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.
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.