$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 93

Frank Weigel opened to 55,000 from the cutoff and John Canawati shipped for 575,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Weigel quickly called.

Canawati:
Weigel:

It was a final table race and Canawati needed to improve his big slick to double up. Weigel faded the flop, Canawati missed the turn but added a gutshot wheel draw. The river was good news for Canawati and he doubled into the lead.

John Canawati – 1,200,000 (60 bb)
Frank Weigel – 550,000 (28 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 93

John Canawati open-shoved for 320,000 under the gun and it folded around to Marsha Wolak in the big blind. She checked her cards, checked her stack, and called at risk for 185,000.

Wolak:
Canawati:

The former WSOP Ladies Champion was in great shape for a double up but Canawati paired his ace on the for aces up. The turn and river finished the board to send Wolak out in fifth place.

John Canawati – 535,000 (27 bb)
Marsha Wolak – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,080)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 93

Seat 2: Jacob Naumann – 475,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 890,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: Marsha Wolak – 295,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: John Canawati – 270,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: Clyde Maliauka – 890,000 (45 bb)

1st: $26,180 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: $17,460
3rd: $11,840
4th: $8,330
5th: $6,080
6th: Kevin Ragusa – $4,620
7th: Karl Manouchakian – $3,660
8th: Ken Fishman – $3,030
9th: Deborah Farmer – $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 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 93

Clyde Maliauka opened to 32,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Ragusa moved all in for 145,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Maliauka thought for a minute and called.

Maliauka:
Ragusa:

Ragusa had bad kicker issues with his hand and couldn’t find a save as it ran to send him out in sixth place.

Clyde Maliauka – 950,000 (59 bb)
Kevin Ragusa – Eliminated in 6th Place ($4,620)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 93

Jacob Naumann completed his small blind, Frank Weigel checked his big blind option, and the flop came . Naumann checked, Weigel bet 25,000 and Naumann called.

The turn was , Naumann checked, Weigel bet 50,000 and Naumann called again. The river was , Naumann checked, and Weigel moved all in.

Naumann thought for a minute and called at risk for 216,000.

Naumann:
Weigel:

Naumann was good with the paired six and doubled up.

Jacob Naumann – 630,000 (39 bb)
Frank Weigel – 521,000 (33 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:  6 of 93

After the tough beat, Karl Manouchakian was all in from the big blind against Marsha Wolak in the cutoff and John Canawati on the button. Both live players checked the flop and Wolak tossed out a bet after the turn to get a quick fold from Canawati.

Wolak:
Manouchakian:

Manouchakian needed to catch an ace on the river to double but the river sent him out in seventh place.

Marsha Wolak – 360,000 (30 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,660)

$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