Ed Brogdon limps from the button and Adam Gerber pops it to $64,000 from the small blind. Brogdon comes over the top all-in for $167,000 more and Gerber makes the call, showing A 4 to Brogdon's A A. The board comes T 5 2 T 2 and Brogdon's rockets hold to double him through the chip leader.

In a battle of the blinds, Svetlana Gromenkova gets all-in for her last $150,000 and Ed Brogdon makes the call, showing Q Q to Gromenkova's K K. The board comes 9 5 3 K 8 and Gromenkova has doubled to over $300,000 while Brogdon is down to $260,000.

Jared Okun shoves all-in for his last $135,000 from the small blind and Louis Lee calls in the big blind, turning up A 7 to Okun's 9 3. The board comes T 5 3 K K and Okun is saved by a miracle trey, doubling him through Lee and keeping him alive.

The quick break is over and the cards are back in the air.

The first level of the day has come to an end after six minutes of play and we're taking a three-minute break before the action resumes.

The players have been introduced and the cards are in the air from the poker room at the Taj. We begin the day with six minutes left in Level 17 and we'll play down to a winner today. Stay tuned for updates as the action begins!

Here are the final-table seating positions and chip counts as we get closer to the start of play:

Seat 1	Adam Gerber	$1,939,000
Seat 2	Matt Glantz	$370,000
Seat 3	Jared Okun	$171,000
Seat 4	Louis Lee	$1,349,000
Seat 5	Victor Ramdin	$322,000
Seat 6	Tommy Wang	$276,000
Seat 7	Svetlana Gromenkova	$164,000
Seat 8	Ed Brogdon	$350,000

 

It's final-table time from the United States Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. The final eight players have returned to the tables for one last day to contest the winner of the glory, the $606,095 first place prize and the exclusive PokerListings.com interview.

Players are just getting unbagged and organized at the TV final table with action set to begin momentarily. Stay tuned as we bring you all of the action and excitement throughout the day.