Gone but not forgotten like that legendary Minnesotan slugger, Rayvenia Puckett is the first casualty of this somewhat ill-advisedly-named "Shootout" event. Puckett was crippled when her pocket kings were cracked twice within an hour, and put up a valiant effort before succumbing on the following hand:

David Mosca limped-in and David Baker moved all-in for his last $15,000. Puckett and Mosca both called and the flop came A J 4. Both players checked, and checked again on the 8 turn. The river brought the 9 and an all-in wager for Puckett, who committed her last $10,000 and was called by Mosca, who showed K J for second pair. Puckett mucked and was thus eliminated, while Baker turned up A 5 to triple up.

For her eighth-place finish, Rayvenia Puckett takes home $9,582. So long, slugger!

Meanwhile, in the railbirds department, Greg Mueller has been given a microphone and the rail now includes William Thorsson, Kyle Wilson and 2007 WSOP bracelet-winner Robert Cheung among its members.

Another level has come and gone and we've yet to see an elimination. That's not to say there hasn't been plenty of action, although there hasn't been. Anyways, here's the scoop:

Vaswani = The Nuts

Ram Vaswani, David Mosca and David Baker see a flop come 9 6 5. Baker bets out, Mosca folds and Vaswani raises. Baker calls and the turn is the 2, prompting a check from Baker and a bet from Vaswani. Baker calls and the river is the 4. Baker again checks and Vaswani again bets out. Baker calls, but mucks after Vaswani shows A J for the nut flush, leaving himself nearly crippled and in dire need of improvement - and fast.

Earlier in the proceedings, Vaswani took another large chunk off of Baker when he turned a straight with J-10 on an A-8-7-9-8 board, thus contributing to further to Baker's sticky situation.

Kings No Good

Ishak Noyan raises from UTG+1 and Rayvenia Puckett re-ups from middle position. Ram Vaswani calls in the small blind and Noyan four-bets it. Both players call and the flop comes Q 6 5. The action checks to Puckett, who bets, and after Vaswani folds Noyan raises and Puckett re-raises. Noyan calls and the turn is the 2, prompting a check from Noyan and a bet from Puckett. Noyan flat-calls and check-calls the 4 on the river, but when Puckett turns up pocket kings he triumphantly slams down a pair of red aces.

It's the second time Puckett has seen her kings cracked, having earlier fallen to Ram Vaswani's rivering a flush to put more of a dent in her stack.

Railbirds

Among the railbirds at today's event are Greg Mueller, who is acting as impromptu tournament announcer, as well as Joseph Tehan and a drunk Johnny Lodden, who is acting as impromptu event photographer.

Chip Counts

Here are the latest chip counts from the door in the floor:

Chip counts courtesy www.worldpokerlistings.com

Updates lowballing or otherwise courtesy www.PokerListings.com