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With just 11 players left in contention we have reached the final table bubble. The next player eliminated will take home $656, while reaching the ten-handed final table guarantees a payout of at least $1,009 - along with the chance to take down the $14,122 first-prize.
Michael Meehan raised all in and a lone opponent announced the call, and with a slightly large stack this player put Meehan at risk of elimination.
Meehan proudly tabled his 
and watched the other man glumly reveal 
.
The final board rolled out 
and the kings held up on an ace-free board. Meehan scopped up nearly all of the other man's chips and he hit the rail just a deal or two later.
With the elimination, just ten players remain and the final table has been reached.
With a recent elimination, we're down to our final 10. Those players have condensed to one table, and here's the seating draw with the stacks.
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Elliott | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | Victoria Larkin | 450,000 |
| 3 | Ron "Rocket" Rhoads | 825,000 |
| 4 | Alan Cohen | 800,000 |
| 5 | Richard Marchese | 270,000 |
| 6 | Michael Meehan | 500,000 |
| 7 | Esteban Rodriguez | 680,000 |
| 8 | Alan Colon | 800,000 |
| 9 | Brian Adragna | 260,000 |
| 10 | Walt White | 700,000 |
Players returned from a 10-minute break to blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 4,000 ante.
Below is a selection of photos of the Final 10 players in Event 23:
Brian Adragna pushed his last 200,000 or so from middle position, and Alan Cohen woke up with 
in the big blind.
"Let's get some clubs," Adragna said, tabling 
.
A 
flop provided just one, but a river brought a backdoor out if Adragna could find a queen. The dealer burned and turned paint, but it was the 
.
Esteban Rodriguez called all in from the big blind after Ron Rhoads jammed from late position.
Rodriguez: 
Rhoads: 
Rodriguez clapped after the board came 
, giving hima double and leaving Rhoads just over 100,000.
Rhoads doubled up the next hand when he flopped a straight with 
against 
.
Michael Meehan moved all in from an early position for 266,000, and Ron Rhoads called off his stack from the small blind.
Meehan: 
Rhoads: 
The board ran out 
through fourth street, so it looked like Rhoads was done for. The river was the 
, though, saving Rhoads and crippling Meehan.
A short time later, Meehan pushed all in with 
and was called by the 
of Walt White. White's hand held to bust Meehan.
Richard Marchese's tournament just came to an end after his failed to run down the tabled by Walt White.
The flop brought a bit of drama to the proceedings though, coming 
to give Marchese an up-and-down straight draw and spade flush outs, but the turn (
) and the river (
) were the definition of blanks, sending Marchese to the rail with an eighth place finish.
Marchese may have busted on this hand, but the real dagger for him came when he flopped trips holding 
on the 
board. Although he flopped a monster, Alan Colon held a heart flush draw with 
, and while the turn (
) failed to deliver, the river came () to dash Marchese's hopes of a win here tonight.
Victoria Larkin opened to 130,000 on the button, and Ron Rhoads jammed for 305,000 from the small blind. Alan Cohen called from the big, and Larkin call as well. The two active players checked it through to the river, and the final board was 
.
"King high," Larkin said.
Rhoads slapped 
down, but Cohen had already tabled for the best unpaired hand of the three, and the "Rocket" was out of fuel in seventh.