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"All in and a call on 342!"
We got to David Baker's table just in time to see him move all in on a 
board and Steven Curran make the call. Baker turned over 
for straight and flush draws, while Curran turned top set with 
.
The river was the 
and Baker made a quiet exit from the Amazon Room.
We arrived just in time to see young British hopeful John Eames turning over pocket sevens on the river of a 
board. Whatever his opponent was holding he couldn't beat it, and Eames doubled to around 35,000.
The Orange secondary feature table today is anchored by none other than former WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider. Schneider is decked out today in his Loudmouth Poker gear -- in this instance a black overcoat patterned with dozens of playing cards. Schneider's been fairly quiet so far, nursing a very short stack.
Ryan Fair has just been eliminated on a hand cooler than Fonzie in the Artic, his final 24,000 hitting the middle with 
versus 
on an action-packed 
flop. A twisted 
turn and river later, and Fair was ryaned out.
A player opened to 1,100 from middle position and Mike Wattel called from the cutoff. All action behind folded, and the flop fell 
. Wattel's opponent instantly bet 2,000 and Wattel called.
The turn brought the and Wattel's opponent bet even faster. This time the amount was 3,000, and Wattel tossed in three yellow T1,000 chips making the call.
The river was the 
and Wattel's opponent fired a third barrel worth 5,000. Wattel went into the tank for a bit before calling, and mucked when his opponent showed him 
.
Wattel's stack took a hit, and he now sits with 39,000 chips.
Here's some of the players from the Blue section of the Amazon Room.
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
We may have only been playing for an hour, but with the end of Level 5, it's time to take a break.
The biggest news of the day so far is that Phil Ivey won't be reaching back-to-back Main Event final tables. Ivey and Yuji Masaki got it all in preflop with Ivey having Masaki covered by just 1,900. Ivey's pocket queens weren't looking good against the kings held by Masaki, but when a queen hit on the turn we thought we thought we were about to see him nearly double-up. However, Masaki wasn't about to be outdone and hit a king on the river, leaving Ivey crippled. It didn't take Ivey long to get the last of his chips in the middle and he was eliminated just a few hands later.
So far this afternoon the most overheard line in the Rio has been "All in and a call." It seems to have been shouted every few minutes from somewhere in the Amazon or the Pavilion. Some notable players have been involved in those moments. Those not lucky enough to come out on the better end of a double up have been Thuy Doan, Per Ummer, Shannon Elizabeth, Perry Friedman and Michael Martin. Meanwhile, Simpson's co-creator Sam Simon isn't laughing. He wasn't eliminated, but has slipped to 14,000 chips. Phil Galfond also dropped 20,000 in chips in the first hour, but is still comfortable with about 86,000 chips.
Of course there wasn't bad news for everyone. Lino Coscia and Andy Bloch both doubled up with Mori Eskandani, Hevad Khan and Jared Hamby all got off on the right foot. While Sam Simon isn't having the greatest day so far, Hank Azaria is off to a great start. He picked up 51,000 chips in the last half of Level 5 and is now over the 100,000 chip mark.
Andy Block hadn't been off to the best of starts and had lost a good deal of his chips as Level 5 neared an end. With just a few minutes to go before the first break he got all his chips in the middle and was called by one other player.
Bloch: 
Opponent: 
It didn't take long for Bloch to pull ahead, pairing up on the 
flop. The turn was the and the river came 
sending Bloch up to 28,000.
Scott "Mayhem" Einigier limped in and Phil Ivey called on the button, leaving himself 1,000 behind. The blinds got involved too, and they saw an 
flop. It checked around to Ivey who went all in for 1,000, and the gent in the small blind made the call, as did the big blind, but Einigier raised to 7,000. Mr. Small Blind folded, but Mr. Big Blind made the call.
They saw a turn and the big blind checked, before calling another 7,000 from Einigier.
The river was the 
. The big blind now checked again, and this time Einigier went all in. The big blind finally folded, and it was just Einigier and Ivey to showdown. Einigier tabled 
for a full house and Ivey just mucked. He headed for the door, chased by TV cameras as he went.
