$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 93

With it three ways to the flop, Jacob Naumann checked from the small blind and Frank Weigel bet 30,000 from the big. Karl Manouchakian raised to 80,000 to get a fold from Naumann and call from Weigel. The turn came and Weigel immediately moved all in for 327,000.

Manouchakian thought for two minutes, cut out some chips, and called with the bigger stack.

“You win,” Weigel told him.

Weigel:
Manouchakian:

Manouchakian was ahead with his paired nine and second nut flush redraw. Weigel had seven outs to double up and the on the river was one of them.

Frank Weigel – 844,000 (70 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 63,000 (5 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 93

After a series of raises, John Canawati and Ken Fishman put all the chips in the middle and Fishman was at risk for 148,000.

Canawati:
Fishman:

Fishman ran into a monster and Canawati never had a sweat as the board ran to send Fishman out in eighth place.

Like Deborah Farmer before him, this was also the second straight $1,100 for Fishman.

John Canawati – 482,000 (40 bb)
Ken Fishman – Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,030)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

Kevin Ragusa opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Deborah Farmer moved all in from the small blind for 122,000. Marsha Wolak reshipped from the big blind for 160,000 and Ragusa folded.

Wolak:
Farmer:

Wolak was ahead with the big blind jacks and Farmer needed to catch an ace or some interesting cards to double up. The board ran out and Farmer could not improve to go out in ninth place.

This was the second straight $1,100 final table for Farmer and running hot heading to the last weekend of the series.

Marsha Wolak – 314,000 (31 bb)
Deborah Farmer – Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,620)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 93

After no action in level 17, they ramped in up in Level 18 to send three players out and set the final table. Jeremy Becker, Andrei Karas, and Mahmoud Ahmad all made the money but fell short of the title.

Seat 1: Kevin Ragusa – 290,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Jacob Naumann – 265,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 452,000 (45 bb)
Seat 4: Deborah Farmer – 140,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Marsha Wolak – 148,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: John Canawati – 305,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Ken Fishman – 185,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Clyde Maliauka – 525,000 (53 bb)
Seat 9: Karl Manouchakian – 510,000 (51 bb)

1st: $26,180 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: $17,460
3rd: $11,840
4th: $8,330
5th: $6,080
6th: $4,620
7th: $3,660
8th: $3,030
9th: $2,620
10th: Mahmoud Ahmad – $2,620
11th: Andrei Karas – $2,370
12th: Jeremy Becker – $2,370

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

Cards are back in the air for Event 8 with 12 players remaining and all in the money guaranteed at least $2,370.

1st: $26,180 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: $17,460
3rd: $11,840
4th: $8,330
5th: $6,080
6th: $4,620
7th: $3,660
8th: $3,030
9th-10th: $2,620
11th-12th: $2,370

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

The 12 remaining players were sent on a 40-minute dinner break shortly after the bubble burst and they will return to play down to the final table then the eventual champ.

Frank Weigel took the lead when he eliminated Tirth Patel on the bubble and will return to 610,000 in his stack.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

With 14 players remaining, Table 32 lost a player to put the field on the money bubble. But first Table 33 needed to finish their hand.

They had a flop out reading and Frank Weigel checked from the small blind. Tirth Patel bet 40,000 and Weigel checke-raised to 120,000. Patel thought for several minutes, a tough decision with only 180K total in his stack.

He called leaving 60,000 behind, the turn came and Weigel dropped in a big stack. Patel would have to call at risk and he thought some more. After a few minutes, another player at the table called clock and Patel called before the count was done.

Patel:
Weigel:

Weigel made a queen-high straight on the turn, Patel was left with only seven chop outs, none of which came on the river to send him out on the bubble.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 93

It took less than two levels to go from three tables to two and they triggered a redraw with 16 players remaining. Now they can really concentrate on making the money with 12 of them set to get paid.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 93

Players are back in their seats after another break, this time with the black chips coming out of play.

There are 24 players remaining; Jacob Naumann is the new leader with 350,000 followed by Andrei Karas with 261,500. Here are a few random counts from the last three tables:

Jacob Naumann – 350,000 (117 bb)
Andrei Karas – 261,500 (87 bb)
Clyde Maliauka – 177,000 (59 bb)
Ken Fishman – 171,000 (57 bb)
Deborah Farmer – 150,000 (50 bb)
Frank Weigel – 130,500 (44 bb)
Filipp Khavin – 112,500 (38 bb)
RJ Sullivan – 105,500 (35 bb)
Justin Zaki – 95,500 (32 bb)
Jeremy Becker – 77,500 (26 bb)
David Meagher – 65,000 (22 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 63,000 (21 bb)
Jason Block – 62,500 (21 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 46,000 (15 bb)
Tony March – 43,000 (14 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 93

Event 8 players are taking another break from the action and will drop to three tables when they return. WSOPC Tampa winner David DiBernardi was eliminated on the last hand before break to get the field to the last 24 players.