Hands #8-11: A Split and a Penalty for Vazquez
Hand #8: Luis Vazquez raised to 2.7 million and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Kevin Rines raised to 3.6 million and Alexander Lakhov moved all in out of the big blind. Rines called and the cards were tabled.
Kevin Rines: 
Alexander Lakhov: 
The board came 
and they chopped it up with a full house.
Hand #10: Lakhov limped the small blind and Vazquez checked from the big blind. On the 
flop, Lakhov check-called a bet of 1.5 million and did so again for the same amount on the 
turn. The river was checked and Vazquez showed 
.
"I have four pair," Vazquez claimed before correcting it to "three pair."
Hand #11: Svetlozar Nestorov moved all in for 13 million and Vazquez in the small blind asked for a count. He then folded and mucked the 
face up. Since Renato Kaneoya was still to act from the big blind and subsequently folded, Vazquez received a three hand penalty for exposing his cards out of turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,500,000
8,500,000
|
8,500,000 |
|
32,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
||
|
15,000,000
6,500,000
|
6,500,000 |