Demlakian Raises Some Eyebrows
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Matthew Wakeman opened to 16,000 from middle position and Ken Demlakian reached for the same amount of chips on the button and hovered it over the table, before he realised that there was already a raise in front of him.
“Oh? You beat me to it!” said Demlakian as he pulled back his chips, gave a moment or two of thought, and then put them back in again to make the call.
David Zhao called in the small blind to make it three to the flop of 
. Action checked to Wakeman who bet 23,000. Demlakian made the call as Zhao got out of the way before the 
hit the turn. Both players checked and the river was the 
.
Wakeman thought for a moment before checking as Demlakian bet out 65,000 to send Wakeman deep into the tank.
The two exchanged some friendly banter, with Wakeman asking Demlakian what he thought the size of the pot was, and some speculation over his cards. Wakeman eventually folded, what he claimed was just jack-high, as Demlakian allowed Jordan Westmorland to show one of his cards to the table. He randomly drew the 
to raise eyebrows from the table.