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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.