Linda Johnson's quest for a second WSOP bracelet has ended. She'd slipped some during this Level 16, and found herself needing to push all in from the hijack seat with 
, and Loren Watterworth called her from the button with 
.
The community cards came 
, and Watterworth's hand was best. Johnson hits the rail, and we are now down to just 30 players.
The table folded to Svetlana Gromenkova, winner of this event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, who raised all in for 28,500 from the button, and Lisa Teebagy called her from the big blind. Cards on their backs...
Teebagy 
Gromenkova 
The 
flop brought Gromenkova a pair of sixes, but the 
gave the lead back to Teebagy. The river was the 
, and Gromenkova is out. Teebagy now has 75,000.
Yu Kurita opened with a raise from the hijack seat, and it folded to Melissa Nelson who reraised all in for 16,700 more from the big blind. Kurita called, tabling 
. Nelson flipped over 
.
The flop was 
, pairing Nelson's queen. But the turn and river both brought kings -- 
-- and Nelson is out.
Kurita moves up to 155,000.
Kami Chisholm was just involved in yet another decent-sized hand, this one against Diane Gagne.
The hand began with Gagne opening for 12,000 from UTG. It folded around to Chisholm who raised enough from the big blind to put Gagne all in, and Gagne called with her remaining 23,000.
Chisholm had this time, and was ahead of Gagne's 
. The board ran out eight-high, and Gagne is out. Chisholm has now crossed the 300,000-chip mark and is challenging La Sengphet for the chip lead.
Nguyn Dang lost a big chunk of her stack just now when her was cracked by Jennifer Serwicki's 
.
The flop was okay for Dang -- 
-- but the 
turn gave Serwicki the set. Dang still could hit an ace or a diamond on the river, but the dealer dealt the and Serwicki chipped up to 81,000.
Dang would hit the rail shortly thereafter.
Kami Chisholm -- a.k.a. Dr. Kamikaze -- has claimed another victim, this time Lacey Jones.
Jones was all in for her last 30,000 or so with 
and once again Chisholm was starting out behind with .
But the flop came 
, and suddenly Jones was in dire straits. The turn was the 
, giving Jones hopes for a straight, but the river was the and she's out.
Chisholm now has 216,000.
Just 40 players left. La Sengphet remains in front, followed by Sidsei Boesen and the fast-charging Kami Chisholm.
We saw a big hand toward the end of the last level between A Ram Hong and Kami Chisholm. Preflop betting saw the pair get all of Hong's stack in the middle with , while Chisholm held .
Boom went the flop -- 
. Three spades and a flush for Chisholm. And the on the turn meant it was all over for Hong.
"My name is Dr. Kamikaze for a reason!" said Chisholm afterwards, her nick a play on her first name. She's now up toward the top of the chip counts with 174,000.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
A couple more eliminations to pass along, of two players with the same A.J. initials. And one of them fell to ace-jack.
April Jorgensen was knocked out by Natalie Gerling when her pocket fours couldn't hold up against Gerling's 
. A river eight did Jorgensen in, and pushed Gerling to 40,000.
And Angela Jordison is out as well after her pocket pair -- 
-- also lost a race, this one against Holly Hodge's . The jack flopped in that hand, and Jordison couldn't catch up. Hodge is way up to 155,000 now.
