It'll Be an Eight-Handed Final Table
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We have eleven players remaining. When we reach nine players, they will combine to a single table, the reasoning being that it isn't fair to have them play at one table of four and another of five, and playing two tables of four apiece when action is down to eight players would just be... too short-handed?
There's one major problem we can see with this nine-handed scenario. There are 52 cards in a deck. Each player receives five cards. So, before the draw, 45 of the 52 cards will already be dealt. Should multiple players draw multiple cards, well, they'll run out.
"Why don't we just make it 11-handed and deal four people out?" suggested Hertzel Zalewski, in jest.
David Benyamine also pointed out that this isn't exactly the first deuce-to-seven tournament the WSOP has held this year, and that whatever procedure was followed in last week's $2,500 event (won by Phil Ivey) should be followed in this one.
We'll keep you updated, but that's the plan as of now.