There are just 10 players remaining in Event 5 as Deron Noksana, who had been nursing a tiny stack for hours, was finally eliminated in 11th place.

By the time of his elimination hand he only had 57K in chips – just over 3bb – and although he had waited for a hand – he flipped over – he also learned the dangers of making it profitable for a player to call with any two cards. In this case, Gameboy (aka Vi Thanh Tony To) shrugged and called with .

The board runout was no good for Deron: for treys up and he was out in 11th.

11th place, Deron Noksana, $3,600

Players continue to be eliminated quickly as Bill Loukanikas and George Kazarian were both eliminated within just minutes of one another in 12th and 13th place.

First to go was George. Sammy Popatia opened the action to 25K and if folded around to George, who went all in for his remaining chips. Sammy quickly called and the cards were turned over:

George:
Sammy: .

The community cards kept the best hand in the lead: and Sammy stacked the chips.

Just a couple of minutes later, on a board reading , Bill got it in on the good side of things holding . Tran couldn’t resist making the call with and just like that a was dealt to pair the board and just like that, Bill was out.

13th place: George Kazarian, $2,960

12th place: Bill Loukanikis, $3,600

Pierre Routhier had been nursing a small stack for some time but doing it with skill and good timing, picking up enough blinds and antes to stay above water for at least the last few levels. However, his good timing had to end, and so it did at the hands of Tony To, who eliminated Pierre in 14th place.

Tony open-limped, fully aware that both the bb and sb were very short-stacked, and found a call from Pierre in the sb and a check from George Kazarian in the bb.

The flop was dealt:

Pierre pulled a stop-and-go and pushed his last 60K or so into the middle. George folded, but Tony wasn’t going anywhere: he instantly called.

Pierre:
Tony:

Tony had flopped the straight with redraws available to the straight flush. The changed nothing and Pierre made his way to the Tournament Desk to receive his payout coupon.

14th place, Pierre Routhier, $2,960

During the last break while tournament staff was removing the purple T500 chips from play we managed to get complete chip counts for all of the players remaining in the tournament at the break.

Here’s the leaderboard at the last break – and you can consult the full chip counts via the link to the upper right (with the black background).

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Alexander James	Allison	620000
Brian R	Iseman	563000
Alain Joseph Clement	Chauvette	522000
Mau Le Ho	Tran	462000
Azim "Sammy"	Popatia	462000
Gregory	Holley	362000
Bill	Loukanikas	327000
Jonathan	Schaler	299000
Fabio	Luongo	277000