$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 222

The final three players battled for a while before chipleader Balakrishna Patur moved all in from the button, and Derek Bowers called all in from the small blind for 530,000.

Jay Giles called all in from the big blind for about 560,000, eliciting a groan from Bowers, who implied he would not have called if he knew Giles was calling.

These were the cards in descending order of chip counts:

Balakrishna Patur:  
Jay Giles:  
Derek Bowers:  

Bowers was in even worse shape than he feared, with both of his holecards covered by superior hands.

The board came — Giles turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket sixes held up for Patur to win the pot, the title, the trophy, and the first prize of $55,785.

Congratulations to Balakrishna Patur!

1st:  Balakrishna Patur  –  $55,785 + Trophy
2nd:  Jay Giles  –  $37,415
3rd:  Derek Bowers  –  $22,072
4th:  Sanjib Acharya  –  $13,426
5th:  Loni Hui  –  $10,369
6th:  Thomas Boyden  –  $8,592
7th:  David Dibernardi  –  $7,322
8th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $6,439