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We imagine there was some raising preflop, but by the time we arrived the flop read 
and Amit Makhija on the button was moving all in for around 150,000. His opponent in the small blind called.
Makhija: 
for an overpair
Small blind gent: 
for the nut flush draw
Turn: 
- no change there
River: 
bringing Makhija's opponent the flush
"It's the first big pot I've seen all day," said Makhija, as he headed for the payout desk.
Max Casal opened with a raise from the cutoff seat, and it folded to Gavin Smith in the big blind who reraised all in for his last 29,500. Casal didn't take long to make the call.
Smith 
Casal 
The flop brought an ace -- 
-- and Smith was in tough shape. The 
on the turn looked close enough to a trey draw a reaction from the crowd here at the main feature table, but it didn't help Smith's cause. And the 
on the river sealed it. Smith is among the first to cash in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
Meanwhile, Casal has hopes of being one of the last to cash. He has about 1.05 million right now.
Ronnie Bardah was under the gun and raised to 13,000. The player to his immediate left called, and a player in middle position went all in. Bardah called but the other player folded and we were headed to the flop.
Bardah: 
Opponent: 
While Bardah picked up some outs with the 
flop, but failed to pull ahead as the turn came 
followed by the on the river.
After doubling up his opponent, Bardah is now down to 700,000 chips.
Brandon Cantu is down to 145,000 after being out-flopped by the player in the big blind. Cantu opened the action pre-flop with a raise that was called. When the flop came 
and his opponent checked, Cantu continued for 17,000. The big blind called.
Both players checked the 
turn. At the river 
, the big blind fired 40,000 chips into the pot. Cantu called and mucked when his opponent rolled over 
for trip sevens.
And the eliminations begin...
Bryn Kenney sent a short stack to the rail holding 
against an opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Kenney now sits with 750,000.
Meanwhile all the attention was two tables over as the ESPN cameras flocked to the table of Humberto Brenes as his usual antics begun when he was all in for his tournament life with 
against the 
of Renato Almeida. Brenes' shark was trying to scare some help from the dealer but the board bricked 
. Brenes heads to the cashier.
As expected, the words "all-in and a call" rippled through the room like dominoes in a gale, with one of the first to be caught in the whirlwind being UK pro Priyan de Mel.
All in with for 54,000, de Mel came up against the of Jason Kotpin but was unable to survive a teasing 
board.
After the hand, the dealer stood up from his seat and ceased dealing, only for the other players to look on in confusion and eventually inform him that hand-for-hand was over.
As my fellow reporter commented, "Jeeze, that would turn an eight-day tournament into an eight-week tournament."
"Let's give a nice warm round of applause to Tim McDonald," said TD Jack Effel moments ago. McDonald, you see, is the bubble boy of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event.
On McDonald's final hand, Ismail Erkenov opened for 10,000 from the hijack seat. McDonald was on the button with only 67,500 chips left in his stack. He re-raised to 30,000, driving the blinds out of the hand. Erkenov called to a flop of and checked. When McDonald moved his last 37,500 into the middle, Erkenov quickly called.
McDonald showed absolutely no emotion. He simply rapped the table, "Nice hand," before Erkenov even opened his cards. Then McDonald tabled , aces and queens. Erkenov revealed that he hadn't just hit the ace -- he'd also hit the deuce with for a flopped full house, aces full of deuces.
"You wouldn't have two queens in there, would you?" McDonald asked the dealer. But he seemed resigned to his fate. Things ended swiftly with a on the turn. As McDonald bent down to pick up his possessions, he didn't even notice that the river came a salt-in-wound .
McDonald had to wait a few moments to make sure no other player busted. He immediately started texting on his phone, presumably disseminating the bad news. He soon received a call from "Greg". McDonald answered it and simply said, "I'm out."
Once it was determined that no other player busted, the floor staff walked McDonald to the stage in the center of the Amazon Room. That's where Effel introduced McDonald to the crowd.
"Because of you Tim, 747 players are now all in the money. You, my friend, have an automatic $10,000 entry into the 2011 WSOP Main Event on behalf of the World Series of Poker."
We're now on a short break while the staff prepare to process a stampede of eliminations.
The player on the button limped into the pot, and Kevin Boudreau moved all in for 41,000 from the small blind. In the big, Joe Parish was contemplating, and the camera crews and media swarmed the table like a school of sharks to a wounded tuna. Parish eventually called, and the limper folded, and the cards were on their backs with Boudreau at risk:
Boudreau: 
Parish: 
The flop came down to pull Boudreu into an even bigger lead with two to come. The on the turn was a bad card, though, opening up the flush outs for Parish to tally the knockout. The river was as blank as it gets, though, and Boudreau has doubled himself out of bubble danger for the time being.
The flop read when we found the gentleman in the small blind checking to Nick Niergarth, who bet a chunky 50,000. The small blind tanked up for a while and then called.
Both players checked the 
turn and they saw a river, on which the small blind - after a period of considerable tankage - bet out 90,000. Niergarth thought about it for only a few seconds before folding, and neither of these gentlemen look like they are going to be the bubble boy any time soon.
