Demidov Uncorked by Shiraz
![[user46392]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Ivan Demidov is out of the running following an epic 15 minute hand fraught with endless tanking and a tension that made the air around his table crackle.
Ben Wilinofsky made the opening raise to 12,500 in early position and Shiraz Soltaninassab called in the hijack before Demidov reraised to 31,000 in the small blind. Wilinofsky folded, but Soltaninassab tanked for a few minutes and then called. Heads up to the flop.
Flop: 
Now it was Demidov's turn to tank. After a while he bet out 25,000. Back to Soltaninassab, who stared at the board for perhaps four minutes. The he counted out what looked like a raise - but instead of pushing it across the line, he just riffled it for a while. After another minute or two, he counted out another raise - it looked like 63,500 - and finally pushed the chips into the middle.
Back to Demidov, who tanked long enough for us to cross right to the other end of the room and witness a gentleman bust out. When we returned, though, Demidov went all in - and Soltaninassab snap-called.
Demidov: 
for a pair of sevens
Soltaninassab: 
for a flush
Turn: 
River: 
And with that, the Team PokerStars Pro was gone.