Matthew Waxman Eliminated in 10th Place ($26,232)
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Well, we won't have to worry about that... It took just two hands of play at the featured table to shrink our ten players down to the requisite nine.
The aforementioned Matthew Waxman opened to 14,000 from middle position, and Chris Bell three-bet to 44,000 from the button. Waxman made the call, and it was heads up to the flop.
It rolled out 
, and Waxman checked. Bell bet almost the full pot, 100,000 straight. After a bit of a soak in the tank, Waxman check-raised all in for about 275,000, and Bell made the call to put him at risk. The Main Event winner was in awfully bad shape:
Waxman: 
Bell: 
Waxman was drawing to two outs, but that happens to be the same way he won the Main Event last week. It certainly wouldn't have been a surprise to see it happen again, but it was not to be this time. The turn 
and river 
were not the nines Waxman was looking for, and he has been eliminated.
It's hard to say enough about Waxman's efforts over the past week or so here in Atlantic City. He's picked up a gold championship ring and a seat to the National Championship, not to mention six figures of cash. He'll add another $26,232 to that today, but we won't be seeing him on television tomorrow.