After the elimination of Daniel Yanofski in 11th place in Event 8 ($240 Omaha 8 or Better), the final ten players combined to a single table.

It didn’t take long before Debbie Mitchell got her short stack all in with against Zhen Cai’s .

The board came , and Cai won the pot by flopping two pair and rivering kings full of threes. Mitchell was eliminated in 10th place.

At that point, the official final table of nine players was set. Here are the updated chip counts with the blinds at 3,000-6,000, and the limits at 6,000-12,000.

Seat 1.  Bob Leff  –  125,000  (10 BB)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Gallin  –  26,000  (2 BB)
Seat 3.  Ronald Brooks  –  75,000  (6 BB)
Seat 4.  Robert Wachtel  –  98,000  (8 BB)
Seat 5.  Cory Blum  –  91,000  (7 BB)
Seat 6.  Zhen Cai  –  189,000  (15 BB)
Seat 7.  Aaron Salamon  –  81,000  (6 BB)
Seat 8.  Marla Crumpler  –  85,000  (7 BB)
Seat 9.  Daniel Genachte  –  61,000  (5 BB)

10th:  Debbie Mitchell  –  $368
11th:  Daniel Yanofski  –  $368

There’s an interesting side note regarding Debbie Mitchell and Marla Crumpler.

As they combined to a 10-handed final table, Mitchell let us know that in 2008, she and Crumpler both made the final table of the 2008 WSOP $1,000 Ladies Event. That year, Mitchell busted sixth to earn $47,106, and Crumpler followed her in fifth place to earn $60,101.