Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 1 out of 2,543

Notable Eliminations:

2. Taylor Larkin — $378,905

Big Hands:

Michael Linn Wins Event No. 49 ($609,493), Taylor Larkin Eliminated In Second Place ($378,905)

Taylor Larkin found himself all in against Michael Linn preflop. Here were their cards:

Larkin: QJ
Linn: A2

The board ran out 106274 and Larkin was eliminated, surrendering the bracelet to Michael Linn.

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 4 out of 2,543

Average Chip Count: 2,860,875

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Taylor Larkin – 4,180,000
2. Mihai Manole – 2,800,000
3. Benjamin Smith – 1,900,000
4. Michael Linn – 1,820,000

Notable Eliminations:

5. Chadwick Grimes – $141,235

Big Hands:

Chadwick Grimes Eliminated in Fifth Place ($141,235)

Taylor Larkin raised to 100,000 preflop and Chadwick Grimes made the call. The flop hit the table A43 and Grimes checked. Larkin bet 150,000 and Grimes made the call.

The J fell on the turn and Grimes bet 360,000. Larkin went into the tank and then made the call. The river fell 4 and Grimes moved all in. Larkin made the call. Larkin flipped over Q10 and Grimes was eliminated in fifth place ($141,235) when he mucked.

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 7 out of 2,543

Average Chip Count: 1,634,785

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Taylor Larkin – 2,625,000
2. Chadwick Grimes – 1,925,000
3. Mihai Manole – 1,800,000
4. Benjamin Smith – 1,700,000
5. Micahel Linn – 1,370,000
6. Justin Zaki – 825,000
7. Alexander Kuzmin – 575,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Tyler Cornell — $45,247
8. Erle Mankin — $59,082

Big Hands:

Tyler Cornell Eliminated In Ninth Place ($45,247)

Tyler Cornell raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Justin Zaki called, as did Chadwick Grimes.

The flop came down 965 and Cornell put his last 5,000 into the middle. Both opponents called and the turn was the Q.

Both players checked and they did the same when the 3 fell on the river. Cornell tabled J9 for top pair on the flop, but Grimes turned over KQ for a better pair and Cornell was the first player to bust from the final table.

Erle Mankin Eliminated In Eighth Place ($59,082)

Erle Mankin found himself all in preflop against Taylor Larkin. Here were their hands:

Mankin: AJ
Larkin: AK

Mankin was dominated and the board ran out K102810 and Mankin was eliminated.

The remaining 23 players will return at 2:30 p.m. to play down to a champion.

John Myung enters the final day in the middle of the pack and this is his third cash at the 2010 WSOP. He will be looking to make his second career final table and win his first bracelet.

The remaining players are guaranteed $17,439 but they will all be gunning for the top prize of $609,493. They will return with the blinds at 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante and the average stack is 497,543.

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we will bring you all of the elimination hands from the final table.

Here are the chip counts of the 23 players heading to the final day of play: