$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 529

Chad Kitchen open-shoved for 890,000 from under the gun, it folded to Ryan Hogan in the small blind, he called and Jake Ferro folded his big.

Kitchen:
Hogan:

It was a fair fight but Kitchen needed to improve. He missed the flop but paired his jack on the turn to take the lead. The river finished the board and another final table double.

Chad Kitchen – 1,900,000 (32 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 2,550,000 (43 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 529

Mo Alhalwani opened to 125,000 from early position and Mark Milburn moved all in for 570,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and Alhalwani called after confirming the count.

Milburn:
Alhalwani:

Milburn was in good shape for his needed double and his tens held on the board to get back in the game.

Mark Milburn – 1,290,000 (22 bb)
Mo Alhalwani – 3,680,000 (61 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 529

Jared Ingles bet 120,000 from the cutoff and picked up calls from Ryan Hogan in the small blind and Jake Ferro in the big. The flop was , Hogan checked, Ferro checked, and Ingles bet 90,000.

Hogan folded, Ferro called, and the turn was . Ferro checked, Ingles fired again for 145,000 and Ferro called. The river was , Ferro checked again, and Ingles beet 230,000 leaving 235,000 behind.

Ferro thought for a few minutes, checked the board and his cards, and tossed in a chip to call. Ingles tapped the table, showed and Ferro turned over to take the big pot.

On the next hand, Ingles put his short stack in the middle against Diego Uez but his could not hold against to send him out in ninth place.

Jake Ferro – 3,610,000 (60 bb)
Jared Ingles – Eliminated in 9th Place ($14,790)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 529

As promised, here are the chip counts as the last nine players go on break. Diego Uez leads the way with a few shorter stacks needing to make a move.

Seat 1: Chad Kitchen – 525,000 (9 bb)
Seat 2: Mo Alhalwani – 4,700,000 (78 bb)
Seat 3: Gal Yifrach – 1,310,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: Mark Milburn – 720,000 (12 bb)
Seat 5: Diego Uez – 5,215,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: Jared Ingles – 850,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Ross Corless – 1,140,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Ryan Hogan – 4,370,000 (73 bb)
Seat 9: Jake Ferro – 2,220,000 (37 bb)

1st: $152,630 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $101,600
3rd: $74,890
4th: $55,750
5th: $41,920
6th: $31,840
7th: $24,420
8th: $18,910
9th: $14,790

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 529

The WPO Championship is down to its final table with nine remaining. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will grab counts when they go on break in ten minutes.

Seat 1: Chad Kitchen
Seat 2: Mo Alhalwani
Seat 3: Gal Yifrach
Seat 4: Mark Milburn
Seat 5: Diego Uez
Seat 6: Jared Ingles
Seat 7: Ross Corless
Seat 8: Ryan Hogan
Seat 9: Jake Ferro

Remaining payouts:

1st: $152,630 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $101,600
3rd: $74,890
4th: $55,750
5th: $41,920
6th: $31,840
7th: $24,420
8th: $18,910
9th: $14,790

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 529

Ryan Hogan – 5,210,000 (104 bb)
Chad Lipton – Eliminated in 10th Place ($14,790)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 529

Gal Yifrach – 655,000 (13 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – Eliminated in 11th Place ($11,680)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 529

After the was accidentally exposed preflop, Ryan Hogan opened to 120,000 and Oscar Lindo moved all in for 170,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Hogan called.

“I wish that ace wasn’t exposed,” Hogan said as he tabled his . Lindo had two live cards with and paired his queen on the flop to take the lead.

The turn gave him a few more outs to sweat and Hogan hit the river to take the lead and the hand and send Lindo out in 12th place.

Ryan Hogan – 4,550,000 (91 bb)
Oscar Lindo – Eliminated in 12th Place ($11,680)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 529

Teresa Ramsey open-ripped for about 600,000 and it folded to Ross Corless on the button. He moved all in, the blinds folded, and Ramsey was at risk.

Corless:
Ramsey:

“Come on diamonds,” Ramsey kindly asked.

She needed to catch a miracle to stay in the game but blanked the board to exit in 12th place.

“I wish it wasn’t you,” Corless told the Championship’s favorite player in the game.

Ross Corless – 1,530,000 (31 bb)
Teresa Ramsey – Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,480)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 529

With the flop reading , Chad Lipton checked from the big blind and Julio Alvarez bet 55,000 from under the gun. Lipton checked raised to 155,000 and Alvarez moved all in for about 350,000 more. Lipton quickly called.

Lipton:
Alvarez:

Lipton was ahead with top tens versus Alvarez’s second pair sixes. The turn and river finished the board, Lipton finished with queens up, and Alvarez was eliminated in 14th place.

Chad Lipton – 965,000 (24 bb)

14th: Julio Alvarez – $9,480
15th: Arman Navazi – $7,790
16th: James Calderaro – $7,790