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With a flurry of bustouts occuring within moments of each other (including a dramatic Royal Flush reversal of fortune we'll be filling you in on shortly), unfortunately we missed Linda Vaughn's last hand of the Ladies event.
She exited in 15th place and took home $591 for the performance.
Brandi Baldwin got it all in with the best of it, holding 
against 
, but when a straightening board of 
rolled out by the turn, her tournament was over via a bad beat.
Nonetheless, Baldwin pocketed $507 for the run here today, enough to come back tomorrow and try her hand in the continuing $250,000 guaranteed event.
Tetiana Kozak took 
up against 
, but the final board rolled out 
to keep the best preflop hand out in front.
For her run here today in the Ladies event, Kozak took home $507 along with the experience of a lifetime.
A short-stacked Gina Saldano got the last of her chips in shortly after the recent redraw, but she was unable to produce a winning hand and exited in 18th place.
Although she fell short of the final table, Saldano earned $507 for her deep run here today.
David Katz pushed all in over the top of a raise from Steve Saklad, who made the call.
Katz: 
Saklad: 
Chop possibilities opened up for Katz on the 
flop, but a 
turn gave Saklad a flush draw to eliminate some outs. The river was the 
, and Saklad's queen kicker played to send Katz out.
With a collective cheer at the elimination of the 19th place player, the 18 ladies remaining in Event 9 are now in the money.
While most bubble bursting hands are a miserable experience for the unfortunate player to bow out, here at the Ladies event things are different.
Nearly all of the players left decided to pony up $20 or so to create a prize for the 19th elimination, showing why Ladies events are such a departure from the typically cutthroat world of tournament poker.
JR Reiss again got in an all-in confrontation with 
against 
. Again, he flopped top pair, this time against Natale Kuey, but this time Kuey turned a broadway straight to send Reiss to the rail.
JR Reiss raised to 54,000 from the hijack, and John Tavss pushed all in from the small blind. Reiss made the call.
Reiss: 
Tavss:
The flop came 
, giving Reiss top pair but Tavss a gutshot and a flush draw. The turn was an 
, and Reiss needed to dodge the river. It was a , giving the Omaha native the pot.
Frank Athey just got all in with , but unfortunately for him Natale Kuey made the call with 
, which held up.
Steve Saklad limped from under the gun, and Richard Ball shoved all in from his immediate left for about 80,000. Everyone folded back to Saklad, who made the call.
Saklad: 
Ball:
"It's not over 'til it's over," Ball said.
Sure enough, the flop came 
, and Ball's pessimism appeared justified. A 
and 
completed the board, and Saklad has us down to the official final table.