The bustouts are coming quickly here in Level 18. Roger McDow has been eliminated in 24th place ($9,842), and quickly we are down to 23 players.
2010 World Series of Poker
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
Sandra Naujoks has been eliminated. Just after the redraw, she was all in with 


and was up against Tommy Le's 


.
The board came 



, and Le had made a straight and the best hand. Naujoks, who was the last woman remaining in the field, goes out in 25th place, and so earns $9,842.
Meanwhile, Le chips way up to 405,000.
Two quick eliminations just after the redraw, happening almost simultaneously. Joshua Tieman -- winner of Event No. 6, the $5,000 No-Limit Shootout -- was eliminated in 27th, followed soon by Christian Harder in 26th. Both earn $9,842.
We are down to 27 players which means time for a table redraw. Here are how the new tables look:
Table 371
Seat 1- Patrick Hanoteau
Seat 2- Bryce Yockey
Seat 3- Michael Greco
Seat 4- Matthew Reed
Seat 5- Harold Mcdonald
Seat 6- Adam Junglen
Seat 7- Kevin Iacofano
Seat 8- Justin Gardenhire
Seat 9- Stephane Tayar
Table 368
Seat 1- Miguel Proulx
Seat 2- L.J. Klein
Seat 3- Roger McDow
Seat 4- Ilya Briskin
Seat 5- Chau Giang
Seat 6- Joe Serock
Seat 7- Christian Harder
Seat 8- Dilyan Kovachez
Seat 9- Eoghan Odea
Table 367
Seat 1- Joshua Tieman
Seat 2- Trevor Pope
Seat 3- Tommy Le
Seat 4- Sandra Naujoks
Seat 5- Andy Seth
Seat 6- Jonathan Depa
Seat 7- Joerg Engels
Seat 8- Karl Gal
Seat 9- Dmitrii Valouev
Scott Clements -- not the one who has two WSOP bracelets (including one in PLO), but another player with the same name -- was just eliminated in 28th place. (Kind of a David Bakeresque situation, you might say, with multiple good players having the same name.)
There will be a short of a delay while they redraw for the final three table.s
Bryce Yockey, Chau Giang, and L.J. Klein have closed the gap a bit with chip leader Kevin Iacofano. There are 28 players remaining, so with the next elimination they'll be redrawing for the final three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
310,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
255,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
242,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
222,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
190,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
188,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
180,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
175,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
135,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
112,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
100,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
100,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
65,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
54,000
19,900
|
19,900 |
|
|
||
Bryce Yockey has just eliminated Brian Powell.
Powell was all in with 


against Yockey's 


. The board came 



, meaning Yockey's two pair were best.
Yockey has continued to maintain his stack of about a quarter million. He and Depa and fighting for second, still well behind Kevin Iacofano who is still well above 300,000.
A table erupted in disbelief which drew the attention of our field reporter. Upon arrival, he discovered Carter Gill had flopped a set of kings with 


and Dilyan Kovachev had flopped a set of queens with 


on a flop of 

.
We're not sure when all the money got in, but it was all in the middle by the river. The turn was the
, giving both a fullhouse, but it was the
on the river that sent gasps through the Amazon Room.
It was a devastating card to knock Gill out of the tournament.
Shortly after busting out Tad Jurgens, Norman Collingsworth was himself eliminated in hand versus Jonathan Depa.
Action began with a raise from Depa in early position to 14,000. Collingsworth called from the cutoff. The flop came 

. Depa bet 30,000, Collingsworth pushed all in, and Depa called.
Depa held 


for top set and a gutshot, while Collingsworth had 


for the nut flush draw. The turn was the
and the river the
, and Collingsworth is out.
Depa now is up to 270,000.