We’ve reached our final 10 players and the two tables have been combined to one, which will crown a champion sometime later in the evening. Here’s the skinny.

Brown Cowed! (14th)

Jeffrey Brown opened up for his entire stack, $245,000, holding A J. He ended up in one of the worst possible situations for his holding when Brett Kimes called with A K - at least until the flop came J 8 8. Kimes caught back up when the K came on the turn, and the Q hit the river to send Brown home.

Brown takes down $29,180.

Jerome Ivey’d! (13th)

After hanging on for quite some time, Carl Jerome finally met his match in the form of checking a solid hand to the river.
Jerome completed his small blind and Barry Schultz checked his option in the big blind. The two men checked down to river with the board reading 2 A Q 10 J, and Jerome checked again. Schultz led out for $120,000, and Jerome check-raised all-in for $660,000. Schultz took no time at all making the call, flipping up K 5 for the stone cold nuts; Jerome showed Q 2 for two pair, and hit the rail in 13th place.

Jerome takes home $36,567.

Ramahi Run Over! (12th)

Bashar Ramahi decided to get his short stack in the middle with pocket sixes and ran straight into Brett Kimes’ pocket queens. The two-outer never came and Ramahi went home in 12th place with $36,567.

Smith Smoked! (11th)

Jordan Smith was the last man to leave before the final table. Bobby Firestone opened for $75,000, and Smith shipped it for his last $330,000. Firestone called with 8-8, leaving him in fantastic shape against Smith and his A-5. Without an ace by the river, Smith finished in 11th place. He took home $36,567.

Send in the Clowns

Here’s your final table lineup, along with their chip counts, courtesy of WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

We were supposed to get to the final table in this event last night, but the monstrous size of the field made that difficult. So we started the day with 17 players and 42 minutes and 16 seconds left on Level 20 instead. Here’s what has gone down so far since the 2 p.m. restart.

Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun

We’ve had several double-ups since getting the action back under way.

The first to double his stack was Bashar Ramahi. He came shoved over the top of an opening raise from Kenneth Terrell, who called with 2 2. Ramahi held A 3, which was good once the board ran out.

Next to come out twice as tall as before was Richard Alm. He shoved for $303,000 on a K 4 2 board holding K Q and was called by Carl Jerome with A 7. No diamonds or aces and Alm was up to $750,000.

Finally, Tony Gargano flipped the tables on Bobby Firestone when his J 8 connected with the 9 8 4 flop. Firestone got in with J 10 but his outs didn’t come home and Gargano moved up to $740,000.

Fitzgerald Finished! (17th)

Deric Fitzgerald open shoved for his last $140,000 with A J and was called by fellow short stack Brett Kimes with 8 8. The board brought no help for Fitzgerald and he was eliminated in 17th place. Kimes, meanwhile, was up to $315,000.

Fitzgerald takes home $21,972.

Simpson Homered! (16th)

Carl Jerome opened with pocket tens and Frank Simpson called off his last $139,000 with A-K. The board was no help, sending Simpson home in 16th place with $21,792.

Blair Linda’d! (15th)

Deb Blair, the last woman standing in this event, is standing no more. Richard Alm opened in late position for $60,000 and Blair called her last $59,000 off from the small blind. Philip “Clap Your Hands Say” Yeh also called from the big blind. A big pot developed between Alm and Yeh with the board reading A 6 8, and after the river Yeh flipped up A K to beat Alm’s A Q.

Top pair was good enough to beat Blair’s K-3, and she finished in 15th place for $29,180.

Dark Side of the Chip Counts

Here are your current top 10 chip counts, according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com: