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There was about 80,000 in the pot already when we caught the final betting actions on a board of 
. Nathan Lindsay checked from the small blind, and Steve Sung fired a bet of 54,000 at the pot, about half his remaining stack. Lindsay made the call for all of his own chips, turning up 
. It was good; Sung's cards hit the muck, and his stack has taken a hit down to 51,000.
Lindsay is up to about 160,000 now.
Thomas Keller began the day with over 100,000, but after losing a big pot to an opponent, he was left with just a few thousand.
Being dealt 
under the gun, Keller moved all in for his last 3,900 and was called by the big blind and his 
.
The board ran out 
to see Keller eliminated and forced to make the dreaded walk out of the Rio for the last time in 2010.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko has an innate ability to turn himself into an imposing figure at the table, despite his years. When a hand is unraveling, Timoshenko is statuesque, his arms outstretched onto the felt as he stares his opponent down. When it's his go, he won't rush, he'll remain stoic until he's fully thought the hand through and come to the best possible conclusion.
His meticulous approach appears to have reaped its awards, however, as within a short space of time he has taken both the virtual and live felts by storm with APT and WPT titles, not to mention a win in last year's PokerStars.com WCOOP Main Event. Today, he's looking to add a WSOP bracelet to that list of accolades.
He won't be achieving that goal today, but he can at least move one step closer. With 230,000 in chips, Timoshenko is in splendid shape, although I did just see him give up a pot. With the board reading 
, his opponent led for 7,000. Timoshenko paused for a minute, mulled over his options then relinquished his hand. The Ukranian come American may not have won that pot, but rest assured he'll be taking his fair share as the day develops.
An early position raiser made it 2,400 and Scott Seiver reraised to 7,100. The big blind called and the original raiser got out of the way. The flop came down 
and the big blind checked.
Seiver bet 10,000 only to have the big blind raise all in. Seiver made the call and the two turned over their cards:
Seiver: 
Big Blind:
Seiver was in big trouble and the 
was no help on the turn. He needed a queen to take down the pot but the river was the . Seiver, who was left with only 3,000, was eliminated a few hands later.
Of all the tables in all the Rio, lovebirds Lex Veldhuis and Evelyn Ng have to be seated at adjacent ones.
OK, if the poker gods had really wanted to make things interesting they could have seated them at the same table, but also might have been rather cruel. As it is, Ng and Veldhuis can now make eyes at each other across the orange section if they so wish without any of the stress of having actually to get involved in a pot together or some such.
Darryll Fish was down to his last 5k when he shipped under the gun with 
. Another player looked him up with 
, but at least the Fish was live. The board ran out 
, and DFish's pair of fours were good enough to double him to 15,800.
With a raise from early position to 2,500, play folded around to Phil Laak in the small blind who moved all in for an additional 8,200. His opponent made the call.
Laak: 
Opponent: 
"Well, I would like an ace," sighed Laak, but he got better than that as the board ran out 
to make the nut flush for the double up. He's up to 23,300.
Robert Mizrachi, who held , had his opponent, who held , all in and covered. The board ran out 
and Mizrachi sent another player to the exit while increasing his stack to 266,000.
Mori Eskandani just had a short-stacked opponent all in before the flop. The producer of "Poker After Dark," "High Stakes Poker," and other poker TV shows held and was racing against his opponent's .
The flop brought a queen -- 
-- and Eskandani was out in front. The turn was the and the river the 
, and another player is out.
Eskandani has 140,000 now.
Greg DeBora and Alexander Fitzgerald got all the chips in the middle with the board reading . The hands were opened, and looked like this:
Showdown
DeBora:
Fitzgerald:
Fitzgerald needed a king to complete his gutterball, but neither the 
on the turn nor the river would suffice. DeBora won the hand, doubling to 180,000 chips.
