in for his remaining 175,000 and Nguyen called with 
. Barnes had 
. The board ran out 
and Barnes doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
350,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
150,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
|
Busted |
flop, and the turn was the 
. Spears checked, Holz bet 44,000, and Spears check-raised to 135,000. After a bit of thought, Holz called.
, but he lost to Holz's 
. After Koon checked, Guest moved all in for 186,000. After tanking for a bit, Koon called with the 
for top pair, but he was behind Guest's 
.
. Eldridge led out for a bet of 118,000 into a pot of slightly less than that, around 105,000. Barnes thought for a moment then called.
, and the first two players checked to Rabah. He bet 15,000, Desferet check-raised to 45,000, and Koon folded. Rabah made the call.
to beat the 
