2010 World Series of Poker

As the action folded round to Tyler Cornell in the cutoff, he raised the action to 80,000 and found callers in both Justin Zaki and Chadwick Grimes from the blinds.

The flop was checked to Cornell who moved all in . . . for his last 5,000 with both Zaki and Grimes calling.

The was checked on the turn, as was the on the river.

"Nine?" announced and questioned Cornell as he hoped to remain alive in the tournament by tabling his .

Zaki mucked, but it would be Grimes' that would collect the pot and send Cornell to the rail in 9th place for a $45,247 payday.

Benjamin Smith opened to 95,000 from early position, and with the action on Tyler Cornell, he moved all in from the button.

Smith instantly called and we were off to our first showdown of the final table.

Cornell:
Smith:

The board ran out to see Cornell slip to 90,000, as Smith doubles through to 1,560,000 in chips.

Everyone folded around to Tyler Cornell in the small blind who raised to 110,000. Michael Linn made the call. On the flop, Linn called a bet of 160,000 from Cornell, but folded to a bet of 215,000 on the river.

So far the final table table has been fairly dull.

Since the blinds and antes increased, just a simple preflop raise has been enough to take down the pot uncontested.

The lucky recipients? Chadwick Grimes, Benjamin Smith and Justin Zaki.

The first player to three-bet on this final was Tyler Remain. He reraised Alexander Kuzmin's open of 60,000 to 160,000, which was enough to take the pot.

First blood went to Alexander Kuzmin who picked up the blinds and antes with a preflop raise to 60,000.

Here are the official final table chip counts.

The Tournament Director has just finished announcing the player profiles, and the cards are back in the air with blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 4,000-ante.

There will be seven minutes left in this level.

The final nine players have decided to take their one-hour dinner break now, even though seven minutes remain in the level.

Play will resume at 8:45 pm PST!